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The EPA’s draft strategy on plastics pollution seems to be attracting as many different opinions as there are grades of polymers, with debates over how to deal with the country’s “abysmal” plastics recycling rate.
Source: Plastics industry says EPA plan ‘fails to deliver’ | Plastics News
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Source: Nickels and Dimes: Wine Industry Prepares for California’s New Bottle Bill Redemption Requirement
Republic plans to produce recycled-content resin
Republic Services is moving deeper into plastics processing, launching a $350 million joint venture with a global polymers expert to produce recycled pellet at four U.S. facilities.
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The state’s two hazardous waste landfills — run by WM and Clean Harbors — have 20 years of remaining capacity, but only if nearly half the waste continues to get shipped out of state.
The chemical group referred to as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) — more popularly called…
The post PFAS Contaminants: Where They Came From, Why They Persist & What We Can Do appeared first on Earth911.
Coca-Cola, bottlers plan recycling tech investments
The Coca-Cola Company and eight of its bottling partners launched a $137.7 million venture capital fund to help spark sustainability innovations.
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Groups to EPA: Consider source reduction and EPR
Ahead of the July 31 deadline, the EPA has received nearly 100 comments on its draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, many of them calling for federal-level programs.
The post Groups to EPA: Consider source reduction and EPR appeared first on Plastics Recycling Update.
New research shows that Americans may have absorbed public messaging about the importance of recycling too well.
Do deposits decrease beverage sales? Study says no
A study looking at two decades of beverage sale trends around the world found that there was no decrease in sales when deposit return systems went into effect or were expanded.
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