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Berry declined to comment on the lawsuit from the government agency, which accuses the plastic packaging maker of breaking federal employment law when it fired an employee suffering from depression.

California is telling EPS foodservice packaging makers to prove that 25 percent of their products are recycled, or be banned from selling in the state.

A federal judge in Washington has brushed aside an attempt by two plastics industry groups to block subpoenas in California Attorney General Rob Bonta's probe into allegations of industry deception on recycling.

Federal stock regulators said Keurig Dr Pepper agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to settle charges it misled investors about the recyclability of its K-Cup plastic coffee pods.

A California plastics recycling company hopes to build a closed loop system to use old bottles caps to make new caps, similar to bottle-to-bottle recycling now.

In a new policy, the Association of Plastic Recyclers says that degradable additives render plastics "non-recyclable" and can't be used in conjunction with its design guide.

To boost bottle-to-bottle recycling, legislation in California would try to discourage recycled plastic bottles from being used in the carpet industry.

Rather than a ban, plastics industry groups had urged the state to include bags within California's new extended producer responsibility system for packaging.

A federal judge in Washington heard arguments Aug. 28 about blocking subpoenas against two plastics industry trade associations, in an ongoing California state investigation over whether the industry misled the public over recycling.

A new version of the EPA's Safer Choice eco-label pushes recycled content but some see agency skepticism about chemical recycling and a related technical standard called mass balance.

The Houston-based firm has been in legal battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but it said market conditions are driving the Australian decision.

A study from the Minderoo Foundation said it is the deepest look yet at the human health impacts from five classes of chemicals used in plastics.

ACC's Chris Jahn said the Biden administration is caving in to environmental groups and said economies will need more plastic, not less, to meet climate and sustainable development goals.