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Coalition to fund equipment enabling PP sortation

Published: July 14, 2020
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Sign for collection of #5 PP plastics for recycling.

According to The Recycling Partnership, single-family households in the U.S. may be generating as much as 1.6 billion pounds of recyclable PP scrap each year. | Sodel Vladyslav/Shutterstock

An initiative from The Recycling Partnership will provide millions of dollars in capital to help sorting facilities install equipment for PP recovery.

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Plastics recycling bill introduced to Congress

Published: June 16, 2020
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The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

The newly introduced Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act directs various federal agencies and offices to take steps to support plastics recycling. | Corlia vWyk/Shutterstock

Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives have put forth legislation focused on reducing plastic waste and bolstering plastics recycling.

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Indonesia appears to have finalized scrap import rules

Published: June 16, 2020
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Activities in the port of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Indonesian government on May 27 announced the official contamination policy for imports of scrap paper, plastic and other materials. | dani daniar/Shutterstock

Paper and plastic shipments to Indonesia will be allowed a maximum of 2% contamination, the country recently announced. The move follows several changes to the country’s import policies last year.

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City finds alternative outlet for EnergyBag plastics

Published: June 2, 2020
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Boise will send materials to a Utah cement manufacturer on a temporary basis until September. | Charles Knowles/Shutterstock

Boise, Idaho will send hard-to-recycle plastics to be used as fuel for a cement manufacturing operation in Utah, after being without a solid downstream market for more than a year.

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Plastic industry’s $1B waste effort begins to outline projects

Published: May 27, 2020
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The Alliance to End Plastic Waste announced earlier this month it would be supporting a female-led plastics recycling plant in Ghana. | Courtesy of ASASE Foundation.

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste is currently working to implement more than a dozen initiatives worldwide. The group’s leader recently explained key details, as well as how COVID-19 has impacted progress.

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