The first day of the fourth meeting to draft a global plastic pollution treaty started off with speed as delegates acknowledged the time crunch to get treaty text prepared. 

Overall, compostable packaging breaks down successfully at composting facilities, an 18-month  study from the Composting Consortium found. 

The penultimate meeting to draft a global plastic pollution treaty will kick off next week in Ottawa, Canada, and stakeholders say there's a lot riding on this fourth meeting. 

Overhauls to Iowa's bottle bill in 2022 that allowed retailers to opt out of collection are reducing access, as industry players warned when the bill passed. But redemption centers are stepping up to help solve the problem – including by launching a new bag drop program. 

Two states with EPR for packaging have chosen CAA as their PRO; others have left the competition.

Two members of the Biodegradable Products Institute discuss how the biodegradable and compostable packaging market is growing and the role California’s laws play in that change.

With most legislative sessions reaching the halfway point, there are a dozen bills in play that would create or amend state electronics recycling programs or regulate battery disposal. 

E-scrap processors who participate in California's state program could again receive a boost in some payments in the coming year. 

Some Canadian Tim Hortons customers will test fiber hot beverage lids in the coming weeks, an attempt by the coffee giant to replace plastic lids with something that will fit into the recycling stream.  

The penultimate meeting to draft a global plastic pollution treaty will kick off next week in Ottawa, Canada, and stakeholders say there's a lot riding on this fourth meeting.