As the 2025 sustainability deadlines set by many brands get closer, another global heavyweight has announced that it will likely miss some of its target goals. 

California's sizable state environment agency has a new leader in Zoe Heller, who was recently appointed director of the California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery. Industry leaders praised her integrity, thoughtfulness and collaboration skills.

California's sizable state environment agency has a new leader in Zoe Heller, who was recently appointed director of the California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery. Industry leaders praised her integrity, thoughtfulness and collaboration skills.

Repair shops that handle wireless devices will have a more straightforward time classifying devices after the wireless industry association aligned its grading standard with SERI's standard. 

The second Blue Polymers recycled resin facility will be sited in Buckeye, Arizona, and is slated to open in late 2025. 

Publicly traded recycling collectors saw bale prices rise in the first quarter, contributing to higher revenues and a positive outlook for the year ahead. North America's five largest publicly traded garbage and recycling companies, WM, Republic Services, Casella Waste Systems, GFL Environmental and Waste Connections, all recently disclosed their first-quarter 2024 financial results. Compared to prior-year Q1, commodity prices are...

Publicly traded recycling collectors saw bale prices rise in the first quarter, contributing to higher revenues and a positive outlook for the year ahead. North America's five largest publicly traded garbage and recycling companies, WM, Republic Services, Casella Waste Systems, GFL Environmental and Waste Connections, all recently disclosed their first-quarter 2024 financial results. Compared to prior-year Q1, commodity prices are...

The fourth meeting to draft a global plastic pollution treaty ended just after 3 a.m. on April 30 with general agreement on the need for global rules and mandates on product design, composition, performance and extended producer responsibility.

New York legislators are once again pushing to become the fifth state in the U.S. to implement extended producer responsibility for packaging.  

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found a way to recover some critical metals from e-scrap using a mixed-salt water-based solution.