Category: RMDZ

In an effort to boost used beverage container redemption access, the state of California provided nearly $70 million in grants to open 250 new redemption sites across the state.Continue Reading→ Source: California grants increase deposit return system options

The HolyGrail 2.0 Initiative has announced the successful validation of digital watermarking technology in combination with NIR for advanced sorting of flexible packaging, with a focus on the separation of hygiene-grade LDPE films and food-grade PP films. Source: Use of digital watermarks validated for advanced sorting of flexibles through industrial trials | Article | Packaging…

If the bill is signed, California could become the first state to adopt a textile extended producer responsibility program. Lawmakers also approved EPR updates for paint, carpet and marine flares.

The ideals and realities of circularity This article appeared in the August 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series exploring the concept of circularity. Part 2 is expected to be published in … Continue Reading→ The post The ideals and realities…

Meanwhile, bills that could have restricted PFAS in plastic packaging and updated the state’s packaging EPR law stalled prior to the end of the legislative session. Source: California lawmakers send bills on grocery bags, date labels, microplastics to governor | Packaging Dive

Although regulations that scaled the renewable energy market share some conceptual similarities with post-consumer resin mandates, one longtime plastics recycling stakeholder argues there are key differences creating unique challenges for plastics recycling.Continue Reading→ Source: Q&A: Comparing recycling and renewable energy

Proposed changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, if approved, would boost credit prices and support RNG investment, with implications for landfill and anaerobic digestion projects.

Jeff Fielkow has decades of recycling and packaging experience at Tetra Pak, WM and elsewhere. The producer responsibility organization is ramping up work in Colorado, Oregon and California.

A recently launched design feedback resource from the Recycled Materials Association has three key objectives: to decrease contamination at MRFs, increase quality of bales sent to paper mills and provide immediate feedback to producers about the recyclability of their packaging.Continue Reading→ Source: Tool gauges recyclability of fiber packaging

Analyses of volume and dollar and traditional and emerging markets are presented, along with an assessment of incentives such as carbon credits and soil organic matter mandates. Source: Compost Market Development | BioCycle