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Packaging suppliers convene to talk PCR, recyclability
The broad theme of sustainability was a central focus at Pack Expo International in Chicago this week, encompassing package recyclability, PCR content and legislation.
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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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Repair community talks mobile devices
Repair shops and advocates convened during the first day of the Electronics Sustainability Summit this week to share tips on improving repair businesses, the evolution of OEM and repair community relationships and the repair legislative landscape.
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Industry representatives shared concerns about PCR requirements, wine bottle labeling rules and how to handle plastic bladder bags inside beverage boxes during an Oct. 29 informal rulemaking workshop on California’s SB 1013. Continue Reading→
Circular Action Alliance, which has emerged as the primary U.S. packaging producer responsibility organization, aims to increase PCR utilization with strategies including verification of responsible end markets, according to the organization’s technical advisor.Continue Reading→
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.
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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