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MIT, brands study strategy for sorting small plastics

MIT, brands study strategy for sorting small plastics

Five brands have partnered with a nonprofit and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to find a way to keep small plastic items in the recycling stream.

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California bill seeks to align deposit system with markets

California bill seeks to align deposit system with markets

A newly introduced bill in the California Senate would adjust how state regulators calculate the amount of money paid to bottle and can recycling businesses, helping those companies avoid steep financial losses when scrap values plummet. The legislation, Senate Bill …

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California seeks members for key EPR board

California seeks members for key EPR board

California officials are accepting applications from industry professionals who want to advise the state as it implements an extended producer responsibility program for curbside recyclables.

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Processor reaches $5M deal in CRT case

Processor reaches $5M deal in CRT case

IMS Electronics Recycling will pay $5 million to help clean up CRT materials abandoned at former Closed Loop Refining and Recovery sites in Phoenix. 

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Federal report targets recycling innovations

Federal report targets recycling innovations

The federal government is eyeing plastics recycling to tackle energy, environmental and manufacturing goals and the Department of Energy recently released an updated Strategy for Plastics Innovation report.

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Gadget Industry Tosses a Wrench Into ‘Right to Repair’ Efforts | The Pew Charitable Trusts

Colorado and New York passed laws last year, but critics blast industry-backed loopholes.

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The Recycling Partnership: EPR Can ‘Dramatically’ Improve Recycling Rates

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) talks have gained steam in the past few years as the United States moves to boost its waste and recycling infrastructure. The Recycling Partnership recently released a report examining programs in seven jurisdictions worldwide and in six U.S. states.
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How a California Hauler Makes Cannabis Waste Collection Easy

California is known as a frontrunner in legislation and regulation. Even though cannabis has been approved for medical use in the state since 1996, the state’s burgeoning industry is still navigating the waste it produces. Easy Waste Management, a Los Angeles-based company founded just five years ago, is working to inform government officials, businesses and the public about the cannabis waste stream.
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CalMatters Finds State Drives Hazardous Waste to States with Weaker Laws

California’s hazardous waste isn’t staying in state, an investigation by CalMatters revealed.
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Feds to develop repairable computer donation program

Feds to develop repairable computer donation program

A new law allows the federal government to provide surplus and repairable used computers directly to nonprofit refurbishers, who will then provide them to individuals in need. 

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