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Colorado law calls for exploration of recycling market development center, EPR policies

A bill recently signed by Gov. Jared Polis directs state staff to study creating a new market development program and launching a statewide education program, among other items. Read More…

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Environmental group takes aim at chemical recycling

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 …

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TechniSoil provides recycled plastic asphalt additive to CalTrans project

<![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 …

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Transforming e-waste into a strong, protective coating for metal

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 …

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Letter from California: Recycling initiative seeks input – Resource Recycling News

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…

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British Columbia expands EPR and bottle deposit systems – Resource Recycling News

Canada’s third-largest province has approved a number of changes to its extended producer responsibility and container deposit programs.  A province of over 5 million people, British Columbia has an extended producer responsibility (EPR) system for recyclables collected through the curbside …

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How a packaging firm ensured its PET canister’s recyclability – Resource Recycling News

Ring Container Technologies wanted to understand the curbside recyclability of an all-PET container versus its existing polycoated paperboard canister. So it asked recycling programs themselves. Before rolling out the PET container, which was set to be used to package mixed …

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Industry veteran shares insights on markets and her new venture – Plastics Recycling Update

Tamsin Ettefagh, who has helped lead a couple of the largest plastics recycling companies in North America, has embarked on a new consulting venture. Called Tamsinette LLC, the consulting firm will concentrate on finding solutions to boost the recycling of …

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