A North Carolina government office that provides substantial recycling industry support would be eliminated as part of a budget bill approved by the state Senate last week.
A North Carolina government office that provides substantial recycling industry support would be eliminated as part of a budget bill approved by the state Senate last week.
Any time a government forces residents to change their behaviors, there’s the possibility of a strong pushback. But a recent webinar explored ways municipal officials can draft and implement mandatory recycling ordinances without drawing substantial resistance.
California lawmakers have approved a bill allowing MRF operators and recycling companies to receive tax exemptions for equipment purchases. Continue Reading
Former employees of the U.S. EPA have attacked Donald Trump’s funding proposals and unearthed documents showing the administration wants to chop the agency’s recycling and waste reduction efforts by 20 percent.
After he spent a good chunk of his campaign blasting the Environmental Protection Agency, it was hardly surprising that Donald Trump would take a knife to the EPA budget once he was actually in office. Continue Reading
In a departure from the beverage giant’s long-standing position, Coca-Cola has announced its support for a container deposit program in the United Kingdom.
National politics have taken the spotlight over the past few months, but impactful decisions are being made at the state level as legislatures convene.
Composting experts have developed verbiage for possible legislation that states could use to limit claims made on plastic product packaging.
This story originally appeared in the January 2017 issue of Resource Recycling.
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The statewide recycling and composting rate for California fell to 47 percent last year after hovering near 50 percent during the previous three years.