Recyclers reeling from NJ PCR extension
The recent three-year extension for exemptions to the state's PCR mandates elicited frustration and confusion among recyclers.
Legislation & Enforcement
Colorado’s EPR programs move from planning to practice
Colorado's producer responsibility organizations move to implement the state's extended producer responsibility law.
SB 54 plan for cartons, film draws warning
The new law's cartons and film targets could add 100,000 tons of plastic contamination to California's paper exports annually, a...
Critical mineral policy shift creates opportunity
Government leaders are calling for minerals to stay onshore, but industry leaders say more public investment would maximize the ability...
What’s on Newsom’s desk after the CA session end
With the California legislature adjourned, packaging, food-waste and EPR advocates are watching a single date, Sept. 30, to see which...
New Jersey pushes back PCR mandate to 2030
One of the highest-profile US laws affecting recyclers has been amended only four months before implementation, with the state citing...
Leadership at a pivotal moment
CalRecycle Director Zoe Heller is heading up an agency tasked with ambitious recycling and sustainability goals. Can she pull it...
Reinvigorating reuse
Legislation may help spark renewed interest in reusing consumer items.
Textile EPR and the definition of recycling
The debate over chemical recycling in the textile space is heating up, even as it presents many nuances.
Jeff Fielkow and the startup that’s building the US packaging EPR system
The Circular Action Alliance (CAA) has had a relatively short, but very impactful, history as it takes a key role...
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