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06May

“Extended Producer Responsibility: Curbside Recycling’s Magic Bullet?”

EPR—making producers pay for recycling—sounds great. But in the end, we all wind up footing the bill, says waste industry vet @chazmiller9.

03May

Chip and snack bags are difficult to recycle because of their mixed materials, which can include polypropylene, aluminum, and polyethylene.

02May

A survey conducted by automated e-waste recycling kiosk @ecoATM found that only 25% of Americans recycle their electronic devices.

01May

Tips for recycling—empty, clean and dry all bottles and cans; ensure no food or grease is on anything; don’t recycle plastic grocery bags.

30Apr

New York is now the second state, after California, to ban single-use plastic bags. Whether that will reduce plastic pollution is unknown.

29Apr

Through May 4, consumers can bring used car seats to @Target for recycling and earn 20% off strollers and select other baby items.

26Apr

While @EPA estimates that 75% of U.S. waste is capable of being recycled, our recycling rate is 34%–unchanged since 2010.

25Apr

By 2025, @BIRworld projects that the U.S. and Canada together will generate 10 million tons of e-scrap annually.

24Apr

@GlassRecycles will partner with the newly formed Glass Recycling Foundation to fund initiatives across the glass recycling supply chain.

23Apr

Solving the issue of contamination may require abandoning single-stream recycling—and recycling fewer materials, says @ActionCarting‘s CEO.

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