New York lawmakers consider three packaging EPR bills
New York lawmakers are trying to make their state the fifth in the nation to pass an extended producer responsibility...
Plastics
US recycles 13.3% of packaging, Plastic Pact estimates
A report from the U.S. Plastics Pact found a national recycling rate of 13.3% for plastic packaging and an overall...
US Plastics Pact estimates 13.3% packaging recycling rate
A report from the U.S. Plastics Pact found a national recycling rate of 13.3% for plastic packaging and an overall...
An empty analysis
Greenpeace's recent plastics report made headlines, but our managing editor points to a set of flawed assumptions at its core.
MIT, brands innovating ways to handle small plastics
Five brands have partnered with a nonprofit and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to find a way to keep small...
Seattle Public Utilities in favor of EPR, WRAP Act
As Washington state lawmakers try once more to usher an extended producer responsibility for paper and packaging bill through the...
Digital watermark pilot to begin in France
Expanding on earlier trials, Digimarc plans to test its Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 in France on a larger scale....
PET Recycling Coalition awards its first three grants
Resin company DAK Americas, recycled-content thermoforms producer Direct Pack and MRF operator Recycle Source have become the first three recipients...
Study compares chemical, mechanical recycling methods
A study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory evaluated various PET recycling methods from technical, economic and environmental standpoints...
EU-to-US scrap plastics trade under threat
A branch of the European Union wants to end all exports of recovered plastics within the next four years, a...
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