Developing and following these rules is a new frontier for states with EPR for packaging laws. Speakers at the Plastics Recycling Conference offered a snapshot
Speakers addressed domestic rPET’s market challenges during a webinar hosted by The Recycling Partnership. The discussion comes in the wake of recent PET reclaimer closures.
The bipartisan Recycled Materials Attribution Act aims to establish federal standards and ensure the Green Guides are updated accordingly.
Speakers at the Plastics Recycling Conference said they’re more positive on longer-term solutions like recycled content mandates, contract changes and other supply drivers from policies
A recent spate of rPET facility closures follows a slightly premature ramp-up, said one converter. But renewed investment is needed to ensure “we still have an
“This national leadership is needed now more than ever to provide market certainty for the US supply chain,” BPI wrote in a letter to the
The latest court development shields National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors members for the coming months and tees up a trial in July.
The Biodegradable Products Institute is focusing on bringing more clarity to compostable packaging’s future in California, dually advocating for rulemaking at USDA as well as
SB 343 is slated to take effect in October. Carton advocates and environmental groups disagree over future markets and labeling for the material.
In the latest speed bump for implementing SB 54, CalRecycle withdrew proposed regulations from the Office of Administrative Law’s review. It plans revisions related to packaging