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Part 2: Our Solution – Alternative Recycling Methods for Food Waste

At iSustain, we work with our clients to ensure they are producing as little landfill waste as possible. A recent study shows that food waste has increased by 50% since 1974 and forty percent of the food that is produced in the United States ends u...

Part 5: A Case Study in Handling Plastic Recycling Waste

The Problem: China’s Import Ban on Recyclables Adversely Affecting Domestic Recyclers Since the 1980s China had imported more than half the world’s annual recyclables, including (according to Greenpeace) an average of almost 9 million met...

Part 4: Logistical Solutions For Inefficient Food Waste Removal

A Creative Solution for a Retail Chain Spending Too Much on Waste Removal By now you already know that iSustain offers creative solutions for Recycling, but did you know we also offer creative solutions for reducing costs on the removal of your Wa...

Part 3: Leveraging Correctional Labor to Remove Contaminants and Improve the Value of Domestic Recyclables

With the “close” of China to waste imports, iSustain saw the need to develop a sorting program in the United States. China offers a ready workforce of low-cost labor to sort recyclables but, with the country’s waste import ban, scrap materials can ...

Part 2: iSustain Addressing the Challenges of Multi-material Flexible Film Packaging

Photo caption: This is what the scrap looks like as we receive it in roll, slab, and trim form. Manufacturers of the printed film generate a certain level of scrap as they print and covert the material for their end customer. Multi-material Flexibl...