The agency published draft rules and a covered materials category list pertinent to SB 54, as well as the SB 343 preliminary findings report.
Composters can struggle to manage the wide variety of new packaging entering the market, leading to greater calls for labeling guidelines and testing. Cities like San
The recycling, reuse and organics projects it supports are important for reaching the state’s waste diversion goal, according to its program manager.
A white paper from the West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum offers suggestions for policymakers to “go beyond recycling” to consider how to make
In addition to standardizing what can be collected curbside and through special programs, the new rules also define “responsible” end markets and require PROs to manage materials according to relevant
Speakers from LRS, Myplas, P&G, PMMI, Rumpke and more connected at the Packaging Recycling Summit to hash out ways to improve recycling and product recyclability as “really, really rapid”
Speakers from consumer brands like Coca-Cola and recyclers like Rumpke discussed how to send more recyclables to MRFs at the Packaging Recycling Summit.
Executives hope a production ramp-up at a Rhode Island facility and new deals will offset the impact from Rialto’s bankruptcy and turn the company’s finances around.
Organics leaders noted the reports affirm the U.S. EPA’s preference for source reduction and lend support for composting over anaerobic digestion, landfilling and incineration.
An equitable zero waste future means partnering with businesses, unhoused people, waste workers and grassroots groups, speakers from San Francisco and Los Angeles said at the