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Environment
fromEarth911
5 hours ago

Classic Podcast: Tetra Pak's Lisa Ryden Explains the Path to Carton Carbon Reduction

Carton packaging can lower environmental impacts but requires expanded recycling infrastructure, processing capacity, and supply-chain changes to meet emissions-reduction and circularity goals.
Environment
fromEarth911
6 days ago

Extended Producer Responsibility In 2025: Progress, With More To Come

Extended Producer Responsibility laws shifted recycling costs to producers, expanding to seven U.S. states with programs financing collection, sorting, and recycling.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds

Ending exports of unprocessed plastic waste by 2030 could create 5,400 jobs, expand domestic recycling capacity, and capture substantial economic and tax value.
Environment
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

16 things you shouldn't recycle - even if you think you can

Recycling standards vary widely across the US, causing contamination when incorrect or dirty items are placed in curbside bins; check local rules or use specialized drop-offs.
Environment
fromFast Company
3 months ago

Most toothpaste tubes are recyclable. So why is nobody recycling them?

Colgate converted toothpaste tubes to recyclable HDPE with widespread adoption but faces recycling infrastructure, municipal acceptance, and labeling challenges.
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