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Sen. Jeff Merkley is circulating a draft bill regarding truth in labeling. Packaging groups want it to preempt laws in states such as California and Oregon.

Recycling’s political paradoxes This article appeared in the June 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content. As the Republican-majority Iowa Senate neared a final vote on controversial changes to Iowa’s beverage container deposit program, including one allowing most grocery … Continue Reading→ The post Recycling’s political paradoxes appeared first on Resource…

A deep dive into the petrochemical industry’s proposals for the global plastics treaty. Source: How to create a ‘world without waste’? Here are the plastic industry’s ideas. | Grist

CalRecycle updates EPR covered materials list The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery released an updated version of the list of materials covered under its extended producer responsibility program for packaging, making nearly 30 tweaks to the list.  Continue Reading→ The post CalRecycle updates EPR covered materials list appeared first on Resource Recycling News.

Senate Bill 707 (SB 707), a landmark, first-in-the-country, textile-recycling bill from Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), passed the California Assembly Source: Senator Josh Newman’s Landmark Textile Recycling Bill Advances in California Assembly – Waste Advantage Magazine

Seeking to quash a regulatory change that would remove over 100 million pounds of North American post-consumer resin demand per year, EFS-Plastics, Merlin Plastics and PreZero US have joined together to advocate for retaining recycled-content reusable plastic bags in California’s bag regulations.Continue Reading→ Source: Recycling firms unite to oppose reusable plastic bag ban

At a meeting of Oregon materials recovery stakeholders last week, two plastics recycling experts had a blunt message for attendees: Plastics recycling is in trouble.Continue Reading→ Source: To boost plastics recycling, take lessons from clean energy

Environment minister’s warning comes after interception of over 100 containers filled with toxic e-waste from Los Angeles port Source: ‘Not world’s rubbish bin’: Malaysia e-waste seizure raises fears of renewed criminal trade | South China Morning Post

The plastics industry has heralded a type of chemical recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with old ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method won’t curb the crisis. Source: The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling Using Pyrolysis — ProPublica

Recycling has long been a bedrock of conservation and an income source for many people. But in California, getting nickels and dimes back for bottles and cans has become much harder. Source: Diminishing returns: California’s unclaimed bottle deposits hit $820M as recycling centers close | KPBS Public Media