Solid waste management and recycling continues to challenge communities. Some impacted more than others. Despite this, many companies and agencies in
Month: August 2024
A data-driven guide for businesses, government, funders, and nonprofits to collectively reduce food waste at scale. Together, we can reduce U.S. food waste by 50% by 2030.
Source: Five Strategies For Reducing Greenhouse Gases Through Food Waste Reduction
Recycling Today
Source: US Plastics Pact issues recyclability guidelines – Recycling Today
The PET Recycling Coalition reports it’s been able to help capture more PET bottles and non-bottle PET packaging. There’s still more demand for clear recycled PET, while interest in pigmented or opaque rPET is low.
Source: 28% of PET bottles are being recycled, The Recycling Partnership reports | Packaging Dive
At its first sustainability summit, the organization highlighted plans to scale up textile recycling while continuing to foster regional film plastic partnerships. Leaders also weighed in on California’s pending textile EPR bill.
Recent research from the climate target validation organization found that “various types of carbon credits are ineffective in delivering their intended mitigation outcome.”
Source: SBTi: ‘Clear risks’ to using carbon credits to offset emissions | ESG Dive
Bloomberg Intelligence has once again estimated a significantly lower OCC recycling rate than the paper manufacturing sector, and it revised past years’ rates with an updated methodology. Continue Reading→
Source: Bloomberg Intelligence shares 66% OCC recycling rate
Beverage container redemption rates for 2023 in seven of the nine U.S. deposit return system (DRS, aka bottle bill) states with available data dropped in
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Source: Recyclers potential candidates for ‘green’ stock exchange – Recycling Today
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of up to $63 million to enable state and local governments to expand battery recycling and