Typical global recessions see downturns in all areas of the economy, but a recent report suggests only manufacturing and trade appear to be in a recession.
Study by German research firm Ceresana finds legislated bans are not enough to deter global demand for plastic films and packaging.
Recyclers, plastic industry groups and environmentalists agree that plastic pollution must end, but UN talks in Paris show groups still disagree on the path to get there. A draft agreement won’t be ready until November.
ISRI creates ESG guide for smaller recyclers
Small- and medium-sized recycling businesses that are interested in setting up environmental, social and governance plans will soon have a new toolkit to help them.
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US scrap paper and plastic exports fall
U.S. companies exported 8% less recovered fiber and 10% less scrap plastic during the first quarter of 2023 than they did a year earlier, and there were some dramatic changes in where material was flowing.
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Research shows how much, how often, and how well consumers recycle depends on their trust in the recycling system. Most of them – 78 percent –turn to labels to try and determine if a material will actually be recycled. Yet nearly two-thirds of them say they are confused by the label, found a survey of 1,300-plus participants conducted by The Recycling Partnership.
California is enticing recycling and remanufacturing businesses to locate and expand across regions through a program that’s decades old but is ramping up and transforming. Run and funded by CalRecycle, the Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program has divvied out 219 low-interest loans totaling $206M since 1994, allocating $41.2M of it in the past three years alone as the circular economy push grows stronger.
Source: California’s Recycling Market Development Program Pays Businesses | Waste360
What materials will make the cut under EPR? It’s complicated
States with extended producer responsibility programs are starting to grapple with a tricky question: How do we establish a list of materials covered by the system?
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California’s AB 660, which is aiming to mandate specific terminology around date labels on food packaging, took another step forward May 18, 2023 as it passed through the House Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Source: California’s Food Label Legislation Sees More Movement
EPA opts to maintain existing pyrolysis air rules
Ample time and staff resources are needed to study and gain a technical and regulatory understanding of the air quality impacts of pyrolysis. In the meantime, the process should remain subject to more stringent regulatory requirements, the U.S. EPA decided.
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