The European Commission acknowledged the urgency for EU-wide measures to protect trade from cheap imports and to provide regulatory certainty to enable investment in chemical recycling.

The second round of funding under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant program awarded about $58 million to 17 applicants, toward waste reduction, recycling and composting programs.

Plastics recyclers are completing what often has been described as the worst year to date, amid cheap virgin and imported resin, and renewed criticism of the industry in well-publicized reports.

Liberty Tire Recycling is investing in $1.4 million of equipment upgrades at a facility in North Carolina, and credits the state's new law directing disposal fees back into its scrap tire program. In summer 2025, North Carolina passed SB 706, under which most of the new funding will go back to counties to reimburse costs associated with collecting and recycling...

The Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act is meant to avoid misleading labels that may confuse consumers and "undermine real recycling efforts."

The biotech company must structure about 10% of the remaining funding before construction can restart, and has pushed expected completion to first-half 2028.

A new study commissioned by a global aluminum recycling initiative indicates that DRS programs can help bridge an "awareness gap" between consumer behavior and recycling progress, particularly for beverage cans.

Austria was the 17th country in Europe to implement a deposit-return scheme for single-use beverage containers, and aims for a return rate of at least 90% by 2027.

First Star Recycling in Omaha and the City of Lincoln each received $25,000 grants from the Foodservice Packaging Institute's Foam Recycling Coalition, to enable acceptance of take-out containers, egg cartons and more.

The Canadian province renewed funding for the program, which in 2026 will accept silage plastic and bale wrap in addition to baler twine and grain bags.