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.
Source: Chemical recycling sector renews push for manufacturing status amid EPA rule changes | Waste Dive
What’s in a label? Good question. As the go-live date for California’s recycling labeling law approaches, industry speakers at the Packaging Recycling Summit underscored the importance of getting some federal standardization soon.
Source: Policy tension over on-pack recyclability labeling ‘needs to get worked out’ | Packaging Dive
EPA withdraws proposed rules aimed at chemical recycling
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn rules first proposed by the Biden administration that addressed chemical recycling and had attracted significant industry opposition.
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PET Recycling Coalition doubles down on thermoforms
Since forming in 2022, the PET Recycling Coalition has worked to increase PET bottle recycling rates and access to curbside recycling for non-bottle materials, including thermoforms.
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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.
CA starts OEM requirements for battery-containing devices
As of July 1, manufacturers of covered battery-embedded products must comply with new requirements in California, as part of the state’s expansion of its long-running e-scrap program..
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Plastic bottles don’t have to be the future: but what would catalyze a shift away from this packaging format?
Source: Beyond plastic bottles: Innovation opportunities in beverage packaging
‘Operational readiness is high’ as Oregon rolls out EPR
Extended producer responsibility for packaging in Oregon is officially implemented, with the first dollars from producer fees flowing out to the communities most in need as of July 1.
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Led by the Glass Packaging Institute, a new initiative seeks to improve MRF sortation of smaller packaging materials that often get missorted and end up in the glass stream.Continue Reading→
Source: Industry coalition focuses on small-format material recovery