The long-awaited master plan focuses on steps to achieve a 50% recycling rate by 2030, but regulators promise it’s just “part one” of a larger effort to tackle climate change on a higher level and more details will follow. Source: EPA’s 2030 recycling …
Companies want to increase their use of recycled plastic, but higher prices and low collection rates could slow progress. Source: Corporate Demand for Recycled Plastic Drives up Price of Drink Bottles Read More…
Sorting specialist Tomra says deposit return schemes are essential for boosting recycling rates but many fail to reach their full potential. The Source: Learning from the world’s best deposit return systems • Recycling International Read More…
Apple will sell its parts and tools to individual consumers so they can make common repairs for iPhones, the company announced this week. … Read More…
Two electronics manufacturers and a reverse logistics contractor recently described what they look for in recycling vendors. They also discussed how audits have changed during the pandemic – and why some changes may be here to stay. … Read More…
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the 2021 National Recycling Strategy to tackle recycling challenges facing the nation and to create a stronger, more resilient, and cost-effective municipal solid waste recycling … Read More…
Recycling stakeholders have asked the EPA to keep them involved as it works to implement numerous grants the infrastructure bill contains, including from the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act and RECYCLE Act. Source: Biden signs infrastructure bill with more than $350M for …
Closed Loop Plastics, a Long Beach-based startup working to broaden the types of plastic materials that can be recycled and reused, is looking to expand operations from its Westside warehouse to at least one more location in California. Source: Long …
Demand for RPET increased 10% in 2020, but it was accompanied by a decrease in PET bottle collection, according to an annual report from the National Association for PET Container Resources. … Read More…
If carpet has at least 10% recycled content, then California consumers will pay a lower recycling system fee at the cash register starting next April. … Read More…