How to inspire real behavior change among residents
Offering suggestions to increase recycling rates and decrease consumer confusion, The Recycling Partnership’s Center for Sustainable Behavior and Impact released its first report on recycling habits and how to change them.
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Experts outline role of policy in sparking recycling markets
Without a market for a material, recycling it is not economically viable – but how can end markets be created without first recycling the material? Several industry players discussed the role of legislation in market development during a recent webinar.
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Greenpeace claims recycling complicates plastics toxicity
Greenpeace is spotlighting toxic chemicals in recycled plastics in its latest report and calling for global plastics agreement negotiators to focus on reduction.
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Recyclers, plastic industry groups and environmentalists agree that plastic pollution must end, but UN talks in Paris show groups still disagree on the path to get there. A draft agreement won’t be ready until November.
ISRI creates ESG guide for smaller recyclers
Small- and medium-sized recycling businesses that are interested in setting up environmental, social and governance plans will soon have a new toolkit to help them.
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US scrap paper and plastic exports fall
U.S. companies exported 8% less recovered fiber and 10% less scrap plastic during the first quarter of 2023 than they did a year earlier, and there were some dramatic changes in where material was flowing.
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