Association says its PE Film Critical Guidance and Test Documents measure recyclability of submitted packaging. … Read More…
Month: August 2020
Proponents say AB 2959 would clarify a loophole allowing smaller haulers to undercut franchise agreements and hinder progress toward state diversion targets. Critics said it would hurt the state's efforts to curb organic waste. … Read More…
The association’s position encourages use of recycled plastics in manufacturing of new goods. Source: ISRI adopts position on minimum recycled plastic content – Recycling Today Read More…
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Glass Recycling: Myth Vs. Fact
Few pros in the recycling industry will say it’s impossible to recycle glass. But many questions remain about this practice, from how glass impacts contamination of the rest of the stream to whether there’s money to be made in working …
The COVID-19 pandemic has made consumers re-evaluate their wardrobes and the fashion industry is listening. It turns out greenhouse gas emissions from textile and clothing factories has reached 1.2 billion tons per year and the impact on the environm Read …
U.S.-based The Recycling Partnership and U.K.-based Ellen MacArthur Foundation among those seeking 100 percent plastic packaging recyclability. … Read More…
A report from activist organization GAIA claims processing strategies that have been heavily promoted by the polymer industry amount to a “greenwashing tactic” undermining efforts to ban single-use plastics. Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), a group that opposes waste-to-energy …
<![CDATA[ Redding, California-based TechniSoil Industrial has provided an asphalt binder made with recycled-content G5 polymer to a Caltrans highway repaving project in Oroville, California. “By incorporating G5, this new stretch of highway contains a recycled-plastic content equivalent reaching 150,000 bottles …
A typical recycling process converts large quantities of items made of a single material into more of the same. However, this approach isn’t feasible for old electronic devices, or ”e-waste,” because they contain small amounts of many different materials that …
The chair of California’s Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling says the group’s recommendations may reverberate across the U.S. Source: Letter from California: Recycling initiative seeks input – Resource Recycling News Read More…