Several big recycling updates came out of the Golden State this weekend, including new policy, a lawsuit challenging ExxonMobil's chemical recycling claims and an update about carpet recycling rates.

WM's $100 million Denver, Colorado, MRF will come online just in time to capture an anticipated increase in recyclable materials, buoyed by the state's new extended producer responsibility law for packaging. 

The Stewardship Agencies of British Columbia worked together to divert a record 425 million kilograms of end-of-life products from landfills in 2023, and leaders pointed to factors including the efficiency and education that collaboration brings. 

Apple's latest operating system update will expand a feature unpopular with reuse and repair advocates to not just cover the phone as a whole but also individual parts. 

The Stewardship Agencies of British Columbia worked together to divert a record 425 million kilograms of end-of-life products from landfills in 2023, and leaders pointed to factors including the efficiency and education that collaboration brings. 

Nearly two dozen plastics recycling processes received a federal greenlight for food and drink applications in the first half of 2024. 

The Stewardship Agencies of British Columbia worked together to divert a record 425 million kilograms of end-of-life products from landfills in 2023, and leaders pointed to factors including the efficiency and education that collaboration brings. 

Solar panel recyclers can now achieve a specific SERI certification, under the newly added Appendix G for photovoltaic modules. 

Several states end their legislative sessions in late summer, including Massachusetts and California, and in the final days several bills relating to plastics recycling passed both legislative chambers.

Degradable additives, nutrients and supplements will boot packaging into the non-recyclable category, according to an update to the Association of Plastic Recyclers' Design Guide for Plastics Recyclability.