Recycling stakeholders report minor progress in second round of UN plastic pollution talks
Recyclers, plastic industry groups and environmentalists agree that plastic pollution must end, but UN talks in Paris show groups still disagree on the path to get there. A draft agreement won’t be ready until November.
ISRI creates ESG guide for smaller recyclers
ISRI creates ESG guide for smaller recyclers Small- and medium-sized recycling businesses that are interested in setting up environmental, social and governance plans will soon have a new toolkit to help them. Continue Reading→ The post ISRI creates ESG guide for smaller recyclers appeared first on Resource Recycling News.
US scrap paper and plastic exports fall
US scrap paper and plastic exports fall U.S. companies exported 8% less recovered fiber and 10% less scrap plastic during the first quarter of 2023 than they did a year earlier, and there were some dramatic changes in where material was flowing. Continue Reading→ The post US scrap paper and plastic exports fall appeared first […]
Are National Standards Around Recyclability Claims on The Way?
Research shows how much, how often, and how well consumers recycle depends on their trust in the recycling system. Most of them – 78 percent –turn to labels to try and determine if a material will actually be recycled. Yet nearly two-thirds of them say they are confused by the label, found a survey of […]
California’s Recycling Market Development Program Pays Businesses | Waste360
California is enticing recycling and remanufacturing businesses to locate and expand across regions through a program that’s decades old but is ramping up and transforming. Run and funded by CalRecycle, the Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program has divvied out 219 low-interest loans totaling $206M since 1994, allocating $41.2M of it in the past three […]
What materials will make the cut under EPR? It’s complicated
What materials will make the cut under EPR? It’s complicated States with extended producer responsibility programs are starting to grapple with a tricky question: How do we establish a list of materials covered by the system? Continue Reading→ The post What materials will make the cut under EPR? It’s complicated appeared first on Resource Recycling […]
California’s Food Label Legislation Sees More Movement
California’s AB 660, which is aiming to mandate specific terminology around date labels on food packaging, took another step forward May 18, 2023 as it passed through the House Assembly Appropriations Committee. Source: California’s Food Label Legislation Sees More Movement
EPA opts to maintain existing pyrolysis air rules
EPA opts to maintain existing pyrolysis air rules Ample time and staff resources are needed to study and gain a technical and regulatory understanding of the air quality impacts of pyrolysis. In the meantime, the process should remain subject to more stringent regulatory requirements, the U.S. EPA decided. Continue Reading→ The post EPA opts to […]
Google Seeks Sustainable Packaging Options to Eliminate Single-Use Plastics
Google recently launched the Single-Use Plastics Challenge to help the company reduce plastic waste. The Challenge calls on “visionary companies” with reusable and sustainable packaging options that will replace single-use plastics, according to a video from Google. Finalists will have the chance to pitch their products to Google and leading global food operators. The goal […]
Why The Right To Repair Agricultural Equipment is Crucial To Food Security
A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe now by clicking here. If your tractor breaks, it seems like a no-brainer that you should be allowed to fix it—right? Not […]