A Connecticut bill sits in uncharted territory when it comes to regulating plastic bags: The legislation ensures they’re recyclable and include recycled content, but it does not ban them.
A Connecticut bill sits in uncharted territory when it comes to regulating plastic bags: The legislation ensures they’re recyclable and include recycled content, but it does not ban them.
Terrorist attacks in Brussels have prompted the cancellation of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, and a report estimates a 25 percent jump in the number of plastics recycling facilities in Europe in the immediate future.
Ontario has passed legislation ushering in full producer-paid recycling of packaging materials throughout the province of more than 13 million people.
The extended producer responsibility program for packaging in Portugal has seen improving recovery volumes in recent years.
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A major city bans straws and single-use plastic utensils, and plastic processing shoots for the stars with a new space-specific recycling technology.
Achievements in flexible film packaging recycling are announced, and a new modifier for polyamides is released.
An outreach campaign sees success in boosting plastic bottle recycling in North Carolina, and a major city decides not to pursue bag fees.
Recycling processors report that early September pricing for recovered plastic packaging rose slightly over August levels.
The Recycling Partnership provides some tips on how to weather the upcoming ban, and ISRI says meeting a 0.3 percent contamination limit is impossible.