The EU is taking legal action against France over the country’s waste-sorting regulations. In a statement, the European Commission said it would take France to the EU Court of Justice around the ...

In a letter to the EPA, 17 legislators made the case for implementing standardized labels developed by Recycle Across America. Seventeen legislators have asked the EPA to implement nationwide labeling ...

When I was in Seattle for the 2012 TAPPI PLACE Conference (May 6-9; Grand Hyatt Seattle), there was an aspect of the city that stuck with me, and it wasn't the overabundance of Starbucks. All over the ...

A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine, even egg whites — should get the coveted chasing arrows recycling label. Earlier this ...

Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys. Most commonly, these symbols appear with a number — ...

The waste crisis is devastating our planet. A lot of the stuff we throw gets dumped in landfills. These massive waste disposal sites are often created by destroying forests or inhabitable lands. For ...

Milk cartons may lose the recycling symbol in California, potentially making the material unusable in the state.

Sealed Air has developed a new Cryovac LT-1 shrink sleeve label, calling it one of the first in the industry with a density lower than the 1g/cu cm polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling standard.