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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oregon is working on modernizing its recycling system so residents can trust the items they're recycling are actually recyclable. ...

Implementation of extended producer responsibility (EPR)—and a legal challenge—in Oregon. Ongoing EPR rulemaking in California. A potential pathway to help fund technology upgrades at recycling ...

The Ocean Recovery Alliance, headquartered in Hong Kong, has released “Towards Circular Plastics: Assessing the Impact of Recycling Technologies in Tackling Plastic Pollution,” a report that assesses ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Starting next summer, Oregonians across the state will begin to receive a standardized list of what can and cannot be recycled statewide, and owners and managers of apartment complexes and multi-unit ...

I applaud the Plain Dealer’s effort to highlight the issue of lead pollution and brain health. (Cleveland’s must address inadequate steps to end lead poisoning in children) Nevertheless, other sources ...

On Tuesday, Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (RMA) officially went into effect after five years of planning and preparation. The RMA introduces significant changes to how ...

Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (RMA), one of the first extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws implemented in the US, is facing its first challenge in court. The ...

Starting this summer, Oregonians across the state will begin to receive a standardized list of what can and cannot be recycled statewide, and owners and managers of apartment complexes and multi-unit ...

Oregon is working on modernizing its recycling system so residents can trust the items they're recycling are actually recyclable. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Starting this summer, ...