The California Commission on Recycling Markets & Curbside Recycling released 30 policy recommendations to improve the state’s recycling system.

CP Group released its OCC Auger Screen, which separates mid- to large-sized OCC using steel cantilevered tri-lobe augers.

Elizabeth Biser, former senior policy advisor at The Recycling Partnership, was appointed to lead the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). 

Recycling tech firm Recycle Track Systems received $35 million in funding through an investment round led by Citi Impact Fund.

Target announced a goal to reduce its annual virgin plastic use by 20% by 2025 and to ensure 100% of its owned-brand plastic packaging be recyclable, reusable or compostable by the same year.