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Residential recycling report estimates 21% recovery rate

Published: January 10, 2024
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A study from The Recycling Partnership found that seven out of 10 cardboard boxes, three out of four milk jugs, four out of five steel cans, three out of four tons of mixed paper and seven out of 10 glass bottles, aluminum cans and PET bottles are put in trash bins in homes. | Volt Collection/Shutterstock

A study from The Recycling Partnership proposed ways to raise the recycling rate of residential recyclables – which the group puts at 21%.

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Canada Plastics Pact: PCR use hit 12% in 2022

Published: January 9, 2024
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Major brand owners in Canada reported using 73 million pounds of post-consumer resin in their packaging in 2022, according to the Canada Plastics Pact. | Marina Onokhina/Shutterstock

Some of the largest brand owners, resin producers and other packaging stakeholders in Canada reported their progress on voluntary goals made through the Canada Plastics Pact this week. 

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Plastic ban case keeps moving in Canadian court system

Published: January 9, 2024
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A court case challenging Canada’s ban on some single-use plastic items is moving through the court system and appears poised to head to the Supreme Court. | Pavel Kubarkov/Shutterstock

A federal judge quashed an order from the Canadian government declaring all plastics to be toxic substances, but the effect of the ruling is still unclear. 

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California picks producer group, shares SB 54 draft rules

Published: January 9, 2024
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The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery published drafts of its covered material list categories for the extended producer responsibility for packaging program, among other announcements. | Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock

California is moving ahead on implementation of its extended producer responsibility law. The state agency recently released a draft of the regulations and selected a producer responsibility organization.  Continue Reading

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Illinois workshops bottle bill, amends SB 85

Published: January 9, 2024
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Illinois stakeholders have been workshopping a beverage container deposit return system under Senate Bill 85. | alenka2194/Shutterstock

Illinois may or may not be the next state to pass a bill setting up a beverage container deposit return system under Senate Bill 85, and industry players recently debated the benefits and concerns around the bill. 

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Hawaiian bottle-to-bottle plant in the works

Published: January 3, 2024
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A local producer of 100% recycled PET water bottles is bringing in-state bottle processing capacity to Hawaii. | Courtesy of Waiākea Water

Waiākea Inc., a producer of 100% recycled PET bottles for water sourced from an active volcano, is installing bottle-to-bottle processing equipment at its Hilo, Hawaii facility with a planned capacity of 52 million pounds per year. Continue Reading

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Data quantifies progress on plastic recycling

Published: January 3, 2024
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Nine large companies that are part of World Wildlife Fund’s ReSource: Plastic project reported that they increased their average use of recycled plastic from 10.2% in 2021 to 12.0% in 2022. | David Gyung/Shutterstock

Some of the largest brand owners slightly increased the amount of recycled plastic they used globally in 2022. And in the U.S., end market demand for RPET grew notably last year, even as bottle collection slipped. Continue Reading

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