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US Plastics Pact report charts expansion path for recycled content in packaging – Recycling Today

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Study: Reusable Containers Could Boost California’s Economy, Cut Waste

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Most major bottlers upped PCR use in California last year

Newly released data shows many major bottlers increased their post-consumer PET use in beverage containers sold into California last year, surpassing the state’s 15% minimum recycled content mandate for that year and putting them on track to hit the expanded mandate for 2025.Continue Reading→

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Textile recycling: Where do we stand?

Textile recycling: Where do we stand?

This article appeared in the Spring 2025 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content. In the past decade, we’ve seen a wave of textile recyclers emerge, such as Reju, Syre, Eastman, Evrnu, Ambercycle, Ravel, Protein Evolution, …

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Hitting a plateau: Circular packaging designers face flexibles hurdle

Many companies have targets to make 100% of their packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. Now, as they face the hardest categories to transform, some are weighing whether it’s feasible.

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Handling the truth – Recycling Today

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US classes Canadian plastic regulations as technical barrier to trade

The US has raised concerns over Canada’s Zero Plastic Waste Agenda, particularly the Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations under the agenda, identifying them as a potential technical trade barrier.

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Inside The Recycling Partnership’s policy pivot | Waste Dive

Founder Keefe Harrison said the organization’s shift toward recycling policy advocacy has helped spark improvements to recycling systems that can’t be accelerated with grant programs alone.

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CA compostable labeling deadline worries producers

A deadline coming up in a California labeling bill is causing concern among some manufacturers of compostable products, who say it could threaten the wider U.S. and global compostable packaging industry.Continue Reading→

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SoCalGas Enters First-of its-Kind RNG Procurement Agreement

SoCalGas has selected Organic Energy Solutions for California’s first in-state renewable natural gas (RNG) project approved under SB 1440, which mandates that utilities procure a share of RNG from local organic waste sources. The San Bernardino facility will convert industrial and food waste into clean energy, supporting California’s broader climate goals to reduce methane emissions and landfill waste.