The global waste crisis is a growing phenomenon that continues to be a major issue. According to the Global Waste Index 2019, the world currently generates two billion tonnes of waste per year, which is due largely to the gross mismanagement of waste. However, a Texas native has found a creative way to eliminate waste…
5 Ways to Help Reduce the Plastic Waste Crisis Waste continues to be a major global issue. There are over 4 dozen types of waste including food, electronic and plastic waste. The world dumps 2.12 billion tons of waste per year, most of which is materials and products trashed after just six months. Though electronic…
During the last 3 years, Senate Bill 54 , the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act has seen much debate and appeared in multiple iterations, but recently passed the state Senate. The bill would create a producer responsibility organization (PRO) to run a collection and recycling program to be overseen by the state. This would also…
Now that summer has finally arrived, many families are hitting the road for those long awaited vacations, which typically means packing meals for roadside picnics. Though many recycling bills are being processed across the U.S., the global plastic waste crisis continues to be an issue. Out of the 8.3 billion tons of plastic in the…
Plastic waste is an ongoing problem, and a large contributor is single-use plastic bags. After only one use, they are often discarded as trash and are never fully broken down in landfills. In efforts to combat the issue, the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag collaborated with retail sectors to create The Beyond the Bag…
Colorado’s packaging and EPR bill, HB22-1355, passed the state House of Representatives May 2 and then the state Senate later May 11, but has since stirred controversy within the industry over pros and cons regarding the funding concept. The bill requires companies that sell consumer-facing packaging and printed paper to join producer responsibility organizations (PROs),…