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 […]
The recent interview with Steve Changaris, VP for the Northeast Region of the NWRA summed up the basic problems with bottle bills very nicely. As many of you know, I have never been in favor of a bottle bill. While some think of them as EPR, they are in fact a waste of time, revenue […]