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Its Time for National Deposit Law (Commentary)
2020-10-27 07:00:00| Waste Age
Container deposits are the third rail of recycling. You can love them or hate them, but few of us are indifferent. Whether you like them or not, it is hard to deny that they are an immensely effective way to collect bottles and cans for recycling. T
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Are Recycling Labels Telling the Right Story? (Commentary)
2020-10-15 12:59:00| Waste Age
As a recycler, we field lots of questions from companies about how we can help them make their product or packaging recyclable. The recycling symbol continues to be a status symbol, or a perceived seal of approval, if you will, for a sustainable pr
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To Score Points, We Need Goals (Commentary)
2020-09-28 08:00:00| Waste Age
EPA plans to announce a national recycling goal at the America Recycles Summit on November 17. Believing, apparently, that one goal is not enough, the agency lists four potential areas for national goals. Along with system-wide national goals, thes
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Be Prepared for Anything (Commentary)
2020-08-11 18:47:00| Waste Age
If 2020 has taught us anything, it is that we should be prepared for the unexpected to happen. It is hard to believe just how much has transpired this year aside from COVID-19 and the movement stemming from the death of George Floyd. The year starte
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What Can the Food Waste Movement Learn from the Movement for Black Lives? (Commentary)
2020-07-09 17:00:00| Waste Age
Lets get this out of the way. Im not going to say, Its all about elevating black lives to their highest potential, or Lets not let black lives go to waste, the way we let food go to waste. Thats not the point. While there are similarities b