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Its technology is designed to improve recycling sorting. The company sees EPR laws in U.S. states as a possible catalyst and is now seeking contracts with various types of central buyers that could manage a program at scale. Source: Digimarc shifts packaging watermarking strategy to reach producer responsibility organizations | Packaging Dive

Recycling Today Source: Study finds byproducts in recycled food packaging warrant review – Recycling Today

Ameripen and the Flexible Packaging Association sent comments to the EPA, FDA and USDA on evaluating packaging materials, the potential growth of biobased and compostable packaging and more. Source: Don’t forget about packaging in national food waste reduction strategy, trade groups say | Packaging Dive

Wine Industry News Article Source: Recycling Solutions, It Works Elsewhere: Beverage Container Redemption Solutions –Reverse Vending Machines

Global plastics producer LyondellBasell has acquired mechanical plastic recycling processing machinery and properties in California from recycling company PreZero.Continue Reading→ Source: LyondellBasell acquires recycling assets in California

A new report, “The Fraud of Plastic Recycling,” traces the public relations campaigns of various plastic producers and lays out the “decades-long campaign of fraud and deception about the recyclability of plastics.” Continue Reading→ Source: ‘Fraud’ report traces history of recycling campaigns

Scrap plastic exports drop to new low Recovered plastic exports out of the U.S. dropped slightly in 2023, bringing a record low for the fourth consecutive year. Continue Reading→ The post Scrap plastic exports drop to new low appeared first on Plastics Recycling Update.

Following negotiations, an anaerobic digester is set to replace a mass burn facility in Long Beach. The transition occurs amid significant regulatory shifts for such facilities in California over the past decade.

For years, recycling collection has focused on centralizing material and processing high volumes. An Arizona project is exploring other options with a micro-factory.Continue Reading→ Source: Arizona partnership micro-factory will process PP, PE

Stakeholders respond to California recyclability report California regulators released a preliminary report on which commodities the state might consider recyclable, with promising results for many materials but a handful of low scores that drew criticism from manufacturers and others earlier this month.  Continue Reading→ The post Stakeholders respond to California recyclability report appeared first on…