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The Recycling Partnership Releases Best Practices for Personal Electronics & Battery End-of-Life Management

The Recycling Partnership (TRP) — a nonprofit “action agent” that seeks to transform the U.S. residential recycling system in positive ways — released a new guide called, “Personal Electronics & Battery End-of-Life Management Guide: Steps to Effe … Read More…

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Thermoform recycling realities – Resource Recycling

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Google explores how to capture 4.5 billion tons of plastic

A report from Google lays out how mechanical and chemical recycling, a virgin plastic production tax, consumer incentives and more can increase plastics recovery over the next two decades. Google in July released an executive summary of the report, titled …

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Eastman CEO touts P&G partnership as company tries to improve recycling

  Eastman CEO Mark Costa told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday the plastics company is trying to change “the whole game” around recycling. Source: Eastman CEO touts P&G partnership as company tries to improve recycling Read More…

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Methane: The lesser-known greenhouse gas that’s key to solving climate change – Vox

This lesser-known greenhouse gas will make or break a “decisive decade” for climate change. Source: Methane: The lesser-known greenhouse gas that’s key to solving climate change – Vox Read More…

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Port congestion seen lasting through summer in US

Shipping firms and port agencies report backups at container ports in several locations. … Read More…

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Lithium-ion battery recycler nets major investment capital

Redwood Materials, a growing Nevada-based battery recycling firm that recently partnered with an e-scrap processor, received more than $700 million in funding from various financing organizations. … Read More…

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OCC prices reflect global demand for containerboard

Paper mills that use a lot of recovered fiber were forced to pay substantially more for OCC over the past few months, reflecting the global strength in corrugated packaging demand. Mill operators Cascades, Graphic Packaging, International Paper, Packaging Corporation of …

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Oregon governor signs packaging EPR bill

Oregon will overhaul components of its recycling system and will make packaging producers partially responsible for funding recycling of their products. It’s the second U.S. state to approve such a law. Gov. Kate Brown on Aug. 6 signed Senate Bill …

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Partnership targets hard-to-recycle plastics

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Firstar are collaborating to develop an integrated recycling complex alongside the company’s Omaha, Nebraska, MRF. … Read More…