CalRecycle revised its beverage container handling fees, effective July 1, from 0.607 cents per container to 1.158 cents, citing the passage of SB 156.  The Canadian Beverage Association and Eunomia Research & Consulting said in a report that the most effective way for Ontario to achieve a 90% recovery rate for beverage containers is to expand the province's existing deposit...

E-scrap import enforcement action by the Malaysian government drew reader interest last month, as did a lithium-ion battery recycling startup, the ongoing legal saga of Closed Loop CRT suppliers, an e-plastics processing line and a company's inaugural sustainability report.

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Beijing Enliven Hi-Technology of Shanghai, China; C1 International Miami of Doral, Florida; CXtec of Syracuse, New York; Prudent It-Tech Asset Recovery of Ontario, California; Rexi DBA Rexi Resale of Coppell, Texas; Sircel Recycling of Villawood, Australia; and The Surplus Company of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. After...

The Basel Action Network and Sustainable Electronics Recycling International will host a joint webinar on Tuesday, July 16, discussing upcoming changes to the Basel Convention. Call2Recycle announced Canadian soccer star Christine Sinclair will be brand ambassador for its consumer battery recycling program to help encourage Canadians to increase their battery recycling practices. IT and logistics service provider Syscomp released its...

A lawsuit targeting major brand owners drew reader interest last month, along with stories examining the history of extended producer responsibility in British Columbia, brand owners extending PCR target dates, a recycled-content bag ban in California and the value of collaboration across the plastics value chain. The list below shows our top stories published in June in terms of unique page...

ABC News won a National Press Club Journalism Award for its May 2023 investigation into the U.S. film recycling system. "Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Recycling" used GPS trackers to follow plastic film that was dropped off at retail recycling locations.  Founder Vytas Gruodis is leaving a 13-year partnership with Bantam Materials UK to focus on his North American...

Circular Action Alliance selected Kim Holmes as its executive director for Oregon. Holmes will lead CAA's work as the prospective producer responsibility organization to develop and implement an extended producer responsibility program plan in the state. The Northeast Resource Recovery Association published its 2023 annual report.  Aluminum recycling giant Novelis announced that Tadeu Nardocci has been appointed executive vice president,...

Chinese reverse logistics platform ATRenew released a 2023 sustainability report noting the company, along with third-party recycling firms, dismantled 111,700 devices during the year, or nearly 40,000 pounds. i-SIGMA, which administers the NAID data destruction certification, appointed W. Price Brannon as director of certification.

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: eCrush IT Services DBA Wannasystem DBA Configuresystem of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; Oranges Telecom of Hong Kong, China; PCSHEK Tecnologia y Servicios of Cota, Columbia; Summit 360 of Eagan, Minnesota; and Two Eight Technology Solutions of Georgetown, Texas. After completing successful audits, the organizations listed below achieved...

Boise State University researchers received an NPE2024 Circular Plastics Challenge award for designing a PET bottle that does not flatten during the recycling process. The team found their design could allow as much as 15% more PET to be captured from bottles. California Giant Berry released its sustainability report, noting that it is transitioning to washaway labels, providing How2Recycle recycling...