Research tested the compostability of PLA under controlled laboratory conditions at varying temperatures and moisture and oxygen levels.
Source: Composting Process Conditions And Bioplastic Degradation Rates | BioCycle
The governor’s original budget proposal for 2024-2025 left out funding needed to implement climate disclosure bills SB 253 and SB 261 — an omission met with much criticism.
Source: California Gov. Newsom says climate bills are ‘funded’ in his revised state budget | ESG Dive
The USDA will decide if synthetic, biodegradable food packaging and service ware should be allowed as a feedstock in certified organic compost.
Arizona facility planned for Republic’s joint venture
The second Blue Polymers recycled resin facility will be sited in Buckeye, Arizona, and is slated to open in late 2025.
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Analyst lays out cyclic pattern of recycled resin markets
A long runup in recycled natural HDPE prices came to an end last summer, when prices plummeted to levels not seen since 2019. A market analyst with ICIS recently explained how this has become a cyclic trend in the plastics recycling market – and how the cycle is beginning again.
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California’s sizable state environment agency has a new leader in Zoe Heller, who was recently appointed director of the California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery. Industry leaders praised her integrity, thoughtfulness and collaboration skills.Continue Reading→
Scrap plastic exports flat despite regional shifts
More than half of the scrap plastic that left the U.S. in the first quarter of the year stayed in North America, recent export figures indicate.
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Inside the effort to standardize the design of returnable containers.
Source: What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging? | Grist
Leaders from the Consumer Brands Association and The Recycling Partnership recently discussed how packaging EPR laws are complicating how brands can mark packaging, including for recycling.