If the bill is signed, California could become the first state to adopt a textile extended producer responsibility program. Lawmakers also approved EPR updates for paint, carpet and marine flares.
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Meanwhile, bills that could have restricted PFAS in plastic packaging and updated the state’s packaging EPR law stalled prior to the end of the legislative session.
At its first sustainability summit, the organization highlighted plans to scale up textile recycling while continuing to foster regional film plastic partnerships. Leaders also weighed in on California’s pending textile EPR bill.
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Recycling’s political paradoxes
This article appeared in the June 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. As the Republican-majority Iowa Senate neared a final vote on controversial changes to Iowa’s beverage container deposit program, including one allowing most grocery …
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A deep dive into the petrochemical industry’s proposals for the global plastics treaty.
Source: How to create a ‘world without waste’? Here are the plastic industry’s ideas. | Grist
Recycling has long been a bedrock of conservation and an income source for many people. But in California, getting nickels and dimes back for bottles and cans has become much harder.
As You Sow awarded no ‘A’ scores, as it echoed US Plastics Pact concerns about companies not progressing quickly enough to meet 2025 targets. Still, it lauded goals and efforts at Keurig Dr Pepper, Coca-Cola and SC Johnson.
Source: Plastic Promises Scorecard casts more doubt on 2025 company targets | Packaging Dive
Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the logo of its worth.
Source: How the recycling symbol got America addicted to plastic | Grist