Brand owners and corporate foundations have pledged another $54 million to the Closed Loop Infrastructure Fund, money that will go toward supporting recycling in the U.S. Closed Loop Partners on June 30 announced that the following nine original investors in …Continue Reading→ Source: Brands renew Closed Loop funding for five years - Plastics Recycling Update ...
Read More

Research reveals consumers do not relate recycling to providing needed feedstock for new products Source: Recycling Is An Essential Component To Our Nation’s Supply Chain ...
Read More

During this year's virtual SWANApalooza, speakers from the U.S. EPA, Waste Management and The Recycling Partnership said the sector has learned valuable lessons from ongoing market challenges. Source: Recycling stakeholders say years of turbulence helped prepare industry for pandemic | Waste Dive ...
Read More

Two Europe-based shipping lines reportedly have stopped booking containerized scrap shipments to China. Source: Shipping lines back away from transporting scrap to China - Recycling Today ...
Read More

A single-use plastic bag ban and reusable bag recycled-content mandate is back in force in California. The regulations had been temporarily lifted because of COVID-19. Gov. Gavin Newsom on April 22 signed Executive Order N-54-20, suspending the state’s single-use bag …Continue Reading→ Source: California reinstates bag ban and PCR requirements - Plastics Recycling Update ...
Read More