A comprehensive view of contaminated recyclables. This page highlights a small sample of our full coverage.
For real-time access, please log in to your Government & Public Policy Market Intelligence Service.

Recent Articles

sample of recent headlines, press releases and get more..

Greenpeace report reviews recent research showing recycling plastics can produce toxic hazards, calls to reduce plastic production; plastics can absorb toxins from waste streams, and even mechanical recycling processes can generate new toxins, carcinogens
Published: May 25, 2023 by Greenpeace
CleanRobotics deploys six TrashBots at Los Angeles hospital to prevent contamination of recycling streams; hospital saw 50% diversion rate increase, received more than 240,000 visitors in three-month period, wants to add more TrashBots
Published: May 19, 2023 by Waste360 
Jacksonville, Florida's Feet on the Street initiative involves inspectors educating residents about non-recyclable items, attaching 'oops' tags to bins; residents who do not improve after four red tags will be taken off list of city recycling pick-up list
Published: May 18, 2023 by Florida Times-Union
EPA joins environmental groups in urging the FTC to update its Green Guides to combat misconceptions about plastic recyclability; EPA says circular arrow recycling symbol should be dropped from non-recyclable plastics to prevent waste stream contamination
Published: May 18, 2023 by Industry Intelligence Inc.
Fraunhofer researchers develop eco-friendly process to remove odors from plastic packaging; pressurized water extraction method improves material quality of processed plastic waste within an hour, reduces costs, can remove short chain polymers from HDPE
Published: April 20, 2023 by Fraunhofer Society

Ask us about our Government & Public Policy market view

Trending Chart

Interactive chart with headline count