Republic Services started construction on a 140-acre organics facility in San Bernardino designed to expand Southern California's composting capacity under the SB 1383 mandate.

CAA has delivered its California program plan as litigation over the underlying regulations continues and smaller producers scramble to meet compliance requirements for the first time.

Colorado's EV battery EPR law and California's SB 501 together represent a push to bring the full battery supply chain — from 1,000-pound propulsion packs to e-bike batteries — under a formal collection and recycling framework.

A new House bill would direct the US International Trade Commission to investigate whether US aluminum scrap exports to adversarial nations pose a threat to domestic manufacturing and national security.

Michigan lawmakers introduced a bipartisan three-bill package aimed at strengthening consumer access to bottle deposit refunds and clarifying retailer obligations under the state's declining bottle return system.

ABTC has won back a DOE grant that was among hundreds terminated last fall.

This marks the third session in which the bill cleared the Senate only to stall in the Assembly.

The groups allege that the new regulations have too many loopholes for packaging producers.

Maine is the first state to require vape manufacturers to fund end-of-life management for their products. Vape recycler Michael Duckworth says passing the law is the easy part.

Colorado, which passed its Battery Stewardship Act in 2025, is now looking to close the gap on large-format, EV batteries.