/tags/recycling recycling en-US Copyright Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:21:47 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-13/calrecycle-begins-enforcement-on-plastic-foam-foodware-ban California is beginning to enforce its ban on foodware made from expanded polystyrene, commonly known as plastic foam or Styrofoam. Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:21:47 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-13/calrecycle-begins-enforcement-on-plastic-foam-foodware-ban Manola Secaira /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-12-08/oregon-finalizes-plans-of-recycling-overhaul Oregon is on track to become the first state to launch a recycling program that holds producers accountable for their product packaging. Sun, 08 Dec 2024 16:14:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-12-08/oregon-finalizes-plans-of-recycling-overhaul April Ehrlich /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-12-02/oregon-approves-new-recycling-rules-to-reduce-packaging-pollution-make-producers-pay-for-waste The Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act rules were approved by the Environmental Quality Commission to reduce waste from packaging. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:25:36 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-12-02/oregon-approves-new-recycling-rules-to-reduce-packaging-pollution-make-producers-pay-for-waste Alex Baumhardt /npr-news/2024-09-23/california-sues-exxonmobil-for-misleading-public-on-plastic-recycling California’s lawsuit alleges that ExxonMobil has known for decades that recycling would not effectively stem the flow of plastic waste. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:27:09 GMT /npr-news/2024-09-23/california-sues-exxonmobil-for-misleading-public-on-plastic-recycling Alejandra Borunda, Michael Copley /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-05-27/buying-a-mattress-in-oregon-that-could-soon-come-with-an-extra-fee The fees will fund Oregon's new mattress recycling program, which could launch as soon as this summer. Mon, 27 May 2024 14:25:46 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-05-27/buying-a-mattress-in-oregon-that-could-soon-come-with-an-extra-fee April Ehrlich /politics-government/2024-04-02/how-oregons-bottle-bill-does-or-doesnt-play-into-the-states-drug-crisis A group of business owners and residents in Portland is pushing for the Oregon Legislature to reconsider the cash refunds offered for recycling beverage containers. Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:20:18 GMT /politics-government/2024-04-02/how-oregons-bottle-bill-does-or-doesnt-play-into-the-states-drug-crisis Gemma DiCarlo /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-08-21/in-states-that-pay-bottle-deposits-private-redemption-centers-are-struggling Legislation in Maine would mimic Oregon’s system of giving a recycling cooperative unclaimed deposits. California is mulling changes as well. Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:03:18 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-08-21/in-states-that-pay-bottle-deposits-private-redemption-centers-are-struggling Elaine S. Povich / Stateline /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-08-01/dont-call-it-toilet-to-tap-california-plans-to-turn-sewage-into-drinking-water Waste would undergo extensive treatment and testing before it’s piped directly to taps, providing a new, costly but renewable water supply. The state’s new draft rules are more than a decade in the making. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:56:23 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-08-01/dont-call-it-toilet-to-tap-california-plans-to-turn-sewage-into-drinking-water Rachel Becker /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-04-09/oregons-bottle-bill-reaches-huge-milestone-more-than-2-billion-containers-redeemed-in-2022 For the first time since Oregon’s Bottle Bill recycling program began, Oregonians returned more than two billion beverage containers, as the program paid out more than $205 million to consumers and local nonprofits in 2022. Sun, 09 Apr 2023 12:45:27 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-04-09/oregons-bottle-bill-reaches-huge-milestone-more-than-2-billion-containers-redeemed-in-2022 Monica Samayoa /npr-news/npr-news/2022-05-27/we-never-got-good-at-recycling-plastic-some-states-are-trying-a-new-approach New York is the latest, and largest, state to consider charging product-makers to dispose of their packaging. But lawmakers are clashing over how much to involve industry in creating a new system. Fri, 27 May 2022 23:14:51 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2022-05-27/we-never-got-good-at-recycling-plastic-some-states-are-trying-a-new-approach Matthew Schuerman