Marissa McNees

Durham

News Editor at The Chronicle Telegram

Managing Editor at Recycling Today

Managing editor | Formerly @ElyriaCTsports, @MJournalSports, @detroitnews & @HustleBelt | @EasternMichU alum

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Articles

RMP Global makes sustainable noise walls

1 week ago | plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com | Marissa McNees

By Marissa McNees Australian manufacturer RMP Global has spent the last 15 years perfecting its sustainable infrastructure technology and, after successful installations in Australia and Europe, is introducing its recycled plastic noise walls, claddings and facades to the North American market. RMP Global’s recycled plastic noise walls first were installed in Australia in 2009 when the contractor on a project that required about 20 panels realized how costly it would be to use concrete.
Eureka Recycling starts up newly upgraded MRF

1 week ago | recyclingtoday.com | Marissa McNees

Eureka Recycling in Minneapolis is celebrating 20 years in business this month, and to mark the occasion, the company has launched its newly upgraded material recovery facility (MRF) following a $12 million investment in sorting and processing equipment. According to Eureka, the enhanced facility promises to “substantially” increase processing capacity and efficiency.
International Paper in talks to divest five European box plants

1 week ago | recyclingtoday.com | Marissa McNees

International Paper has reportedly entered exclusive negotiations with German paper company Palm Group for the purchase of five IP corrugated box plants in Europe. The facilities include: three in Normandy, France, including one box plant in Saint Amand, one box plant in Mortagne and one sheet plant in Cabourg; one box plant in Ovar, Portugal; and one box plant in Bilbao, Spain.
GFL opens new MRF in Edmonton, Alberta

2 weeks ago | recyclingtoday.com | Marissa McNees

GFL Environmental Inc. officially has started up its newly rebuilt material recovery facility (MRF) in Edmonton, Alberta, marking the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 31. GFL, based in Vaughan, Ontario, says that with the new MRF’s advanced sorting and processing technology, the facility will optimize recycling efficiency and increase the volume of material processed.
Graphic Packaging set to close Ohio CRB facility

2 weeks ago | recyclingtoday.com | Marissa McNees

As part of an ongoing effort to optimize its recycled paperboard production, Graphic Packaging International (GPI) revealed last week the official close date for its Middletown, Ohio, coated recycled paperboard (CRB) manufacturing facility. The Atlanta-based packaging company intends to shutter the site this spring, estimating the closure to happen on or about June 1, in anticipation of the startup of its $1 billion CRB mill in Waco, Texas.
Longtime paper industry veteran announces retirement

2 weeks ago | recyclingtoday.com | Marissa McNees

After more than 45 years in the recovered paper trading business, George Chen, president of Clifton, New Jersey-based G&T Trading International Corp., has announced his retirement, according to a news release from the Washington-based Recycled Materials Association’s (ReMA’s) Paper Stock Industries (PSI) chapter. Chen began his career in 1979 as a fiber procurement manager with Cheng Loong Corp., a corrugated linerboard manufacturer in Taiwan.
DS Smith breaks down language barriers, creates new opportunities

3 weeks ago | recyclingtoday.com | Marissa McNees

DS Smith has been a leader in sustainable and circular packaging solutions for many years, and the London-based paper and packaging company, acquired by Memphis, Tennessee-based International Paper earlier this year, recently was recognized for its hiring practices, proving its innovation goes beyond products.
Making the case for polycoated paper recovery

3 weeks ago | recyclingtoday.com | Marissa McNees

The Poly Coated Paper Alliance (PCPA) was launched in March 2023 as part of an effort to advance widespread end-market acceptance for polycoated paper packaging, and two years later, the group continues its push for the paper industry to take advantage of an underutilized and alternative fiber source.
Champions of tire circularity

3 weeks ago | recyclingtoday.com | Marissa McNees

In an effort to secure funding and address what it calls “critical knowledge and research gaps” within the U.S. tire recycling supply chain, the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), Washington, and the Tire Industry Association, Bowie, Maryland, partnered in May 2024 to launch the Tire Recycling Foundation.
New Jersey officials award $16.2M in annual recycling, waste reduction grants

3 weeks ago | recyclingtoday.com | Marissa McNees

Officials from New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration announced late last week that via the state’s Recycling Enhancement Act, $16.2 million in grants is being awarded to communities across New Jersey to help enhance recycling and waste reduction programs. The grants are awarded through the state’s Recycling Enhancement Act and funded through a $3-per-ton surcharge on trash disposal statewide at solid waste facilities.