A report from the U.S. EPA shines a light on just how fragmented data collection in the recycling industry is. 

On the heels of high-profile illegal e-scrap import claims and updates to the Basel Convention, Malaysian officials said they would be tightening operating procedures.  

With about six months to go until the first extended producer responsibility program for packaging in the U.S. goes live, producers are still largely unprepared but moving in the right direction, those monitoring the transition said.

A project to give rural Colorado communities access to recycling is ready to begin running truck routes later this month.  

This article appeared in the January 2025 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Editor’s note: Learn more about textile recycling and many other topics at the 2025 Plastics Recycling Conference on March 24-26 in National Harbor, Maryland.  From public campaigns to a new textile extended producer responsibility law, textile recovery and recycling is taking its place in...

A Tennessee lawmaker is reintroducing an extended producer responsibility bill for packaging – with some twists, in an attempt to get it through the Republican-controlled Legislature.   

The recyclability and compostability of materials covered under California's extended producer responsibility law for packaging got an update recently, as did the baseline for single-use plastic reduction. 

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A Tennessee lawmaker is reintroducing an extended producer responsibility bill for packaging – with some twists, in an attempt to get it through the Republican-controlled Legislature.   

The recyclability and compostability of materials covered under California's extended producer responsibility law for packaging got an update recently, as did the baseline for single-use plastic reduction.