Why Hangers are Among Retailers’ Biggest Waste Headaches … and Solutions

Joseph Schlossberg, vice president of Global Business Development for Sourcing Solutions International, hanger and packaging suppliers, discusses alternatives to clothing hangers and why companies like Costco, Disney and others are buying them by the millions.

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Will California Reach its Pending Organics Diversion Goals?

The ability to move forward on what is arguably the country’s largest food scrap collection and processing system has hinged on government public-private sector partnerships. CalRecycle Director Rachel Machi Wagoner wrote Waste360 detailing progress to date; funding that’s gone into this hardball food waste fight; and support to jurisdictions in implementing programs and overcoming compliance barriers.

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Is Clean Beauty a Real Thing?

CleanHub, a company that addresses plastic waste, has a new study reporting that the topic CleanBeauty garnered over 2.1 billion views on TikTok and 6.3 billion tags on Instagram by October 2023, with younger generations especially gravitating to these platforms and similar outlets for user-generated content about what matters to them.

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Study: AI and Robotics Need to Be Adopted at "Warp Speed" to Avoid Past Infrastructure Mistakes

Gecko Robotics which manufactures solutions for industries including oil and gas, maritime, manufacturing and others, teamed up with Rho Impact to study how AI can lead to significant reduction of CO2 emissions.

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OSHA Renews Agreement to Protect Construction and Demolition Workers, Focus on Waste Management

This renewed five-year collaboration aims to address industry hazards through the development of safety and health training resources and seminars. These initiatives will specifically target the deconstruction and selective dismantlement of building components for reuse, repurposing, recycling and waste management.

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