Senate unanimously confirms CalRecycle director backed by local government, environmental and business leaders
Office of Public Affairs For Immediate Release: May 19, 2025 Media Contact: Lance Klug | [email protected] SACRAMENTO– With broad support from local government, environmental and industry groups, on May 12, the California State Senate voted unanimously to confirm Zoe Heller as Director of CalRecycle. Widely respected with deep expertise in zero-waste and circular… Source
Clarity on future of FDA LNO program yet to emerge
Amid sweeping federal staffing cuts, the future of a government program to assess processes to make food packaging from recycled plastics is unclear, sources told Plastics Recycling Update in recent interviews. Continue Reading→ Source: Clarity on future of FDA LNO program yet to emerge
Google, Dow partner on AI to identify recyclables
Google X and Dow Chemical are collaborating to develop an artificial intelligence sorting system capable of identifying film plastics and mixed materials, they announced at a conference in April.Continue Reading→ Source: Google, Dow partner on AI to identify recyclables
WasteExpo: No ‘one easy fix’ for battery fires, but plenty of options
Industry professionals at this year’s conference called for coordinated battery fire prevention strategies, including integrating newer tech like x-ray sorters, to fight growing battery waste streams such as vapes.
The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic | Grist
A convoluted credit system allows companies to label virgin plastic as recycled. Here’s how it works. Source: The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic | Grist
Packaging and recycling sectors connect in Seattle
Packaging and recycling sectors connect in Seattle A common complaint among MRF operators is that they have little meaningful contact with the packaging industry, despite dealing with headaches from that industry’s products every single day. Continue Reading→ The post Packaging and recycling sectors connect in Seattle appeared first on Resource Recycling News.
CalRecycle to fund mixed plastics facility, other projects
CalRecycle to fund mixed plastics facility, other projects California’s state recycling agency will provide $10 million toward a facility sorting plastics with resin codes 2-7, additional multimillion dollar grants for several major MRF retrofits, and a handful of smaller awards for localities to install recycling collection containers. Continue Reading→ The post CalRecycle to fund mixed […]
Recycle From Home adds another California city – Recycling Today
Recycling Today Source: Recycle From Home adds another California city – Recycling Today
Greif to close Los Angeles paperboard mill – Recycling Today
Recycling Today Source: Greif to close Los Angeles paperboard mill – Recycling Today
‘RecyCoolers’ could help reduce use of environmentally harmful Styrofoam packaging
Recent laws that target packaging materials make the new paper-fiber product an eco-friendly solution for shipping refrigerated products. Source: ‘RecyCoolers’ could help reduce use of environmentally harmful Styrofoam packaging