A memo circulating within California’s waste management agency says the packaging industry has failed to offer up viable voluntary options to help the state significantly cut down the amount of packaging material going to disposal.
A memo circulating within California’s waste management agency says the packaging industry has failed to offer up viable voluntary options to help the state significantly cut down the amount of packaging material going to disposal.
One industry expert said “skyfilling” of plastic scrap may hurt the climate more than landfilling, and the Closed Loop Fund checks in on a project it helped finance.
After several weeks spent considering a handful of candidates, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as his nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
Chicago residents are closer to paying bag fees, and plastics recycling equipment innovations were on display at Germany’s K show.
The United States recycled more plastic in its municipal solid waste stream in 2014, continuing a long-standing trend. But the increase was relatively modest.
Residents in one area of Australia voice concerns over a plastics-to-fuel plant, and India’s informal plastics recycling industry is being threatened.
Several plastics organizations have formed a group aimed at boosting plastics packaging recycling in Europe.
With the long election season finally over, our election signs can now forget their divisive past and begin anew as toys, lawn chairs or trash cans.
Ikea releases products made with recycled plastics, and Rhode Island adopts standardized public bin signage to boost recovery efforts.