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EPA budget request emphasizes recycling

The Biden-Harris administration requested $11.2 billion for the U.S. EPA for 2022, and the agency proposes to slightly increase funding to the EPA’s Waste Minimization and Recycling Program. The EPA on May 28 announced President Joe Biden’s budget request, which …

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Curbside plastic bale values continue to take off

The price of post-consumer PET bales rose 37% over the past month. Meanwhile, the price of natural HDPE scrap crossed the $1 threshold for the first time. The national average price of post-consumer PET beverage bottles and jars sits at …

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What’s on the Horizon for Federal Food Waste Reduction and Prevention Policy? Part 2

Advocates for federal policy around food waste reduction and prevention have been working for years to move the needle in this space; meanwhile we get close to 2030, the year that EPA has called for a 50% cut in food …

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What’s on the Horizon for Federal Food Waste Reduction and Prevention Policy? Part 1

Advocates for federal policy around food waste reduction and prevention have been working for years to move the needle in this space; meanwhile we get close to 2030, the year that EPA has called for a 50% cut in food …

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The Return of Recycling Markets

Donnie Downer. That’s what I felt like for the last three years when speaking about markets at recycling conferences. The news was almost uniformly depressing. Following the Chinese government’s 2017 announcement about ending recyclable paper and pla … Read More…

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California eyes efforts to spur US ratification of Basel Convention

State lawmakers and activists in California want the Biden administration to prioritize a treaty to curb waste dumping in developing countries. Meanwhile, Palo Alto is struggling to account for where exported waste ends up. … Read More…

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Plastics giants snatch up plants from recycled PET processor

As part of a bankruptcy case, DAK Americas, Indorama Ventures and The Sterling Group have submitted the high bids to acquire CarbonLite’s PET recycling facilities. CarbonLite CEO Leon Farahnik discussed the development in an interview. CarbonLite, a PET bottle recycling …

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Groups to Congress: ‘Recycling is infrastructure too’

As federal elected officials debate significant investments in the nation’s infrastructure, recycling and composting stakeholders are pushing them to steer some of that money into materials recovery. … Read More…

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Paper mills foresee higher OCC prices this year

Major recovered paper end users anticipate paying more for feedstock as 2021 progresses, according to recent statements from company executives. Mill operators also shared updates on their recycled fiber capacity expansions. Paper mills experienced a turbulent year for fiber sourcing …

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Plastics producers put $25 million into new recycling fund

Dow, LyondellBasell and Nova Chemicals will invest at least $25 million in plastics recycling infrastructure, with a longer-term goal of growing the initiative to $100 million. Closed Loop Partners this morning announced the launch of the Closed Loop Circular Plastics …

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