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Legislation & Regulation

Updates on key pieces of legislation and government regulations affecting the waste and recycling industry, including from the EPA.

Watch this new video interview series for some bite-sized insights from the waste and recycling industry’s most innovative leaders.
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Watch this new video interview series for some bite-sized insights from the waste and recycling industry’s most innovative leaders.
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Bag This: Plastic or Paper… or Neither?
Oct 08, 2020
The State of New Jersey has boldly gone forward with new legislation aimed at reducing the twin scourges of unrecycled plastic waste, which winds up everywhere, and unrecycled used paper, which swallows up landfill space...
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California Ramps up Consumer Drug Takeback Program With Help
Sep 24, 2020
California is roughly a year away from rolling out regulation requiring the pharmaceutical industry to design and fund a consumer drug takeback program (SB 212), and it’s getting closer to having sufficient infrastructure to support the mandate...
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The Importance of Being Politically Involved
Sep 22, 2020
The need for the waste and recycling industry to be involved in the political process is stronger than ever. New challenges and opportunities are coming out of Washington every day. It is not enough just to be engaged in lobbying and educational...
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What Will the 2020 Elections Mean for Waste?
Sep 21, 2020
WasteExpo Online Together attendees heard from Democratic and Republican representatives about what the upcoming national election could mean for the waste industry...
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Let's Celebrate Women's Equality Day!
Aug 26, 2020
We are celebrating Women’s Equality Day! Here are some strong women leaders in the waste, recycling and organics industry that we’ve highlighted in our Waste360 Women Leaders in Waste column over the year. They offer sage advice and insights based...
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Plastic Bag Ban Upheld by New York State Supreme Court
Aug 24, 2020
New York State’s Bag Waste Reduction Law went into effect on March 1, 2020, banning most single-use plastic bags in the state (exceptions are made for bags such as those used by a pharmacy for prescription drugs or at a grocery store for produce)...
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