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The gears have turned on California's Carpet Stewardship Program for more than a decade – 10.5 years to be exact – to increase state recycling rates. Carpet America Recovery Effort's (CARE's) 2021 Annual Report illuminates the progress achieved under the CalRecycle-approved Carpet Stewardship Plan, which detailed the performance goals under Carpet Stewardship Law AB 2398, AB 1158, […] Read More…
Thermoform-to-thermoform bill draws mixed reactions Current debate over a California bill requiring PET thermoforms to contain RPET derived from thermoforms boils down to one question: What will materials recovery facilities do? … Read More…
The Northeast Recycling Council and Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association also note that any legislation should be paired with supporting efforts to boost recycling collection and infrastructure. … Read More…
Only US carpet EPR program reports 28% recycling rate California’s extended producer responsibility program for carpet achieved a sharp increase in the recycling rate last year, jumping 7 percentage points from the prior year. … Read More…
In a recent webinar, companies made their case for “bioregenerative” packaging that uses renewable, compostable materials with the same properties as plastic. Yet markets and supply chains are still warming to it. … Read More…
Bill to expand California e-scrap program passes Battery-embedded products are on track to be included in California’s Electronic Waste Recycling Act after a bill passed the Senate and Assembly. … Read More…
Industry group launches project to gather data, share solutions Recycling doesn’t work unless people can put material into the stream, so The Recycling Partnership is expanding its efforts to both understand and change consumer behavior at the bin. … Read More…
When assessing chemical recycling, ‘follow the money’ Recent years have seen a steady stream of announcements from chemical recycling operators touting technological breakthroughs. But two industry insiders recently issued a stern reminder to the market: Don’t forget about economics. … Read More…
CEO Ryan Begin said the company is coming out of stealth mode after cultivating a large retail client base. He discussed rethinking the food recovery hierarchy and previewed multiple new digester projects. … Read More…
Two corrugated industry experts have crunched the numbers and concluded that the OCC recycling rate is likely much lower than estimates published by the paper manufacturing sector.→ Source: Analysts: US OCC recycling rate may be below 70% – Resource Recycling Read More…