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Nov. 20, 2024
| This week’s recycling news and insights for industry leaders
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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
MRF operators have recently announced a host of upgrades and new building openings in Florida, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania. These new projects are the latest to showcase advanced equipment meant to collect more material and promote safety.
Facility operators around the country continue to budget for further recycling upgrades. What other facility updates and openings are you working on for the near future? Let us know! Send us an email at waste.dive.editors@industrydive.com.
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Recent MRF upgrades and new building openings this fall in Florida, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania showcase advanced equipment meant to collect more material and promote safety.
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While applauding progress in areas like postconsumer recycled content in packaging, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s 2024 global commitment progress report notes that reusable packaging “remains niche.”
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A broad coalition of organizations are giving a final push to the bills as one of the lead co-sponsors, Sen. Tom Carper, prepares to retire. Both bills have already passed the Senate.
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The automated MRF, designed to respond to the state's changing recycling landscape due to EPR, will include AMP’s AI-powered equipment.
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President Biden touted national recycling efforts in a proclamation. Plus, WM, The Recycling Partnership, Can Manufacturers Institute, Every Bottle Back, Eco-Cycle, Recycled Materials Association and others shared news.
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Former Rep. Lee Zeldin previously voted in support of some PFAS regulations but largely voted against other environmental bills. SWANA, NWRA, packaging groups, former EPA staff and others weighed in on the pick.
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