Washington’s Department of Ecology gears up to implement the state’s new EPR-driven residential program. | Dee Karen / Shutterstock
The Washington Recycling Reform Act, passed by the legislature in 2025, is designed to improve the state’s residential recycling system. The law creates an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for residential packaging and paper products.
A man is caught defrauding Germany’s bottle redemption program, and one California city mulls zoning changes targeting bottle redemption centers.
Coca-Cola HBC, a major bottler for the Coca-Cola Co. in Europe, has announced seven new sustainability goals for 2020.
The Association of Plastic Recyclers will research ways in which materials recovery facilities might be able to recover more smaller sized plastic containers, which are often lost during sortation. That was one of several actions the group announced at a recent meeting.
Lower recovered metals prices hurt revenue at a waste-to-energy company, and a group urges a major magazine to use recycled paper.
Recovered materials processors have received a little holiday cheer. The value of most recyclables moved higher at the start of this month.
CalRecycle last week convened stakeholders to continue to discuss the possibility of requiring producers to play a role in the end-of-life management of packaging materials.
International brand owner General Mills says recycled content made up 42 percent of the weight of its U.S. packaging last year, down from the year before.
Seattle enacts another plastic bag ban, and a stick-on label could change the look of the aluminum can.
The Windy City’s recycling rate sees another drop, and some residents are unhappy with the way Charlotte, N.C. wants OCC placed in the cart.