Opinion
Collaboration, not excessive regulation key to plastics recycling
When it comes to supporting the circular economy, improving plastic recycling, and reducing waste, do we want to help the environment or regulate more?
When it comes to supporting the circular economy, improving plastic recycling, and reducing waste, do we want to help the environment or regulate more?
Approximately 85% of single-use plastics in California never get recycled. By standardizing and clarifying the labeling of recyclable waste, California’s new law aims to align manufacturing standards with state regulations in order to increase the amount of plastic material that actually gets recycled.