The Los Angeles City Council today voted to ban single-use plastic grocery bags. The city becomes the largest in the country to adopt an ordinance to phase out plastic grocery bags.
Rebranding of America's largest trade group representing the solid waste management and recycling industry is going to take longer than previously anticipated by leadership.
WASHINGTON – With the relaunch of its Web site and growing the ranks, the polyethylene film recycling working group within the American Chemistry Council expects to see growth in thin film recovery and recycling.
The recovered paper industry is adapting as China's "Green Fence" initiative causes some exporters to second-guess their shipments.
A Michigan lawmaker has proposed an expansion of the state's bottle bill to include water, juice and other non-carbonated beverages.
NEW YORK — Restaurant owners said a proposed bill banning the sale of polystyrene foam foodservice products will cost them double the money and urge the mayor to recycle instead of prohibit the material.
WASHINGTON — A coalition of more than 85 trade associations has banded together in favor of the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA) the first-ever update for decades-old regulatory legislation. Meanwhile, environmental groups are circling the wagons to oppose it.
Five years after a failed push to tax single-use plastic shopping bags, the City Council is preparing new legislation to get New Yorkers to find another way to carry groceries, goods and take-out. Environmentalists are massing in support, but industry opposition is likely.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill that will outlaw aluminum cans and plastic bottles from landfills.
Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has teamed up with supermarket chain Tesco to encourage consumers to do more recycling at home.
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