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California Gov. Newsom signs food date label law, updates PCR reporting rules
This marks the first state law requiring products to include standardized “best by” and “use by” language in an effort to reduce food waste. Newsom also acted on two microplastics-related bills.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Q&AWhatās next for product certification amid concerns about PFAS and toxics in plastic
Lagging regulation and a potential “toxic treadmill” with recycled content are viewed as just some of today’s pressing challenges. Clean Production Action Executive Director Mark Rossi reflects on two decades of change in the field.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Dan Felton to leave Ameripen, become Flexible Packaging Associationās CEO
Felton will continue to advocate on behalf of packaging stakeholders, having worked through what he called “seismic shifts to the industry in terms of new laws and regulations” since 2020.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 24, 2024 -
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Lawsuits from California AG and others take aim at ExxonMobilās chemical recycling claims
Coordinated lawsuits target the company’s role in pollution and describe the limitations of mechanical and advanced recycling to manage waste. Packaging companies have partnered with ExxonMobil to source recycled plastics.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 24, 2024 -
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California closes reusable plastic carryout bag loophole
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 1053, a law that will eliminate plastic bags as an option at store checkouts. Retailers will still be allowed to sell certain recycled paper bags.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 23, 2024 -
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Recycling bill in Congress calls for 30% recycled content in plastic packaging
Berry Global CEO Kevin Kwilinski said in a statement the bill could “significantly increase use of recycled material in new products.” The legislation would also task EPA with setting certain national plastic recycling standards.
By Megan Quinn , Maria Rachal • Sept. 20, 2024 -
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Want to know what packaging EPR will look like in the US? So does everyone else.
The industry’s perception of EPR has changed the last two years, according to a speaker at the Packaging Recycling Summit. But stakeholders are still seeking answers related to data collection, ecomodulation and more.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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EPA recommends BPI, GreenScreen, other ecolabelsĀ in food service ware procurement
The agency finalized additions to its recommendations this month, including ones related to reusable, certified commercially compostable, and certified recyclable options.
By Maria Rachal • Updated Dec. 11, 2024 -
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Keurig Dr Pepper to pay $1.5M to settle charges about K-Cup recyclability
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says the beverage company omitted from filed documents some important information about testing the curbside recyclability of its K-Cup coffee pods.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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Packaging updates anticipated in Biden administrationās waning months
Some of these updates have been a long time coming, including next steps for the Green Guides and the National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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California lawmakers send bills on grocery bags, date labels, microplastics to governor
Meanwhile, bills that could have restricted PFAS in plastic packaging and updated the state’s packaging EPR law stalled prior to the end of the legislative session.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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Illinois adopts laws eliminating small bottles at hotels, requiring recycling at events
Hotels will soon be blocked from offering mini shampoos and the like, while large event venues including convention centers will be required to compost and recycle materials like aluminum cans and plastic beverage bottles.
By Maria Rachal • Aug. 26, 2024 -
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White House backs reduced plastic production, criteria for chemical and product lists, in UN treaty
The Biden administration’s new approach, confirmed by Packaging Dive, is a major development ahead of the final negotiating session this fall. That could include discussions about criteria for lists to limit some chemicals and products.
By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 16, 2024 -
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Circular Action Alliance names its first CEO
Jeff Fielkow, currently CEO of ID Images, has decades of recycling and packaging experience at Tetra Pak and elsewhere. The producer responsibility organization is ramping up work in Colorado, Oregon and California.
By Megan Quinn • Aug. 13, 2024 -
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EPA finalizes recycled content levels for packaging bearing Safer Choice label
Despite some industry pushback, the agency opted to reflect packaging sustainability in the voluntary health and environmental safety program. But it offered companies more flexibility on which improvements are accepted.
By Maria Rachal • Aug. 9, 2024 -
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How Minnesotaās packaging stakeholders got EPR across the finish line
Policy and environmental leads told the story of how compromise led to the latest extended producer responsibility for packaging bill passed into law during a Product Stewardship Institute event.
By Maria Rachal • Aug. 8, 2024 -
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Canada explores impacts from PFAS in packaging, potential management actions
The government is accepting comments on an updated report and risk management scope. It’s looking at voluntary actions around product labeling and collaborating with North American trade partners on assessing alternatives.
By Maria Rachal • Aug. 7, 2024 -
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Whatās next in EPAās vinyl chloride review
The process is advancing as expected, but potential impacts to PVC, used in flexible plastic packaging, would still be years away. Industry groups remain engaged, as some environmental groups are still calling for an outright ban.
By Maria Rachal • July 26, 2024 -
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Paper, plastic industries react to major Supreme Court decisions
The American Forest & Paper Association and the Plastics Industry Association shared their thinking after rulings staying EPA’s “Good Neighbor” plan and overturning the longstanding Chevron doctrine.
By Maria Rachal • July 25, 2024 -
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Biden announces goal to phase out federal procurement of single-use plastics
The White House released a government-wide strategy and goals a month after the General Services Administration’s final rule encouraging, but not requiring, federal contractors to identify single-use, plastic-free packaging.
By Maria Rachal • July 22, 2024 -
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Novolex, USWĀ celebrate duties against paper bag importers
The U.S. Department of Commerce's anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders apply to China, India and others. This follows the International Trade Commission’s finding that U.S. producers were being "materially injured."
By Maria Rachal • July 19, 2024 -
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Packaging policy issues to watch in the second half of 2024
After a first half marked by EPR negotiations and some notable federal rules, still to come are next steps on the EU’s PPWR, a fifth meeting toward a global plastics agreement and possibly an update on the Green Guides.
By Maria Rachal • July 18, 2024 -
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Packaging groups engaged on numerous state EPR bills in 2024. What have they learned?
Material and CPG trade groups are growing more accustomed to extended producer responsibility legislation in statehouses. Leaders weighed in on lessons to take forward from Minnesota, New York and other states this year.
By Maria Rachal • July 16, 2024 -
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EPA grants petition to review PFAS in fluorinated plastic containers
The agency intends to request information on the prevalence of these containers in the U.S., potential alternatives to the fluorination process and risk mitigation measures. This follows a court battle with manufacturer Inhance Technologies.
By Maria Rachal • July 12, 2024 -
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New Jersey Senate passes bill to rightsize shipping boxes
Have you ever received a tiny item in a huge box? Some legislators want to require retailers to keep that ratio in check. It’s one of multiple packaging bills in play in the state, among others related to PFAS, EPR and plastic utensils.
By Maria Rachal • July 3, 2024
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