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 # Recycling Industry Trends for 2016

 

##### by Vikas Vij

 

 

 Feb 25, 2016 8:00 AM ET

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Over the past few decades, significant progress has been made around the world toward recycling. Companies, government organizations, and municipalities have increased their efforts and adopted new strategies to achieve more efficient and sustainable waste management.

In 2016, the recycling industry is set to be impacted by three trends: redefining of what recycling means in the context of a circular economy, greater consolidation of the recycling industry, and mitigation of legislative action on product stewardship.

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*Vikas is a staff writer for the Sustainable Development news and editorial section on Justmeans. He is an MBA with 20 years of managerial and entrepreneurial experience and global travel. He is the author of "The Power of Money" (Scholars, 2003), a book that presents a revolutionary monetary economic theory on poverty alleviation in the developing world. Vikas is also the official writer for an international social project for developing nations "Decisions for Life" run in collaboration between the ILO, the University of Amsterdam and the Indian Institute of Management.*



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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