Building on this momentum, the requirements introduced in 2022 on mandatory recycled content targets commencing from April ...

A critical step in that direction is mainstreaming the circular economy, and aligning capital flows to support this ...

India’s plastic waste recycling rates have dropped sharply from 60% to as low as 15–20%, raising serious environmental ...

There is a need to make sure that a robust collection system is in place to ensure that plastic waste is collected and ...

India’s heap of e-waste is rising fast. Informal sector dominance of recycling must give way to a formal and sustainable ...

And while the concept has gained some bipartisan support in theory ... which compares students’ earnings to the federal poverty line and college cost. A higher EPR means a lower final payment. For ...

The most common target of the EPR laws is the massive amount of packaging consistently discarded every single day. With the passage of Extended Responsibility Laws, the producers, and the ...

Recent reports indicate that several leading electronics companies are resisting India’s e-waste rules under EPR, calling them overly strict, expensive and difficult to comply with ...

While packaging EPR laws have now passed in five states, with Maryland expected to soon become the sixth, the concept hasn’t gained traction in Massachusetts. Massachusetts legislators are set to ...

and “show the public that the circular economy is not some abstract concept”. That was evidently nothing more than hollow, hypocritical rhetoric. If EPR is to be fit for purpose and succeed, it must ...

Clear definitions and objectives are required for successful design of a textile and footwear EPR system. Credit: Lithiumphoto/Shutterstock. The groups include German ...