Engaging Frontline Workers to Drive Food Waste Reduction and a Sustainable Culture
Frontline food industry workers, who witness waste daily, offer valuable insights that can drive meaningful food waste reduction when actively engaged. The Pacific Coast Food Waste Commitment’s pilot program, supported by WWF, showed that empowering these employees fosters cultural change, improves efficiency, and delivers both environmental and financial benefits.
Partnership provides point-of-sale repair info
Partnership provides point-of-sale repair info Two big names in the electronics repair and refurbishment space are partnering up to influence consumer and manufacturer behavior and create a world where circularity is the default. Continue Reading→ The post Partnership provides point-of-sale repair info appeared first on Resource Recycling News.
Resin producer, environmental group lawsuits heat up
Three connected lawsuits between resin supplier ExxonMobil, a handful of nonprofit organizations and California’s attorney general are working their way through the courts. Recently, a Texas city that’s home to an ExxonMobil pyrolysis plant has joined the fray to support the company.Continue Reading→ Source: Resin producer, environmental group lawsuits heat up
Greif to close Los Angeles mill, end West Coast coated paperboard production | Packaging Dive
Closing the mill, which manufactures CRB and URB, will affect an estimated 72 employees. The move is part of a multiyear cost reduction plan. Source: Greif to close Los Angeles mill, end West Coast coated paperboard production | Packaging Dive
California suggests upping e-scrap processing payments
California suggests upping e-scrap processing payments The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery has proposed increasing some payment rates for processors who participate in the state e-scrap program. Continue Reading→ The post California suggests upping e-scrap processing payments appeared first on E-Scrap News.
Tire Recycling Foundation Names Stephanie Mull as Executive Director – Waste Advantage Magazine
The Tire Recycling Foundation (TRF) has appointed Stephanie Mull as its executive director. Mull will lead the organization’s efforts to drive innovation Source: Tire Recycling Foundation Names Stephanie Mull as Executive Director – Waste Advantage Magazine
US Plastics Pact report charts expansion path for recycled content in packaging – Recycling Today
Recycling Today Source: US Plastics Pact report charts expansion path for recycled content in packaging – Recycling Today
Study: Reusable Containers Could Boost California’s Economy, Cut Waste
Most major bottlers upped PCR use in California last year
Newly released data shows many major bottlers increased their post-consumer PET use in beverage containers sold into California last year, surpassing the state’s 15% minimum recycled content mandate for that year and putting them on track to hit the expanded mandate for 2025.Continue Reading→ Source: Most major bottlers upped PCR use in California last year
Textile recycling: Where do we stand?
Textile recycling: Where do we stand? This article appeared in the Spring 2025 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content. In the past decade, we’ve seen a wave of textile recyclers emerge, such as Reju, Syre, Eastman, Evrnu, Ambercycle, Ravel, Protein Evolution, … Continue Reading→ The post Textile recycling: Where do […]