Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the Recycling Reform Act into law May 17, marking a major step toward overhauling Washington’s ...

France’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programme, which holds companies responsible for their packaging, is gaining ...

Industry leaders say promoting recycled materials as “essential” is crucial for the long-term viability of a circular economy ...

KIND Bars has introduced a curbside recyclable paper wrapper pilot program in the U.S., making it easier than ever to be “kind” to the environment. The program began on May 1, 2025, per a press ...

Look on the flip side of any old paper or plastic container, and there will likely be some form of recycling symbol. Well, turns out much of that recyclable material isn’t getting repurposed — and the ...

If you're wondering whether black containers, aluminum rounds, paper clamshells and Chinese ... Just because a takeout container has a recycling symbol on it doesn't mean it can be recycled ...

"In truth, just because something can be recycled or has a recycling symbol on it ... and that MRF only accepts cardboard, paper, they accept aluminum tin cans, [and] when it comes to plastics ...

This includes paper, cardboard, metal cans ... Plastic bottles and retainers are marked with recycling symbols and numbers, 1-7, that notate with what type of plastic the container was made.

The mixed fragments pass over rotating screens that remove cardboard and paper, allowing heavier ... likely to be excluded in your local recycling program: Symbol 3 – Polyvinyl chloride, or ...

Wet items can ruin paper and cardboard ... You could even make it a game - who can spot the most recycling symbols during the week? The more everyone knows about what goes where, the better ...

Though recycling symbol’s deception is a major issue ... exporting over 60,000 kilograms of plastic and paper trash per month. Our plastic accumulates from recycling programs and then ships ...