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Q&A: Comparing recycling and renewable energy

Published: August 28, 2024
Updated: August 28, 2024
by Colin Staub

A plastics recycling executive who advocated for California’s post-consumer resin mandate draws distinctions between the recycling and renewable energy industries. Witsarut Sakorn/Shutterstock

Although regulations that scaled the renewable energy market share some conceptual similarities with post-consumer resin mandates, one longtime plastics recycling stakeholder argues there are key differences creating unique challenges for plastics recycling. Continue Reading

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US sees recycling as key part of global plastics deal

Published: March 14, 2023
Updated: June 30, 2023
by Jared Paben

Steve Alexander of APR (left) and Monica Medina of the U.S. State Department at the 2023 Plastics Recycling Conference. | Big Wave Productions and Resource Recycling, Inc.

The Biden administration envisions a global plastics agreement that requires each country to take steps to boost demand for recycled resin, including through use of public procurement policies and packaging standardization. Continue Reading

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The latest plastics recycling news

Durable goods companies offer construction outlooks
In recent earnings calls, executives at Advanced Drainage Systems, Azek Building Products and Mohawk Industries voiced consistent themes for the construction and housing sector, including uncertainty surrounding federal policy and funding, persistently elevated costs, weather impacts and a shift toward localizing supply chains.
Oregon simplifies EPR exemption process
The Product Stewardship Institute and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality explained the different exemptions available to producers under the state’s incoming extended producer responsibility for packaging law in a recent webinar.
RPET imports raise industry concerns
Domestic RPET market participants have struggled to compete with inexpensive imported material for nearly two years. But the lack of a specific Harmonized Tariff System code obscures the scale of the issue even as PET’s share of scrap imports surpassed 50%.
Small-format recycling within reach, Closed Loop finds
Existing technologies and targeted investments could allow U.S. MRFs and glass recycling facilities to capture tens of thousands of tons of valuable small-format plastic items, according to a Closed Loop Partners report released Feb. 19.
Demand, virgin pricing drive runup in PP bale values
Prices for post-consumer PP bales have been climbing steadily after stagnating around 5-6 cents per pound for the better part of 18 months, with market players citing several factors for the runup.
Australian grocers offered more time on film stockpile
Grocery chains in Australia may get even more time to deal with a huge film and flexible plastic buildup.
Plastics processor launches recycled PS, ABS resins
Midwest-based Plastic Recycling, Inc. is looking to provide compounds for OEMs and automotive manufacturers that fit a wide range of specifications and just happen to be made from e-scrap.