Marissa Heffernan

Portland, Tucson

Staff Reporter at Resource Recycling

Staff Reporter at Plastics Recycling Update

Staff reporter @rrecycling. Former ed, port, environment reporter @the_daily_news. Free Spirit '14. she/her. University of Arizona alum

Articles

Greif to close only West Coast coated paperboard mill

1 day ago | resource-recycling.com | Marissa Heffernan

Greif is ending its coated paperboard production on the West Coast by closing its recycled coated paperboard mill in Los Angeles, effective in June.
Hawai'i expands e-scrap program

6 days ago | resource-recycling.com | Marissa Heffernan

Hawai'i added a host of new electronic devices and peripherals to its existing e-scrap law this year, also giving manufacturers more time to reach a 70% recycling and reuse target. , which is currently on Gov. Josh Green's desk, would add fax machines, videocassette recorders, portable digital music and video disc players and recorders, household routers and modems and electronic device peripherals to the program.
Iron Mountain, Echo see strong ITAD growth

6 days ago | resource-recycling.com | Marissa Heffernan

Recent earnings reports from Iron Mountain and ITAD company Echo's parent company showed overall growth and pointed to headwinds in data center decommissioning and personal devices. Iron Mountain's earnings report for the first quarter of 2025 growth in its ITAD and data center segments, boosted by recent acquisitions.
Haulers share how weather, tariffs impacted Q1

1 week ago | resource-recycling.com | Marissa Heffernan

"On the OCC and fiber side, the thing that we're really tracking more closely is what could happen with retaliatory tariffs because we do ship materials to other markets in Southeast Asia and India," she said. But the brokerage team "does a fantastic job really making sure that we have a wide variety of markets that we can tap into." WM made more capital expenditures in Q1 2025, spending $831 million compared to $668 million in Q1 2024.
How SB 901 became law

1 week ago | resource-recycling.com | Marissa Heffernan

After five years of work and many interim steps, Maryland became the sixth U.S. state to pass extended producer responsibility legislation for paper and packaging, continuing the policy's evolution in the country. Sent to the on April 7, would direct a producer responsibility organization to set goals for post-consumer recycled content, recyclability, recycling and reuse rates, source reduction, composting rates and contamination reduction.
Haulers share how weather, tariff impacted Q1

1 week ago | resource-recycling.com | Marissa Heffernan

"On the OCC and fiber side, the thing that we're really tracking more closely is what could happen with retaliatory tariffs because we do ship materials to other markets in Southeast Asia and India," she said. But the brokerage team "does a fantastic job really making sure that we have a wide variety of markets that we can tap into." WM made more capital expenditures in Q1 2025, spending $831 million compared to $668 million in Q1 2024.
Haulers discuss weather, tariff impacts in Q1

1 week ago | resource-recycling.com | Marissa Heffernan

"On the OCC and fiber side, the thing that we're really tracking more closely is what could happen with retaliatory tariffs because we do ship materials to other markets in Southeast Asia and India," she said. But the brokerage team "does a fantastic job really making sure that we have a wide variety of markets that we can tap into." WM made more capital expenditures in Q1 2025, spending $831 million compared to $668 million in Q1 2024.
The making of SB 901

1 week ago | resource-recycling.com | Marissa Heffernan

After five years of work and many interim steps, Maryland became the sixth U.S. state to pass extended producer responsibility legislation for paper and packaging, continuing the policy's evolution in the country. Sent to the on April 7, would direct a producer responsibility organization to set goals for post-consumer recycled content, recyclability, recycling and reuse rates, source reduction, composting rates and contamination reduction.
Top stories from April 2025

1 week ago | resource-recycling.com | Marissa Heffernan

In April, readers were drawn to stories about iFixit and Back Market's partnership, details on Camston Wrather's bankruptcy case and laws on solar panels and the right to repair in Washington. Rare earth recycling and Li-Cycle's need for more funding also caught reader attention. The list below shows our top stories published in April in terms of unique page views. 2 | High costs, lack of buyers stall Camston Wrather bankruptcy4 | US rare earth recycling scales up amid trade tensions
Feds won't collect USAID devices, creating security risk

1 week ago | resource-recycling.com | Marissa Heffernan

The U.S. government decided not to have recently fired workers return federally issued electronics, instead noting they will be "remotely sanitized," despite the potentially sensitive information the laptops, tablets and phones may contain.