Repair community talks mobile devices
Repair community talks mobile devices Repair shops and advocates convened during the first day of the Electronics Sustainability Summit this week to share tips on improving repair businesses, the evolution of OEM and repair community relationships and the repair legislative landscape. Continue Reading→ The post Repair community talks mobile devices appeared first on E-Scrap News.
California CRV rulemaking touches on labels, PCR
Industry representatives shared concerns about PCR requirements, wine bottle labeling rules and how to handle plastic bladder bags inside beverage boxes during an Oct. 29 informal rulemaking workshop on California’s SB 1013. Continue Reading→ Source: California CRV rulemaking touches on labels, PCR
CAA lays out responsible end markets strategy
Circular Action Alliance, which has emerged as the primary U.S. packaging producer responsibility organization, aims to increase PCR utilization with strategies including verification of responsible end markets, according to the organization’s technical advisor.Continue Reading→ Source: CAA lays out responsible end markets strategy
Anaergia’s organic waste receiving infrastructure for RNG production to be provided to the City of Riverside, California | Biomass Magazine
Anaergia Technologies LLC has entered into a contract with the City of Riverside, California, to install infrastructure at the Riverside Water Quality Control Plant to enable reception of organic municipal waste. Source: Anaergia’s organic waste receiving infrastructure for RNG production to be provided to the City of Riverside, California | Biomass Magazine
Landfill methane is a big climate problem. Here are… | Canary Media
The methane released by U.S. landfills could be cut in half in the next 25 years if the EPA adopts policies that some states have now, a new study finds. Source: Landfill methane is a big climate problem. Here are… | Canary Media
Design for recycling in cosmetic glass packaging
Design for recycling in cosmetic glass packaging A major recycled glass processor teamed up with a cosmetics giant to identify how cosmetics packaging is sorted in MRFs and which attributes are impeding greater recycling. Their findings offer suggestions for material design. Continue Reading→ The post Design for recycling in cosmetic glass packaging appeared first on […]
Experts say a proposed revamp to the recycling symbol is still deceptive — and probably illegal | Grist
Does changing the shape of the recycling symbol make it any less misleading? Source: Experts say a proposed revamp to the recycling symbol is still deceptive — and probably illegal | Grist
Group encourages public-private partnership in plastics
Group encourages public-private partnership in plastics A typical academic publication aims to communicate research findings and perhaps gain funding, but one group of researchers also hopes to foster discussion and cooperation throughout the plastics value chain with their recent paper in the scientific journal Nature. Continue Reading→ The post Group encourages public-private partnership in plastics […]
The Plastics Industry’s Wish List for a Second Trump Administration — ProPublica
Critics call it the plastics industry’s Project 2025. Tucked into a federal recycling bill is a litany of regulatory rollbacks and other industry-friendly provisions that federal agencies under Donald Trump could adopt without congressional approval. Source: The Plastics Industry’s Wish List for a Second Trump Administration — ProPublica
LA County sues Coke, Pepsi over plastic packaging | Courthouse News Service
LA says soda companies are endangering public and environmental health, while also lying about the effectiveness of recycling to seem sustainable. Source: LA County sues Coke, Pepsi over plastic packaging | Courthouse News Service