The new leader of the U.S. Plastics Pact shared insights on where the organization is headed and how to tackle challenges such as public skepticism and disconnects between many stakeholders in sustainability.

In the past two weeks, the U.S. East Coast has experienced the double punch of a massive port strike and a devastating hurricane, exacerbating already uncertain market fundamentals. While the dockworker strike was very brief, storm-related destruction in the Southeast will last for weeks – if not months or years.

Iowa's long-running government-administered waste exchange program is dedicated to finding a home for any and all materials. That's given the exchange a front-row seat to observe the evolving waste stream and the hard-to-recycle materials that have emerged in recent years.

Coordinated global action is imperative to extend the life of electronics and improve end-of-life treatment, according to five industry experts in a recent World Economic Fund article.

Although the European Union is still several years away from implementing its inaugural Digital Product Passport regulations, e-scrap market participants who do business with Europe are preparing for this new phase in sustainability regulations.

Officials broke ground on the second Blue Polymers recycling facility, in Buckeye, Arizona, on Sept. 25.

In July, Jonathan Quinn was named CEO of the U.S. Plastics Pact, succeeding Executive Director Emily Tipaldo.

Global beverage giant Coca-Cola is running behind in its 2030 targets for recycled content and collection, according to the company's most recent environmental update.

Although the North American containerboard market saw a surge of new recycling machines in 2023, producers are waiting to see how the market develops before investing in new capacity, according to experts at Fastmarkets. 

Wisconsin-based Universal Recycling Technologies and California's Hanil Eco Solutions are combining their expertise to achieve Basel Convention compliance in e-plastics recycling, the companies announced this week.