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Chasing consistency

Published: April 12, 2022
Updated: April 12, 2022
by Sarah Edwards

The latest plastics recycling news

California recycling overhaul is now law
California’s printed paper and packaging extended producer responsibility bill passed the state Senate unanimously today, just before the deadline to pull a plastic-tax measure from November’s state ballot.
Global petrochemical company plans Midwest recycling plant
The U.S. subsidiary of Thailand-based plastic manufacturer PTT Global Chemical is moving toward a recycled plastic manufacturing facility in central Ohio.
Keurig Dr Pepper achieves 11% PCR use
One of North America’s largest beverage brand owners greatly increased its use of recycled resins last year, mainly by rolling out 100% RPET bottles for specific brands.
In My Opinion: PET recycling lessons can transform industry
The lead for the recently launched PET Recycling Coalition explains how improving PET sorting and recovery can bolster recovery systems for other materials.
Recyclability labeling lawsuit launched in Connecticut
Connecticut’s attorney general sued Reynolds Consumer Products over the marketing of its Hefty trash bags as recyclable, bringing truth-in-labeling lawsuits to another state.
Bottle cap effort highlights recycling as pollution solution
Connecticut middle school students, with help from processor UltraPoly and other entities, recently collected 2.5 million plastic caps and recycled them into end products as part of a lesson on microplastics.
PP grant brings robot to a facility’s sorting line
With a little help from The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, a Fresno-based MRF has entered the world of robotics.