S-232, a senate bill designed to address the issue of Environmental Justice is moving quickly through the NJ legislature. That is both a good and bad thing. The good part of S-232 is that the issue is being discussed after more than 10 years of languishing in reports by the DEP. The bad is the […]
Last week, Senator Smith introduced legislation that would require manufacturers to include post consumer content in the products that they manufacture. Interestingly, the major producers of those products were not speaking in outright opposition. They hedged their bets with the hope of watering down the legislation and having a smaller percentage of post consumer material […]
A packaging product called Renew Liner is made from PET fiber. Unfortunately, the company FALSELY claims that this packaging is recyclable. As you can see, the packaging is a fiber and clear plastic film. To my knowledge, there are no curbside programs that can accept this material. It cannot be recycled with plastic bags at […]
I don’t usually write with such dire predictions, but right now, the future of our ability to advocate for recycling in New Jersey is in jeopardy. ANJR, the Association of New Jersey Recyclers needs new members and financial help RIGHT NOW. ANJR is the organization that worked and help to pass the Food Waste Recycling […]
I am appalled at the industry making plastic bags….and getting local governments to allow single use bags on the premise that they are safer….As I asked in an earlier blog, how low can you go? Well, the answer is, that this industry can stoop to the Trump level and leverage fear…but fear based on what […]