The latest report from the CRI…Container Recycling Institute…shows a decline in bottle bill redemption…Of course they state that this is due to the low deposit value on the container…not the reality that bottle bills are out of touch and people simply do not want to be inconvenienced with bottle bills that are inefficient, non-sustainable and […]
Here is a great example – There is no good way to recycle film plastic at the curb but that does not stop companies from putting the recycling symbol on their products. Things like plastic bags, snack bags, and as I pointed out in my post on Renew Liners, certain multilayer film plastics which are […]
I have written about bottle bills before…and you know my basic opinion…While they are indeed a form of EPR, I have always noted that they have a negative impact on MRF economics…A new study supports this position. However, as the study notes, it is also important that the impact be looked at in its entirety. […]
As reported in Resource Recycling, Oregon has passed a comprehensive piece of legislation that places the cost and responsibility for recyclability directly where it belongs; on the manufacturers! While there are elements of Oregon’s recycling and EPR laws that I do not agree with (namely deposit laws on easily recycled items), the state deserves credit […]
The journal, Environmental Science and Technology has identified 10,500 chemicals in a range of plastics recently studied. More importantly, and of course more frightening, 2840 of these were “substances of potential concern” and 1000 of these can be harmful in small doses. To make matters worse, over half of the chemicals that are potentially harmful […]