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PETE Woes To Continue It’s Time To Push Alternative Containers
Once the star of plastic recycling, has fallen upon hard times. Prices have plummeted, markets are disappearing, and some recyclers ...
Right to Repair Proposal
Right to Repair reforms, such as Assemblymember Susan Eggman's AB1163 from last session, require manufacturers to provide access to repair ...
ILSR Statement on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging
This document explains why ILSR and many allied organizations are skeptical about adopting EPR for packaging and traditionally recycled materials ...
Assessment of the Impact of Single Stream Recycling on Paper Contamination in Recovery Facilities and Paper Mills
The trend towards single-stream curbside recycling where paper and other recyclables are commingled with refuse and sorted at a processing ...
Trash and the City: Toward A Cleaner, More Equitable Waste Transfer System In Manhattan
New York City depends on trucks to take out the trash. In fact, diesel trucks carry Manhattan’s garbage 7.8 million ...
Sierra Club Beverage Container Guidance
The Sierra Club provides a 12-page guidance paper on beverage containers. It outlines how the program works, as well as ...
NRC Framework for Evaluating Product Stewardship Policies
This white paper, published by the NRC in 2001, defines the concept of Product Stewardship and provides several examples of ...
ILSR Statement on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging
This document explains why ILSR and many allied organizations are skeptical about adopting EPR for packaging and traditionally recycled materials ...
Framework For Advancing Container Recovery
NRC's Policy Document no. 44 - Framework for Advancing Container Recovery [pdf-embedder url="https://library.nrcrecycles.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/44-FRAMEWORK-FOR-ADVANCING-CONTAINER-RECOVERY.pdf" title="44 - FRAMEWORK FOR ADVANCING CONTAINER RECOVERY"] ...
National Measurement Standards for Waste Production Recovery
The NRC's Policy Document #4 - National Measurement Standards for Waste Production Recovery. The document highlights the importance of having ...
CalRecycle seeks to maintain current fees for e-scrap program
Each year, CalRecycle staff determine whether they need to raise, lower or maintain the fees consumers pay to fund the ...
Waste Tire Management Fees
Author: New Your State - Department of Taxation and Finance Environmental Conservation Law in New York State has Scrap Tire ...
A Call to Design Solar Panels for Recyclability
For the circular economy to take off, industry players are calling for rules to mandate the recycling of solar panels. ...
WasteWise update: building for the future
Author: EPA You can make your organization's buildings greener by improving their energy and water efficiency, employing renewable sources of ...
Electronics reuse and recycling directory : WasteWise update
Author: EPA The guideline provides comprehensive information about electronics reuse and recycling. It introduces common knowledge like the concerns and ...
The Afterlife of Electric Vehicles: Battery Recycling and Repurposing
Author: IER Automobiles have overtaken consumer electronics as the biggest users of lithium-ion batteries. Because batteries contain toxic chemicals that ...
Recycling lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles
Author: Gavin Harper Rapid growth in the market for electric vehicles is imperative, to meet global targets for reducing greenhouse ...
Services & Maintenance: New Life For Old Carpet
Author: Robert Peoples Current statistics indicate that approximately four billion pounds of used carpet are deposited in landfills each year ...
The eco-friendly way to deal with construction waste disposal
Author: Tom This article provides information about seven of the most common materials you may come across during your renovation ...
State of the United States Circular Economy
Author: Circular CoLab The State of the Circular Economy in America delivers the first United States focused scan of the ...
Composting is way easier than you think
Author: NRDC The article explains and break down how you can turn those banana peels, apple cores, or any other ...
Boulder County Construction and Demolition Infrastructure Study, Material generation estimate and Market Analysis
Author: Boulder County Resource Conservation Division This report was conducted to assess the generation of Construction and Demolition waste in ...
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