Back to Top

Category: News

Top stories from August 2025

Published: September 3, 2025
Updated:

by

JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock

Delays on chemical recycling plants drew reader interest in August, as well as a major polypropylene expansion in Oregon, the collapse of global plastics treaty talks and a lawsuit over Oregon’s new extended producer responsibility (EPR) law for packaging. 

Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged |

Aduro loss widens as pilot plant nears commissioning

Published: September 3, 2025
Updated:

by

Aduro Clean Technologies posted a wider loss in 2025 as it advanced an Ontario pilot plant, signed new MOUs and raised funds through a US equity offering. | Yuriy Chertok/Shutterstock

Aduro Clean Technologies reported a wider operating loss for fiscal year 2025 as it increased spending on research and pilot-scale construction.  Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged , |

FCC gets single largest TRP grant for film collection

Published: September 3, 2025
Updated:

by

The $4.25 million grant to upgrade FCC Environmental’s Houston MRF will enable better recovery of plastic film. | Photo Courtesy of FCC

Hauler FCC Environmental Services has been awarded a $4.25 million grant from The Recycling Partnership (TRP) to improve film and flexible plastics recovery at its materials recovery facility (MRF) in Houston, representing TRP’s largest single grant to a MRF. Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged |

Stewardship exec: Key to EPR success is to watch, wait

Published: September 3, 2025
Updated:

by
Reverse-vending-machine-aleks333-Shutterstock

Reverse vending machines are one component of some deposit return systems | Aleks333/Shutterstock

Takeaways in two minutes (or less)

  • Watch, wait and learn from the “starter seven”
  • Focus first on expanding bottle deposit systems
  • Highlight economic impact to gain bipartisan support
  • Kentucky, Tennessee, Carolinas primed for action
  • Learn from the Canadian experience

 

In an active year for legislation aimed at reducing plastic pollution and waste, recycling stakeholders have a bevy of lessons to draw from, even with bills that have come under attack or didn’t quite pass. Continue Reading

Fires at recycling sites on track to reach record high

Published: August 13, 2025
Updated:

by

Fire Rover analyzed nine years of data to discover trends in recycling facility fires. | Photo courtesy of Boston Fire Department

Across North America, recycling and waste management facilities are experiencing an increase in reported fires, with 2025 predicted to reach a new annual high. A recent special report by Fire Rover highlights this trend, attributing the record-high reported numbers and escalating financial risks to factors such as lithium-ion batteries, escalating demands from insurers and inadequate control measures. Continue Reading

Posted in News | Tagged , |

WEF tackles plastic pollution in developing nations

Published: August 27, 2025
Updated:

by

Among the areas of concern for the Global Plastic Action Partnership is improving conditions for workers in the informal recycling sectors common to developing countries. | Pradeep Gaurs/Shutterstock

Since its founding in 2018, the Global Plastic Action Partnership, part of the World Economic Forum, has worked to address plastic pollution in developing countries, creating a network of partnerships across Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged , , |

Circularix starts Florida RPET plant, expands Pennsylvania site

Published: August 27, 2025
Updated:

by

The expansions will bring the company’s annual capacity to 165 million pounds of RPET resin. | Photo courtesy of Circularix.

RPET producer Circularix has completed commercial startup of its second food-grade pelletizing facility, located in Ocala, Florida, and announced it will expand capacity at its flagship site in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.

Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged |

CalRecycle reopens comments for SB 54 rules

Published: August 27, 2025
Updated:

by
Baled plastics for recycling.

The draft regulations have seen several iterations, drawing criticism from industry stakeholders. | Ultrasto/Shutterstock

California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) has opened the public comment period for its latest draft of regulations for the state’s extended producer responsibility law for packaging, which have drawn criticism from industry stakeholders.
Continue Reading

Posted in News, Top stories | Tagged |