It’s clear the current recycling system can’t deliver sufficient resin for brand owners to hit their increasingly ambitious recycled-content goals. A PepsiCo executive recently discussed that supply gap.
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It’s clear the current recycling system can’t deliver sufficient resin for brand owners to hit their increasingly ambitious recycled-content goals. A PepsiCo executive recently discussed that supply gap.
Paper market analysis (and a visit by President Trump to a paper mill) caught the clicks of readers last month.
A recently released study estimates the U.S. recycling industry will have a nearly $110 billion economic impact this year. That’s about 6% lower than the number from two years ago.
The U.S. recycling rate for aluminum cans sits just below 50%, according to an industry group.
California lawmakers passed a bill requiring the use of recycled plastic in beverage containers. Separately, they OK’d legislation aimed at easing the use of cullet in bottles.
The state of North Carolina and nearly 200 local governments have launched a 10-week recycling education campaign.
Texas-based Avangard Innovative will grow exponentially in 2020, opening three processing sites to recover and pelletize plastic film.
Over the last month, some curbside plastics have seen notable market changes. Meanwhile, prices for paper bales have remained constant, albeit low.
Pratt Industries’ 100% recycled containerboard mill in Wapakoneta, Ohio will host President Donald Trump for a tour this weekend, putting a spotlight on a major new end-market for recovered paper.
Sweeping legislation in California that would have set aggressive recycling mandates on a range of items failed to advance last week.