Anaergia Technologies LLC has entered into a contract with the City of Riverside, California, to install infrastructure at the Riverside Water Quality Control Plant to enable reception of organic municipal waste.
Month: November 2024
The methane released by U.S. landfills could be cut in half in the next 25 years if the EPA adopts policies that some states have now, a new study finds.
Source: Landfill methane is a big climate problem. Here are… | Canary Media
Design for recycling in cosmetic glass packaging
A major recycled glass processor teamed up with a cosmetics giant to identify how cosmetics packaging is sorted in MRFs and which attributes are impeding greater recycling. Their findings offer suggestions for material design.
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Does changing the shape of the recycling symbol make it any less misleading?
Group encourages public-private partnership in plastics
A typical academic publication aims to communicate research findings and perhaps gain funding, but one group of researchers also hopes to foster discussion and cooperation throughout the plastics value chain with their recent paper in the scientific journal Nature.
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Critics call it the plastics industry’s Project 2025. Tucked into a federal recycling bill is a litany of regulatory rollbacks and other industry-friendly provisions that federal agencies under Donald Trump could adopt without congressional approval.
Source: The Plastics Industry’s Wish List for a Second Trump Administration — ProPublica
LA says soda companies are endangering public and environmental health, while also lying about the effectiveness of recycling to seem sustainable.
Source: LA County sues Coke, Pepsi over plastic packaging | Courthouse News Service
Building and reaching: EPA opens grant applications
This article appeared in the October 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. If you missed the chance to grab a slice of the $198 million federal recycling grant pie last year, your second chance has …
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In My Opinion: Producer fees in packaging EPR programs
A policy analyst from EPR Group Consulting explains the producer fees and deadlines that are coming in each state.
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Consumer comprehension data played a central role in how How2Recycle redesigned its instructional label, leaders of the process explained. But potential restrictions in California pose a challenge.
Source: How2Recycle doesn’t want to abandon the chasing arrows | Packaging Dive