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April 23, 2025
| This week’s recycling news and insights for industry leaders
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Two right-to-repair bills for consumer electronics and wheelchairs are headed to Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson’s desk for signature. Their passage is part of a growing number of right-to-repair policies gaining a foothold in U.S. states.
Some recyclers support such legislation as a way to divert e-scrap from disposal and bring in new business for recyclers and refurbishers. How might right-to-repair legislation affect your business?
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Megan Quinn
Senior Reporter, Waste Dive
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It will join five others with laws on consumer electronics and two others with wheelchair repair laws.
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A commission on plastic bottle waste recommended combo legislation as one path forward. Some packaging and recycling group leaders said in an op-ed that the state “can learn from, and leapfrog, other states” with a new bill.
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The MassDEP-led group launched this week with discussions about how to advance legislation in various categories, including packaging.
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The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council says its multi-year research into chemical recycling for healthcare packaging shows the material is an untapped feedstock that could help overcome collection and processing hurdles.
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Deep Dive
While the “essential worker” spotlight may have faded and business is largely back to normal, certain effects still linger when it comes to labor investments and recycling streams.
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