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Maryland finishes EPR needs assessment

Published: March 19, 2025
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A needs assessment found that a well-designed EPR program could increase Maryland’s recycling rate for paper and packaging products from 34% to 50%. | Mihai Andritoiu/Shutterstock

Advisory groups in Maryland have shared a needs assessment and a packaging extended producer responsibility recommendation with the state legislature, finding that EPR for paper and plastic packaging could increase collection from 984,400 tons to 1.5 million tons. Continue Reading

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Roundup: Several EPR bills active in Washington state

Published: March 19, 2025
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There are three extended producer responsibility for packaging bills active in Washington right now, and many more for EPR covering other materials. | Zack Frank/Shutterstock

Washington state has a handful of extended producer responsibility bills on the move, covering packaging, beverage containers, organics and more.  Continue Reading

Industry group starts ‘Recycling in Action’ month

Published: March 19, 2025
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The Association of Plastic Recyclers organized public tours in MRFs and plastic processing facilities in more than 20 cities during the month of May. | SeventyFour/Shutterstock

In an effort to increase public trust in recycling, the Association of Plastic Recyclers has started a month-long effort to bring the public into materials recovery facilities. Continue Reading

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Republic Services unveils Indianapolis polymer complex

Published: March 19, 2025
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The hauler has been pre-buying post-consumer bales from across the Midwest for several months for the complex, which features a Polymer Center and the Blue Polymers resin production plant. | Photo courtesy Republic Services

Republic Services officially opened its Indianapolis plastics recycling complex this week, marking the hauler’s entry into the recycled plastic resin market and continuing its expansion from supplying bales to processing and converting the plastics reclaimed within. Continue Reading

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PP bale prices continue northward trek

Published: March 19, 2025
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Polypropylene bale pricing has risen to levels not seen since August 2022, largely attributed to increasing demand for use in food-contact packaging. | Retan/Shutterstock

Post-consumer PP bale pricing has continued to rise in March, reflecting trends in recycled content adoption and potentially encouraging MRFs to sort for the polymer.  Continue Reading

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3R Technology working on first US e-plastics site

Published: March 12, 2025
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3R’s U.S. facility plans to offer a domestic processing option for portions of the e-scrap stream that are increasingly difficult to export. | Photo courtesy Basel Action Network

3R Technology California is getting ready to open up shop at its first U.S. location in the Southern California city of Riverbank. The company processes e-plastics into clean, separated flake to help keep e-plastics in the U.S.  Continue Reading

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Plywood-alternative producer targets post-industrial PP

Published: March 12, 2025
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The recycled-content plastic plywood material is billed as a stronger, waterproof option to replace traditional plywood. | Photo courtesy of Supersede

Phoenix, Arizona-based Supersede started up last fall with a goal to use recycled plastic to create a plywood-alternative board specifically for marine use. The company has started with post-industrial PP as a feedstock and is experimenting with post-consumer resin as it gears up for an expansion. Continue Reading

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Materials traceability tools add PCR accountability, trust

Published: March 12, 2025
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Traceability tools can act as a scorecard, providing proof that recycling works and helping counter an often one-sided narrative in consumer media outlets. | 9dream Studio/Shutterstock

Editor’s note: Learn more about traceability technology and many other topics at the 2025 Plastics Recycling Conference on March 24-26 in National Harbor, Maryland.  Continue Reading

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