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SB 54 draft rules generate debate on rates, review
Industry players said the latest draft of California’s extended producer responsibility for packaging permanent regulations is an improvement, but there is always more work to be done when it comes to complex policy implementation.
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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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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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Reporting deadline for de facto EPS ban in CA nears
Expanded polystyrene food service ware producers have only a few months left to prove that the material has a recycling rate of at least 25% in California or face the prohibition of selling into the state.
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In nationwide first, California passes EPR for textiles
California has become the first state to approve extended producer responsibility for textiles, after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation enacting the program on Sept. 28.
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The ideals and realities of circularity
This article appeared in the August 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series exploring the concept of circularity. Part 2 is expected to be published in …
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Diverse eco-modulation requirements set EPR programs apart
Many recycling industry players and brands are now familiar with the base concept of extended producer responsibility for packaging, but now advisory boards, producer responsibility organizations and state regulators are working on another complex, interrelated concept: fee eco-modulation.
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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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CalRecycle updates EPR covered materials list
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery released an updated version of the list of materials covered under its extended producer responsibility program for packaging, making nearly 30 tweaks to the list.
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