Category: US
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US Plastic Pact News
Note from the CEO As we move into the second half of 2025, I’ve been reflecting on the tangible progress we’ve made and how it’s shaping the road ahead. In this issue of our newsletter, you’ll find updates on two of our important initiatives: our Overcoming Barriers to PCR report, which outlines practical steps to expand use…
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Anu Drinkware Brings Home Compostable Straws to Yellowstone National Park
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/anu-drinkware-brings-home-compostable-141300981.html
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White House moves to kill chemical safety board, despite industry support
https://cen.acs.org/safety/industrial-safety/White-House-moves-kill-chemical/103/web/2025/07
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US unable to curb plastic pollution (Study)
Read https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/study-us-subpar-comes-curbing-152806046.html
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US standards to cut recycled-plastics costs amid virgin glut
https://www.icis.com/explore/resources/news/2025/07/18/11120653/insight-national-standards-to-cut-recycled-plastics-costs-amid-virgin-glut
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Trump exempts more than 100 polluters from environmental standards
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5408714-trump-epa-polluters-environmental-standards-clean-air-act
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Researchers turn food waste into biodegradable plastic in breakthrough study
Read Researchers turn food waste into biodegradable plastic in breakthrough study
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US children routinely exposed to harmful chemicals from packaging, researchers warn
Read https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/chemical-children-plastic-packaging-us-health.html
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EPA ditches proposed reviews of plastic-to-fuel chemicals
Read https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/09/epa-ditches-proposed-reviews-of-plastic-to-fuel-chemicals-00444516
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USDA Advances Trump Administration’s Farmer-First Agenda at UN FAO Conference
I publish this USDA article because of one word: “chargé d’affaires” … a french word. Americans are sophisticated and the US government is an example of professionalism. The European Commission believes it plays in the same league as the US government but it doesn’t. The European Commission are truly amateurs compared to the US government.…
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Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7 billion tonnes
Read https://www.eco-business.com/news/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-blows-us-emissions-goal-by-7-billion-tonnes
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Malaysia fully halting US plastic scrap imports (FREE)
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Texas start-up sells plastic-eating fungi diapers to tackle landfill waste (FREE)
Read Texas start-up sells plastic-eating fungi diapers to tackle landfill waste
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Meet the team on a mission to end plastic waste, Murdoch University (FREE)
Read Meet the team on a mission to end plastic waste
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NEXE Innovations Makes Second Delivery to U.S.-Based EKOCUPS (FREE)
Read NEXE Innovations Makes Second Delivery to U.S.-Based EKOCUPS
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California regulators delay ‘compostable’ labeling rules (FREE)
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California regulators delay ‘compostable’ labeling rules (FREE)
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Birch Biosciences Enters into Global Patent License Agreement with NREL to Advance Enzymatic Plastic Recycling Process (FREE)
Read Birch Biosciences Enters into Global Patent License Agreement with NREL to Advance Enzymatic Plastic Recycling Process
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CA makers of compostable packaging call for state, federal policy changes (FREE)
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NERC states preference for mechanical recycling (FREE)
Read NERC states preference for mechanical recycling
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US renewable diesel production and biodiesel production declined in 1Q25 (FREE)
Read U.S. renewable diesel production and biodiesel production declined in 1Q25
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As NY Curbside Composting Breaks Yet Another Record, City Announces New Compost Bin Size Available for Purchase
Read As Curbside Composting Breaks Yet Another Record, City Announces New Compost Bin Size Available for Purchase
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California’s Strict Compostable Packaging Requirements Effective January 2026 (FREE)
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Pilot Chemical to produce bio-based surfactants at Ohio site (FREE)
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Trump administration cancels billions for chemical decarbonization (FREE)
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Army Lab Partners with the University of Hawaii to Enhance Bioprinting and Advanced Manufacturing (FREE)
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Massachusetts school district replaces compostable with reusable metal trays (FREE)
Read Reusable metal lunch trays help Massachusetts school district cut down on food waste
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Eco-Products Named an Official Zero Waste Partner of the San Francisco Giants (FREE)
Eco-Products will provide compostable products to support Oracle Park’s award-winning waste diversion program SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (May 29, 2025) — Eco-Products® announced today that they are an Official Zero Waste Partner of the San Francisco Giants. The partnership will feature compostable foodservice packaging from Eco-Products within Oracle Park to support the organization’s composting program and overall waste diversion efforts. The…
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Composting partnership establishes grant program for US food pack processing
Distributing grants is not a sustainable solution; it means that the business model is not sound to survive on market mechanisms alone.
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Joe Rogan Tears down US recycling system (Video)
Joe Rogan says it as it is … recycling in the US doesn’t exist … Politicians say otherwise because there are commercial interests.
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Trump-China Plastic Continent Controversy
Excuse my French but Trump is not entirely wrong on this one. China played a role regarding the plastic continents in the oceans. Let me summarise: EU and US were exporting their plastic waste to China for decennia. We branded that waste as recyclable. China was supposed to recycle. In reality, none of that plastic…
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Carpet recycling capacity triples in Ventura County (FREE)
Article by David Goldstein, Ventura County Public Works Agency Environmental Resource Analyst. This is a FREE article
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Trump brings back plastic straws
On the other hand, the EU institutions believed that the plastic waste pollution in the oceans could be solved by banning plastic straws, oxo bioplastics and plastic cocktail stirrers.
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Hard-to-recycle plastics can “mail it in” (FREE)
Article by David Goldstein, Ventura County Public Works Agency Environmental Resource Analyst. This is a FREE article
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Why Washington Should Boost Bioplastics (CJ Biomaterials)
ADVERTISING – New revolutionary biodegradable plastic resin from Symphony Environmental called ‘NbR’: Less fossil and CO2 emissions
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FPS goes green with compostable trays in 4 US schools
ADVERTISING – New revolutionary biodegradable plastic resin from Symphony Environmental called ‘NbR’: Less fossil and CO2 emissions
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Farewell Reflection by USDA under secretary
ADVERTISING – Symphony Environmental launched a new revolutionary biodegradable plastic resin called ‘NbR’: Less fossil and less CO2 emissions
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