Category: Industry Announcements

Stakeholders debate Maine recyclable materials list
More than 100 people showed up in-person and virtually to an informal stakeholder meeting on Maine’s draft material types list for the state’s extended producer responsibility program for packaging.
Clorox fined millions for recycled content claims
Clorox Australia has been slapped with a multimillion-dollar fine resulting from misleading recycling claims for its plastic bags.
US labels Canadian agenda as trade barrier
The Trump administration has included Canada’s Zero Plastic Waste Agenda among foreign trade barriers, drawing criticism from a Canadian advocacy group and caution from the country’s chemical industry.
US Plastics Pact formalizes PCR approach in new report
In its most recent report, the U.S. Plastics Pact outlined numerous market-based and policy solutions for existing challenges that may inhibit adoption of PCR in plastic packaging, including collection infrastructure and virgin resin oversupply.
Most major bottlers upped PCR use in California last year
Newly released data shows many major bottlers increased their post-consumer PET use in beverage containers sold into California last year, surpassing the state’s 15% minimum recycled content mandate for that year and putting them on track to hit the expanded mandate for 2025.
Maryland legislators set EPR bill on governor’s desk
A bill that would set up an extended producer responsibility program for packaging is sitting on the desk of Maryland’s governor after clearing both legislative chambers Monday evening. If it’s signed, Maryland would become the sixth U.S. state to enact such a law.
MRFs, reclaimers finding added value from AI
Robotics and data analytics equipment supplier EverestLabs recently highlighted a handful of examples of how artificial intelligence-equipped data analytics can help MRF operators modify equipment settings to improve commodity recovery.

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