Increasing end market demand and improving infrastructure are essential ingredients for a sustainable plastics recycling industry – and for recycling as a whole.
Increasing end market demand and improving infrastructure are essential ingredients for a sustainable plastics recycling industry – and for recycling as a whole.
Is achieving a circular economy realistic?
Earlier this year, ABC, the national government broadcaster in Australia, ran a series of programs called “War on Waste.” These shows were dedicated to putting the huge amount of waste generated in the forefront of people’s thinking.
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In late October, 80 New Yorkers teamed up to spend three days devising innovative ways to tackle one of the city’s oldest and most vexing challenges: waste. Continue Reading
For a long time, the story of recycling has been purported to be simple – you just have to do X and it’ll all work out. X, of course, changes over the years.
In February, Congressman Keith Ellison reintroduced H.R. 1034, known as the Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act. The bill creates a grant program within the U.S. EPA that would be funded with up to $100 million of investments in zero waste infrastructure.
Accelerating the transition to a circular economy has become a high priority for major companies and governments around the globe.
