"European organisations call for standardised EU waste sorting labels" was originally created and published by Packaging ...

Recycling isn’t just about tossing cans and bottles into a blue bin it’s a lifestyle choice that influences your health, your ...

The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN) has issued a statement opposing the use of text and ...

Waste plants could connect these AI systems to sorting robots to help them separate trash from recyclables more accurately. They could also use the AI as a quality control system to measure how ...

Steve Wright, an employee at the Unity Area Regional Recycling Center in Thorndike, Maine, moves a divider while loading bags of plastic containers into a semitruck trailer in June 2021.

The EPA, in its National Recycling Strategy, calls for improved labeling of bins and “clarifying existing labels that are confusing to consumers.” The plan calls for “consistent” labels and messaging ...

Proposed Recycling Labels Are Misleading and Could Violate the Law, ... California only has the capacity to sort and recycle about 1 percent of its waste generated from plastic bags and film.

Judith Enck, a former E.P.A. official and the founder of Beyond Plastics, notes that while recycling centers can accept all kinds of plastic, sorting the myriad types and then cleaning and ...

Based on federal recycling data, independent national waste management surveys, and firsthand accounts from material sorting facilities, polypropylene recycling isn’t nearly as widespread as ...

An invisible, indelible sorting label could be the missing link for circular textile recycling. The clothing industry is a mess. Fast fashion and the rapid-fire cycling of trends means we’re ...

The proposed labels are “an obvious and transparent attempt by industry to circumvent California law,” said Howie Hirsch, a retired lawyer in California who has worked on several recycling ...