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Sacramento, CA — Consumer Watchdog and the Container Recycling Institute have petitioned the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to take regulatory action to address the significant overpayment to curbside programs for a “commingled rate.”  “The overpayment results from an outdated and today flawed procedure used in calculating the ‘commingled rate’ to curbside programs […]

Source: Groups Petition CalRecyle To Stop Overpaying Haulers For Contaminated Material – Consumer Watchdog

Recycling Today

Source: The impacts of the nation’s first textiles EPR law – Recycling Today

Parties expressed disappointment and determination as they anticipate another international meeting in 2025. Negotiators considered potential tenets like capping plastic production and phasing out certain chemicals and products.

Source: Global plastic pollution treaty talks fail in final meeting of 2024 | Packaging Dive

Finding end markets for recyclable materials requires both building connections with existing businesses and community organizations and helping new ideas take root, several recycling officials said during a 2024 Resource Recycling Conference panel.  Continue Reading→

Source: Panel: End markets can be found or built from scratch

Recent peer-reviewed research revealed that California’s Proposition 65 (Prop 65), which regulates toxic chemicals such as PFAS and phthalates commonly found in plastic lunch boxes, food packaging, backpacks and storage cases, has effectively reduced the levels of harmful substances in residents’ bodies.California’s Prop 65, enacted in 1986, requires companies selling products within the state to disclose the presence of chemicals known to cause cancer, birth defects or reproductive harm. The regulation currently encompasses approximately 850 chemicals, including six phthalates identified as potentially risky to health.

Source: “Real-world impact”: Study validates success of plastic chemical regulations in California

A state regulator voted to amend the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, injecting new life into a lucrative biofuels credit market that is used by waste projects throughout the U.S.

Source: California opts to preserve credits for anaerobic digesters in major regulatory update | Waste Dive

Growing insights into real-world compostable product disintegration are now accessible with the Compostable Field Testing Program’s open-source field testing data. Part I

Source: Compostable Product Field Testing Public Dataset | BioCycle

While applauding progress in areas like postconsumer recycled content in packaging, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s 2024 global commitment progress report notes that reusable packaging “remains niche.”

Source: EMF global commitment signatories make progress on recycled content, lag on plastic reduction | Waste Dive