Readers were drawn to a story about the plastics industry’s push for federal legislation, in addition to articles about the plastic waste crisis, recyclable labels and more. The list below shows our top stories published in July in terms of … Continue Reading→ The post Our top stories from July [...]
Oregon will overhaul components of its recycling system and will make packaging producers partially responsible for funding recycling of their products. It’s the second U.S. state to approve such a law. Gov. Kate Brown on Aug. 6 signed Senate Bill … Continue Reading→ The post Oregon governor signs packaging EPR [...]
Aquafil released its 2020 sustainability report, which includes details on the company’s carpet and aquaculture net recycling initiatives. DAK Americas parent company Alpek reported it will begin production at the former CarbonLite PET recycling facility during the third quarter of … Continue Reading→ The post News from DAK Americas, PureCycle [...]
New state-of-the-art 1.3MWp solar power plant to power green recycling for the African continent. Extrupet is one of the largest and most advanced recyclers of plastics on the African continent and recycles more than 4 million PET bottles every day at their Wadeville facility. With the switch to renewable energy, [...]
Global resin maker SK Global Chemical has put millions into an industry group’s initiative to boost the circular economy for plastics. The South Korea-headquartered chemical and plastics manufacturer put the money – $10 million in total – into two funds … Continue Reading→ The post Plastics producer invests $10 million [...]
A nonprofit environmental organization is suing TerraCycle and several major brands, saying the companies are misleading consumers about the recyclability of their products through mail-in collection programs. TerraCycle’s CEO discussed the company’s labeling in an interview. The Last Beach Cleanup … Continue Reading→ The post TerraCycle and brands sued over [...]
British Columbia’s producer-funded recycling system recovered 52% of plastic last year, up sharply from the year before. That’s according to an annual report from Recycle BC, which runs the extended producer responsibility (EPR) system for printed paper and packaging (PPP) … Continue Reading→ The post Province reports better plastics recovery [...]
A study published today by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives outlines familiar problems and constraints with the U.S. plastics recycling system. The GAIA report looked at Baltimore; Detroit; Long Beach, Calif.; Minneapolis; and Newark, N.J. It chose these cities … Continue Reading→ The post Report: Cities should prioritize PET, [...]
Efforts in Europe will leverage chemical recycling technologies to recover plastics from two particularly problematic sources: wind turbine blades and artificial turf. AIMPLAS, a Spanish plastics research institute, recently published a white paper detailing the strategies and goals of the … Continue Reading→ The post Research projects target difficult-to-recycle plastics [...]
The Canada Plastics Pact announced its support for implementing nine “Golden Design Rules” for plastic packaging in the country. The rules were released earlier this month by the Consumer Goods Forum Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste. Reclaimer PreZero installed … Continue Reading→ The post News from the Canada Plastics [...]