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Online shopping growth, COVID, sparks jump in store returns Returns have their own costs FacebookTwitterEmail ALBANY — The time-honored post-Christmas rush of gift returns is growing larger, but you might not know it by visiting your favorite mall or department store. You would see it, though, if you stopped by Corner Gateway, a family-run printing/shipping business in Slingerlands. "Our whole storage room was filled to the brim," Project Manager Greg Eberle said of the volume of packages the...

For coming up on a year, frontline industry workers  have been unable to work from home like many of the customers they serve, instead facing higher risk of exposure to the coronavirus in showing up to manage waste and recycling. While there’s not a definitive count available of the number of industry workers who have personally faced illness, it’s safe to say "thousands" have contracted the virus and at least "dozens" have sadly lost their lives to it, according to Solid Waste Associatio...

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Legislation Highlights This bi-partisan effort to reduce marine plastics and encourage recycling is supported by industry groups, including the American Chemistry Council and the Solid Waste Association of North America. Federal funding for research is combined with private funding of a “Genius Prize” and other innovation incentives. The Act requires development of federal definitions and testing/measuring for microfibers and microplastics that can imp...

Mayor William Lee of Speers Borough has died. “He was a very good mayor,” borough council member Richard Daylong said Sunday. “He fought for Speers and did a lot for the borough.” His passing was reported Saturday morning on the Charleroi Fire Department’s Facebook page. “Bill was always there when we needed something and he will be missed,” the Facebook post states. Mr. Lee, a 1963 graduate of Charleroi High School, served on the board of directors for the Mo...

Greenpeace, cities and waste sector push for plastic label changes Getty Images A new Greenpeace lawsuit against Walmart Inc. over recyclability claims in its labeling of plastic packaging seems to signal renewed interest around a question thats not gotten much attention in recent years. The environmental groups Dec. 14 lawsuit in California comes as organizations like the U.S. Conference of Mayors and some big names in waste management are similarly pushing for Washington to look in much more ...

Dec 18, 2020 Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is pleased to announce the creation of the Harvey W. Gershman Scholarship for university juniors and seniors pursuing a career in solid waste, recycling, or sustainable resource management. The new scholarship of $5,000 a year is funded by a generous donation from Harvey Gershman, a co-founder and owner of Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB), which is a solid waste management consulting firm based in N...

COVID-19 has changed everything, even Boston’s trash. Here’s how By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated December 13, 2020, 5:01 p.m. Email to a Friend Juan Sandoval and John Kelley emptied trash barrels in South Boston early Tuesday morning.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff It is before dawn and below freezing. South Boston has yet to wake up. And Juan Sandoval and John Kelley are disrupting the cold tranquility with the thudding and clanking of the task at hand: picking up the trash. There is...