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How to Design Sustainable Packaging That Resonates with Consumers

Recycled content is leading the pack today, though material makers and designers in quest of a piece of the market are chasing all types of innovations. They are working on packaging made from agricultural waste and captured carbon emissions, among other unconventional sources.
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Report takes aim at drop-off recycling system

Report takes aim at drop-off recycling system

An investigation that placed tracking devices in bundles of Amazon’s plastic packaging and dropped them off in store collection receptacles around the U.S. found a “failing” drop-off collection system, its authors said. Amazon responded by noting it can’t control how material is handled once it enters the recycling system.

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Why Glacier’s MRF robots drew millions in funding

Why Glacier’s MRF robots drew millions in funding

The co-founders of emerging sortation robotics supplier Glacier say their robots provide an immediate quality benefit with a small footprint: They can be placed anywhere a manual sorter would be stationed.

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California overhauls recycling with plastic pollution and beverage container reforms

Office of Public Affairs For Immediate Release: March 8, 2024 News Release #2024-03 Media Contact: Lance Klug 916-341-6293 | [email protected] SACRAMENTO – Taking action to address growing global plastic pollution while spurring innovation and job creation, California is launching new recycling regulations, reforms and funding to reduce single-use plastic…

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California opens public comment period on draft EPR regulations

The public comment period will run until April 23, when CalRecycle will host a public hearing. The agency estimates more than 13,000 producers would be affected by the regulation.

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Bioplastics: sustainable solution or distraction from the plastic waste crisis? – EHN

Biodegradable and plant-based plastics are booming — but still come with climate and chemical concerns.

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Low-energy chemical recycling method could offer solution for mixed and biobased plastics

Scientists at a federal lab recently released the results of a project, funded by Google X, that looked at handling a mixed stream of PET and PLA. Figuring out how to scale this concept beyond the lab is an ongoing discussion.

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Composters spend about a fifth of operating costs on contamination, including plastic

The Composting Consortium report, which analyzed feedstock and finished product from 10 facilities around the country, aims to address common assumptions about plastic and other contaminants in compost.

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U.S. Plastics Pact touts progress toward 2025 targets and initiative’s evolution | Packaging Dive

As “activators” such as brands, retailers and manufacturers progress in achieving plastics circularity goals by the end of 2025, USPP is set to release a new road map to guide their future advancement.

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Navigating Addition Of Food Waste To Yard Trimmings Composting Facility | BioCycle

California Wood Recycling, dba Agromin, is expanding its Limoneira Ranch green waste composting facility in Santa Paula (CA) to process food waste.

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