In My Opinion: EPR needed for flexible packaging
Flexible packaging has sustainability potential, but only if it's properly recycled at the end of its life. The president and...
Plastics
Judge dismisses claims against 7-Eleven’s recyclable labels
Brand owners can label products as recyclable even if local residential recycling programs don't want them, because reasonable consumers wouldn't...
Reclaimer to close Southeast plastics recycling plant
Plastics recycling company PreZero US will close its South Carolina recycling facility and instead concentrate on expanding recycling capabilities in...
When assessing chemical recycling, ‘follow the money’
Recent years have seen a steady stream of announcements from chemical recycling operators touting technological breakthroughs. But two industry insiders...
Bringing the market together
How can regional suppliers and end users of various recycled materials successfully coordinate on quality and meet requirements laid out...
Thermoform-to-thermoform bill draws mixed reactions
Current debate over a California bill requiring PET thermoforms to contain RPET derived from thermoforms boils down to one question:...
US recovered fiber and plastic exports drop
U.S. exports of fiber bales came down slightly during the first half of this year, trade data shows. At the...
Walmart offering in-store recycling for beauty products
In collaboration with Procter & Gamble and TerraCycle, Walmart is allowing customers in four states to recycle beauty product packaging...
First Person Perspective: A ‘pitiful’ attack on plastics recycling
This article appeared in the July 2022 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. I recently...
Niagara Bottling victorious in PET recycling lawsuit
If a bottled water label and cap are effectively unrecyclable, and if statistics show a majority of PET bottles are...
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