Speakers from the American Chemistry Council, The Recycling Partnership and the Flexible Packaging Association previewed legislation and called for Congress to prioritize recycling efforts through economic policy.
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The rule would have further monitored PFAS and other chemicals from plastics used in chemical recycling. The plastic industry applauded the move as removing roadblocks to chemical recycling investments.
The company revealed new data from its partnership with Phoenix area compost hauler R.City as it explores additional markets.
The company, which recently overhauled its systems, is producing animal feed from depackaged organic waste at its Ontario, California, facility.
The plastics industry renewed calls for the U.S. EPA to formally acknowledge chemical recycling as a manufacturing process after the agency declined to consider certain pyrolysis facilities in recent air emissions rules.
Bills managing marine flares, establishing a tax exemption for certain Chiquita Canyon compensation payments and expanding composting regulations for certain farmers are still in play after a legislative deadline.
The agency will host a public meeting May 27 to take feedback. Circular Action Alliance, the packaging EPR program’s PRO, plans to hire a new state lead as former CalRecycle director Rachel Wagoner steps aside.
The Biodegradable Products Institute says it’s still waiting to hear whether there could be a compliance extension for a key provision of AB 1201 poised to affect compostables in the state come 2026.
Industry professionals at this year’s conference called for coordinated battery fire prevention strategies, including integrating newer tech like x-ray sorters, to fight growing battery waste streams such as vapes.
Many companies have targets to make 100% of their packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. Now, as they face the hardest categories to transform, some are weighing whether it’s feasible.