AMBR released a new report, Designing Effective EPR: What to Do About Film & Flexible Packaging, which outlines the significant challenges and risks of including flexible and film plastics in curbside recycling programs — and offers clear guidance for policymakers designing EPR policies for packaging and paper. Flexible packaging — from grocery bags and shipping... The post The Costs and Complications of Flexible and Film Plastics in Single-Stream Curbside Recycling appeared first on Alli...| Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
Minneapolis, MN — Today, the Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling (AMBR) released a new report, “Designing Effective EPR: What to Do About Film & Flexible Packaging,” highlighting the significant problems associated with including flexible and film plastics in curbside recycling programs. Flexible packaging, from grocery bags and shipping mailers to chip bags and stand-up zip-top pouches,... The post National Recycling Alliance Warns Against New Efforts to Put Plastic Bags, Pouches, a...| Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
Yesterday, Martin Bourque, an AMBR executive and Director of the Ecology Center, joined elected officials, businesses, environmental leaders, and community advocates at the Capitol to urge Governor Newsom and CalRecycle to implement California’s landmark plastic pollution and producer responsibility law, SB 54 (Allen, 2022), as written, negotiated and enacted. This comes as CalRecycle prepares its second attempt... The post Recyclers to Governor Newsom: Don’t Gut California’s Landmark...| Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
Plastic treaty talks at INC 5.2 in Geneva, Switzerland, have come to an end but not to a resolution. Finalizing a weak treaty here in Geneva would have been a dangerous mistake, locking the world into decades of continued plastic overproduction, toxic exposure, and environmental harm. We commend the majority of member states that refused... The post The Fight Continues: AMBR’s Reflections on INC 5.2 appeared first on Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling.| Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
As countries prepare to convene in Geneva to finalize the Global Plastics Treaty, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Plastic pollution is now one of the most pressing environmental and public health threats of our time. From the infiltration of microplastics in our bodies to toxic emissions near petrochemical plants, the consequences are no longer distant... The post Reduce First or Fail: The Case for a Strong Plastics Treaty appeared first on Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling.| Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
At last week’s hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, titled “Beyond the Blue Bin: Forging a Federal Landscape for Recycling Innovation and Economic Growth,” lawmakers and industry representatives discussed how federal policy might support the future of recycling. To support President Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda, Subcommittee Chairman Gary Palmer emphasized the... The post False Solutions on Full Display at “Beyond the Blue Bin” Congressional He...| Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
A webinar on how the recyclability (or lack thereof) of flexible and film packaging shapes EPR for packaging policy and the global plastics treaty Monday, July 21 at 3 PM PST | 6 PM EST Plastic film poses major challenges for recycling systems. Despite industry claims that the material is recyclable, real-world experience shows that... The post Webinar: Unrecyclable by Design– The Problem with Flexible & Film Plastic Packaging appeared first on Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling.| Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
California's groundbreaking packaging producer responsibility law was designed to be a national model for reducing plastic pollution and holding producers responsible. But CalRecycle's draft regulations could undermine the law's effectiveness and credibility. The post Protecting California’s SB 54: AMBR Challenges Packaging Law Rollbacks appeared first on Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling.| Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
This week, the Trump administration dealt another blow to efforts to reduce plastic pollution by reversing the U.S. Department of the Interior’s policy phasing out single-use plastics across our national parks and public lands. The 2022 policy was a modest but meaningful step toward reducing the flood of unnecessary, unrecyclable plastic pollution that ends up... The post Reversing the Phase-Out of Single-Use Plastics in National Parks is a Step Backward appeared first on Alliance for Missi...| Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling