Plastic packaging could be designed for recycling from the start, rather than squeezed haphazardly into recycling systems after the fact, with greater collaboration and stakeholder involvement along the entire value chain, several speakers said Monday at the Plastics Recycling Conference in Grapevine, Texas. Continue Reading→
Source: Panel digs into intersection of design, recyclability
Scrap PET imports reached an all-time single-month record high in January, coming on the heels of a year that brought record-high imports of the post-consumer resin. For the U.S. plastics recycling industry, the influx, primarily of flaked material, is piling …Continue Reading→
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Truck-mounted, AI-enabled cameras are helping haulers identify and measure recycling contamination in real time, allowing them to communicate directly with customers on how to improve. Many haulers, including WM, use the tech.
Source: Collection trucks get AI upgrades to fight contamination | Waste Dive
The U.S. EPA received 45 state priority climate action plans, the first step in accessing Climate Pollution Reduction Grant funding.
A global study identified 61 PFAS chemicals in food packaging that are not authorized for use in such products
Source: 61 Unexpected PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food Packaging | Scientific American
Companies producing a third of all plastic packaging by weight in the U.S. used 9.4% post-consumer recycled resin in 2022, up from 8% the prior year, the U.S. Plastics Pact recently reported. Continue Reading→
An accounting system long used in other industries is gaining prominence in the packaging sector, due in part to the rise of chemical recycling. Companies, trade groups and regulators are weighing the complexities and controversies.
Source: Does this packaging contain recycled plastic? Inside the mass balance debate | Packaging Dive