Denver legislators have just passed the first-ever agricultural Right to Repair bill. Today’s landslide 44-16 vote in the House follows successful votes in the Senate last month.
Source: Colorado Approves First-Ever Agricultural Right to Repair Bill | iFixit News
A bipartisan group of officials asked committee leaders to “redouble” their efforts around enabling repair for automobiles, agricultural equipment and electronics. Recyclers have previously supported the concept.
Critics call it ‘waste colonialism.’
Gartner research anticipates that companies will abandon plastic recycling targets, instead opting for climate action such as greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. Plastic recycling advocates disagree.
Source: What’s next if 20% of companies shift 2025 plastic targets? | Packaging Dive
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Source: Going with the grain
Sen. Jeff Merkley, who led a hearing with testimony from multiple scientists, urged the subcommittee to agree on concrete ideas for curbing plastics pollution.
California officials hint at big e-scrap program changes
In the future, e-scrap processors in California could receive state money to recycle electric toothbrushes, electronic greeting cards, toys and a host of other items with embedded batteries, state regulators recently suggested.
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It’s time for a discussion about the development of infrastructure and legislation for recovering compostable packaging. And if we’re going to get ahead of the curve, it needs to start now.Continue Reading→
Source: A compostable future
Manufacturer and nonprofit ink glass-to-pozzolan partnership
A partnership between Progressive Planet and Recycle BC will open up a new end market for post-consumer glass in British Columbia.
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