A white paper from the West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum offers suggestions for policymakers to “go beyond recycling” to consider how to make EPR policies more climate friendly.
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Plastic bag drop-off resource is taken off-line
The longest-running comprehensive guide to public drop-off sites accepting plastic film has been taken down, leaving a gap in consumer-facing recycling information for bags and other flexible packaging.
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A combination of headwinds, such as high interest rates, new competition in California and changing consumer habits have hit the glass recycler hard in recent years.
Source: Major glass recycler Strategic Materials files for bankruptcy amid market pressures | Waste Dive
In addition to standardizing what can be collected curbside and through special programs, the new rules also define “responsible” end markets and require PROs to manage materials according to relevant environmental and labor rules.
Speakers from LRS, Myplas, P&G, PMMI, Rumpke and more connected at the Packaging Recycling Summit to hash out ways to improve recycling and product recyclability as “really, really rapid” packaging changes occur.
ISRI, “Voice of the Recycled Materials Industry
, and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) have announced the latest update to the ISRI Specifications and APR Model Bale Specifications to include updated recycled p
, and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) have announced the latest update to the ISRI Specifications and APR Model Bale Specifications to include updated recycled pSpeakers from consumer brands like Coca-Cola and recyclers like Rumpke discussed how to send more recyclables to MRFs at the Packaging Recycling Summit.
Executives hope a production ramp-up at a Rhode Island facility and new deals will offset the impact from Rialto’s bankruptcy and turn the company’s finances around.
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New reuse innovations are expanding what is possible, but to ensure that reuse does not generate unintended environmental consequences, reusable packaging needs to be thoughtfully designed with today’s reality in mind.
Source: Debunking Durability: How Durable Does Reusable Packaging Need to Be? – Closed Loop Partners