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    EPR ‘crucial’ to hitting resource recovery goal, GFL exec says

    Packaging and waste management stakeholders, including GFL Environmental’s vice president of resource recovery, discussed emerging policy battlegrounds at a Product Stewardship Institute webinar.

    By • March 3, 2023
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    US Plastics Pact makes varied progress on circular packaging; 2025 targets may be out of reach

    Executive Director Emily Tipaldo praised data collection that’s occurred since 2020, even as maximizing reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging has run into barriers.

    By • Feb. 27, 2023
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    US hits Russia with 200% aluminum tariff

    The Biden administration also announced $2.7 billion in new duties on other industrial goods as the war in Ukraine passes the one-year mark.

    By Ben Unglesbee • Feb. 24, 2023
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    Production begins at Circularix’s inaugural rPET facility

    The company, which is a joint venture between Macquarie Group and HPC Industries, plans to open four additional PET recycling facilities in the next two years to meet growing demand.

    By • Feb. 14, 2023
  • A Direct Pack recycling facility where PET plastic is recycled.
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    Direct Pack gets Recycling Partnership grant for PET thermoform recycling in Mexico

    California-based Direct Pack bought over 4,000 tons of PET from Phoenix in 2022 — a relationship the city touted ahead of the Super Bowl — for processing in Mexicali, where new capacity will be built.

    By • Updated Feb. 14, 2023
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    DOE report touts chemical recycling R&D opportunities while noting plastic’s environmental justice issues

    The report, part of a long-term Energy Department effort to boost the viability of plastics recycling and cut energy use, touts opportunities in researching bio-based plastics as well as chemical recycling technologies. 

    By Megan Quinn • Feb. 6, 2023
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    WestRock notes global paper market headwinds but touts sustainability investments as growing opportunity

    WestRock reported lower Q1 income and withdrew full-year guidance due to market uncertainty. CEO David Sewell said increased packaging revenue and a focus on plastic packaging replacement projects are positive signs, however.

    By Megan Quinn • Feb. 2, 2023
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    Connecticut governor backing EPR for packaging and other policies to increase state’s ‘self-sufficiency’

    Gov. Ned Lamont said a combination of EPR, waste diversion and improved organics management will help Connecticut reduce a growing amount of waste exported to other states in the wake of a major WTE facility closing.

    By Megan Quinn • Jan. 25, 2023