A running track heavily damaged during the 2025 Palisades Fire in Southern California is getting a second life instead of ending up in a landfill.

Snack food giant Mars increased its recycled content usage by about one third in 2025, according to its most recent sustainability report, but PCR still

A California law aimed at ending decades of consumer confusion over food date labels takes effect July 1, giving food manufacturers distributing packaged products in

The US Plastics Pact (USPP) has named Crystal Bayliss as executive director, after several months as interim director following the departure of CEO and Executive

The national average price of post-consumer PET beverage bottles and jars rose marginally in June, now at 2.86 cents per pound, compared to 2.24 cents

Your monthly guide to understanding the recycling system — no jargon, no guilt, just clear answers to the questions everyone has but rarely asks. From

Circular Action Alliance (CAA) has delivered its California program plan to the Packaging Producer Responsibility Advisory Board, advancing the state’s packaging EPR program toward implementation.

As states continue adopting extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws, the recycling industry is facing increasing pressure to meet ambitious recycling targets. The Recycling Participation Fund,

“The ink is just now dried, probably.” That was the first thing Danielle Spalding said when asked about Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signing SB26-003 into

Editor’s note: Electronics recycling will be featured in sessions at the 2026 E-Scrap: The Longevity Conference in New Orleans October 26-28. In a lengthy conversation with me,

A startup copper refining and manufacturing company hopes an eight-figure funding infusion will help the United States catch up in that sector while decreasing dependence

Editor’s Note: Textile recovery implementation will be featured in sessions at the 2027 Textile Recovery Summit, March 1-3 near Washington, DC. Register now! As the

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has tripled its number of Recycling Demand Champions (RDC) and is looking for its next class of companies to

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: Alta International dba Alta E-Solutions of Mississauga, Ontario & Calgary, Alberta,

Anyone who’s ever checked their work email before their morning coffee or used their phone to set up six streaming services on their smart TV

Editor’s note: Electronics recycling will be featured in sessions at the 2026 E-Scrap: The Longevity Conference in New Orleans October 26-28. ITAD is gradually moving past its

Recovery of PET thermoforms reached a record 264 million pounds in 2024, while use of PCR fell on the year, according to a new industry

Michigan’s bottle deposit law, which was once among the most effective container recovery programs in the country, has been slipping. The state’s redemption rate fell

A new House bill would put a federal lens on where US aluminum scrap is going and what it is costing the domestic manufacturing base

Data on publicly reported fire incidents indicate a new, more dangerous standard for North American waste and recycling facility operators. The June fire report from

As the brokerage arm of the well-known packaging company, Georgia-Pacific Recycling is leveraging its buying power behind a virtual trading platform, to provide an on-ramp

A bill before Gov. Kathy Hochul would make New York the first state in the nation with an electronic device repairability labeling requirement law. The

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) has successfully appealed the termination of a US Department of Energy (DOE) grant supporting its $115 million commercial-scale lithium refinery,

New York’s Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA) has not reached the finish line. The state legislature adjourned without voting on SB 1464A /

Australian rare earth recycling company Ionic Rare Earths (IonicRE) has signed agreements with Florida-based Advanced Magnet Lab (AML) to supply recycled rare earth oxides for

Inside the Circle is a monthly column on circular economy trends transforming source reduction and recycling. As producers rushed to submit reports by the May

US paper and paperboard production declined 3.7% in 2025, though packaging and tissue products remained relatively stable. The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released

Three environmental organizations have filed suit against CalRecycle over the finalized regulations implementing California’s SB 54 single-use packaging law, arguing the rules create unlawful loopholes

Editor’s note: Electronics recycling will be featured in sessions at the 2026 E-Scrap: The Longevity Conference in New Orleans October 26-28. Electronics manufacturers are once again warning

In the race to scale post-consumer recycled content—particularly in plastics—“mass balance” has quickly become one of the most debated concepts in the circular economy. While it may

Maine is now the first state in the nation to require vape and e-cigarette manufacturers to fund end-of-life management for their products. Gov. Janet Mills

New York City’s sanitation department (DSNY) and its Sanitation Foundation nonprofit partner celebrated the debut of five hand-painted Mack LR refuse trucks as part of

Following a competitive selection process, Circular Materials chose PlasCred for a tolling arrangement to process post-consumer flexible plastics collected in Alberta under the province’s new

The Colorado General Assembly passed Senate Bill 26-003 on May 14, which would create a extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework setting specific recovery rate targets

A warm welcome back to “Women in Circularity”, where we shine a light on women moving us toward a circular economy. This month, I was

The following are facilities that have achieved, renewed or otherwise regained R2 certification recently: American Union Ventures DBA American Recycling of Lincoln, Nebraska Cinco Electronics

BASF and Texas-based Encina are deepening their relationship with a strategic collaboration that supports development of Encina’s planned chemical recycling plant and positions the chemicals

Three of the world’s largest PC and server manufacturers are signaling a concentrated wave of future IT retirements that will reshape ITAD, electronics recycling and

With the war in Iran in its fourth month, pricing for virgin plastics has skyrocketed, but in the longer term, weak overall demand will outweigh

A metal recycling plant in Camden, New Jersey, has paused operations after experiencing a significant fire last week, and local officials are calling for the

DMD Systems Recovery has detailed an aggressive, multi-phase acquisition strategy in the IT asset disposition (ITAD) space and confirmed that the first deal under that

Across the United States, policymakers are increasingly focused on packaging policy as they work to reduce waste, improve recycling, and advance sustainability goals. These are

Jump to announcements from:Resource Recycling | Plastics Recycling Update | E-Scrap News | Grants and RFPs From Resource Recycling June 1 The American Forest & Paper Association

The question used to be whether brands would commit to recycled polypropylene at scale. Now, according to the world’s largest plastic-to-plastic polypropylene recycler, the question

For the brands Sara Lowe works with, SB 54 has stopped being a future problem. As senior executive administrator at Bay Cities Packaging & Design,

Rare earth elements are increasingly critical to modern electronics, but their unstable supply channels present sourcing challenges. Toyoshima has developed a process that recovers these