This story has been corrected. The U.S. and China have fired their latest salvo in their ongoing trade war, and this time tariffs have been applied to a number of additional U.S. recyclables. On Aug. 23, each country began imposing new rounds of penalties on $16 billion worth of each other's goods. Among the hundreds of categories of products, this...

A number of weighty topics are being discussed in statehouses this year, including extended producer responsibility for packaging, gutting of recycling funds and recycled-content mandates. The following are just a few of the higher-profile bills related to materials recovery that are working their way through three state legislatures: California: The Golden State is advancing a bill calling for mandates on...

Organizations raising $150 million to prevent ocean plastics in Southeast Asia say the region will present challenges wholly different from those in the U.S. Two groups recently offered new details on the goals and logistics of the effort. Announced Oct. 4, the project will raise money to fund waste management and recycling solutions in the region, which contributes greatly to...