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Circular Action Alliance submits EPR plan in Oregon
Circular Action Alliance submits EPR plan in Oregon
The shape of Oregon's extended producer responsibility for packaging plan is becoming clearer after the Circular Action Alliance released its initial program plan to the state.
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Panelists: AI has a bigger role to play in recycling
Panelists: AI has a bigger role to play in recycling
Artificial intelligence is a key element of increasing plastic recycling, panelists at the 2024 Plastics Recycling Conference in Grapevine, Texas, said last month.
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US battery recycling receives a federal boost
US battery recycling receives a federal boost
Municipal collection events. Fire safety systems. Robotic sortation upgrades. These are a few of the numerous battery recycling efforts to receive a combined $62 million in government funding made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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News from Jenna Jambeck, Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative and more
News from Jenna Jambeck, Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative and more
Jenna Jambeck, a well-known plastics researcher and professor at the University of Georgia, was named the Southeastern Conference 2024 Professor of the Year. The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative hired Devon Morales as its new vice president of external affairs. Recycled …
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News from Ball Corporation, Call2Recycle and more
News from Ball Corporation, Call2Recycle and more
Ameripen’s third installment in its “Preparing for Packaging Producer Responsibility in the U.S.” webinar is open for registration. The session, “Services to Help Collect and Report Data and Manage Fees,” will be held on April 17. AMP announced that Tim …
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Producers still lacking urgency on data deadlines
Producers still lacking urgency on data deadlines
In about a year, companies will be required to start reporting various data under four different extended producer responsibility laws as well as some recycled content and labeling laws. Many are still not ready, industry stakeholders cautioned.
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Packaging deposits, packaging EPR get federal attention
Packaging deposits, packaging EPR get federal attention
Several different policy strategies to increase recycling have been getting federal attention as of late, including extended producer responsibility and container deposits.
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Colorado regulators suggest mid-range EPR scenario
Colorado regulators suggest mid-range EPR scenario
Colorado state regulators suggested choosing a mid-level recycling scenario for its extended producer responsibility program for packaging, but a final decision is yet to come.
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Recycling facilities reported fewer fires in 2023
Recycling facilities reported fewer fires in 2023
An annual report from recycling industry fire protection firm Fire Rover found that publicly reported MRF and transfer station fires in the U.S. and Canada dropped by 10% in 2023 compared to the prior year.
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Recycled fiber capacity tracker publishes final report
Recycled fiber capacity tracker publishes final report
All but two of 25 confirmed recycled paper mill projects announced over the past five years are completed, and new capacity activity has slowed considerably, according to a recent review led by the Northeast Recycling Council. "It's just unlikely that there will be any more expansions in the near future," project leader Chaz Miller said in an interview.
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News from American Forest & Paper Association, Northeast Recycling Council and more
News from American Forest & Paper Association, Northeast Recycling Council and more
The American Forest & Paper Association testified against extended producer responsibility in Minnesota. Global Recycling Day was observed on March 18. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, or NREL, announced the latest round of no-charge technical assistance that’s available to U.S. …
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How MRF technology made a contaminant a product
How MRF technology made a contaminant a product
A partnership between midwest recycling processor Rumpke and resin giant Eastman Chemical will create an end market for opaque and otherwise hard-to-recycle PET materials, driven by state-of-the-art sortation capabilities at Rumpke's Columbus, Ohio MRF.
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Zero Waste DC plan centers community, collaboration
Zero Waste DC plan centers community, collaboration
The nation's capital recently finalized a zero-waste plan nearly a decade in the making, one that ecompasses 43 actions such as composting mandates, extended producer responsibility for many materials and single-use plastic bans.
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Colorado PRO revises EPR plan
Circular Action Alliance revised its producer responsibility plan in Colorado in response to public and industry comment.
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Why Glacier’s MRF robots drew millions in funding
Why Glacier’s MRF robots drew millions in funding
The co-founders of emerging sortation robotics supplier Glacier say their robots provide an immediate quality benefit with a small footprint: They can be placed anywhere a manual sorter would be stationed.
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Curbside grades fetching higher prices in March
Curbside grades fetching higher prices in March
Average OCC prices climbed higher than $100 per ton this month, levels not seen in a year and a half. Other fiber grades, and most curbside plastic materials, also continued to trend higher.
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News from California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), Diageo North America and more
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) opened public comments as part of the formal rulemaking process for SB 54. The public comment period closes April 23. Call2Recycle announced that in 2023, it collected over 8 million pounds …
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Top stories from February 2024
Top stories from February 2024
Readers in February were drawn to coverage of an upcoming MRF with a mixed-waste line, as well as stories exploring export trends, producer responsbility organization movement, California’s definition of “recyclable,” and responses to a recent report criticizing plastics recycling. The …
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Electronics processor begins recycling robotics
Electronics processor begins recycling robotics
Robotic sorting systems are increasingly making their way into e-scrap and ITAD facilities, where they help categorize, sort and even disassemble devices. Now, they're entering one processor's facilities as part of the end-of-life stream.
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Women in Circularity: Lisa Conway
Women in Circularity: Lisa Conway
A warm welcome back to “Women in Circularity”, where we shine a light on women moving us toward a circular economy. This month, I am pleased to be celebrating the third anniversary of my Women in Circularity column, which launched …
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