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Electric Kitchen “Composter” Confusion – BioCycle

Molding and plant growth trials, along with product characteristic analyses, were done with output from two different kitchen food waste dehydrator units and compared to “real” compost.

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Closed Loop study breaks down chemical recycling terms

As with many emerging technologies, chemical recycling goes by a variety of names, including “advanced” and “molecular” recycling. A study from Closed Loop Partners dug into the differences. Continue Reading→

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Right-to-repair, bottle bill update pass in CA

Right-to-repair, bottle bill update pass in CA

California’s right-to-repair bill for electronics awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, as does a bill that will update and expand the state’s deposit return system. 

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BPI seeks to change ‘out-of-date’ definition for compost set by USDA

The federal definition has remained the same for years, and composters worry it currently leaves modern facilities and compostable products out of compliance.

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Amcor Launches High-Barrier Performance Paper Packaging

Paper-based packaging alternatives employ innovative technologies to deliver the right barrier, shelf-life and machine performance.

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Taming the wild west of environmental marketing: A Green Guides history

More than 30 years after state attorneys general pushed for scrutiny of marketing claims, the packaging landscape is as complicated as ever, and opinions vary about whether the guides served their original purpose.

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California bills on right-to-repair, bottle deposits, labor and plastic reduction headed to governor

Advocates expect the governor to sign a long-awaited right-to-repair bill. The state is also poised to add juice to the bottle bill and establish laws related to an upcoming extended producer responsibility program for packaging.

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With EPA enforcement on PFAS coming, waste groups call for focus upstream

The waste industry hopes the U.S. EPA’s new enforcement initiative for PFAS is a small step in reducing PFAS-containing items at waste sites, but it still wants to be protected from certain liability.

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Are Bioplastics Compostable? Part 1

Bioplastics are rolling to market fast, with biobased resin makers touting their wares as compost-facility ready.  But is it a given that these alternatives to conventional plastics will break down well and quickly under composters’ operating conditions?
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Talking out tensions between EPR and plastics

Talking out tensions between EPR and plastics

Resource Recycling Conference attendees may have been expecting a boxing ring when stakeholders got on stage to talk about plastic and extended producer responsibility, but instead they got a message of hope, progress and civil disagreement on film, chemical recycling and labeling.

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