Rethinking recycling: could a circular economy solve the problem?

The Guardian. July 15, 2018

More Recycling Won't Solve Plastic Pollution

Scientific American. July 6, 2018

"Freeriding" B.C. newspapers costing recycling program millions

CBC News. April 19, 2016

Ontario EPR bill seems poised to move ahead

Resource Recycling. April 18, 2016

Vancouver continues transition to private haulers

Resource Recycling. April 4, 2016

Waste and Opportunity 2015 (PDF)

A January 2015 report from As You Sow and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Waste and Opportunity 2015: Environmental Progress and Challenges in Food, Beverage, and Consumer Goods Packaging, examines "the current packaging practices of three sectors: quick service restaurants (QSRs, or "fast food"), beverages, and consumer goods/grocery... most companies have not sufficiently prioritized packaging source reduction, recyclability, compostability, recycled content, and recycling policies. Increased attention to these key attributes of packaging sustainability would result in more efficient utilization of postconsumer packaging, higher U.S. recycling rates, reduced ocean plastic pollution, new green recycling jobs, and development of a circular materials economy ensuring a stable supply of postconsumer materials for new feedstock." Also, see news coverage from both Resource Recycling magazine and National Public Radio (NPR).

Is another EPR program headed to British Columbia?

Resource Recycling. June 4, 2014.

Why Do North American EPR Packaging Programs Include Printed Paper?

UPSTREAM. April 15, 2014.

Is international EPR a viable roadmap for U.S.?

Resource Recycling. April 3, 2014.

Report identifies global best practices for packaging EPR

PAC NEXT and PSI offer insight into extended producer responsibility programs, complementary strategies. Recycling Today. March 27, 2014.

Major association slams producer responsibility systems

The National Waste & Recycling Association has gone on the offensive against product stewardship laws for packaging and printed paper (PPP). Resource Recycling. March 27, 2014.

Why plastic is still 'the last frontier' of recycling

Former founder and CEO of MBA Polymers Mike Biddle said his company does not operate in the US because of the lack of a secure supply of plastic waste, unlike the predictability and robust collection system provided by Europe's extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws. The Guardian. Feb. 26, 2014.

The American Beverage Industry and the Development of Curbside Recycling Programs, 1950–2000

By Bartow J. Elmore, Harvard Business History Review 86 (Autumn 2012): 477–501, via the Product Policy Institute, April 4, 2013.

GMA Conclusions disputed by Ramsey County MN

Product Policy Institute. Nov. 15, 2012.

7 Reasons Why AMERIPEN's Stance on EPR is Flawed

Product Stewardship Institute. Nov. 9, 2012.

Recycling Reinvented Feedback on Recent GMA EPR Report

Recycling Reinvented. Sept. 24, 2012.

New report questions effectiveness of EPR

Resource Recycling. September 2012.

Forced Manufacturer-Led Recycling "Costlier and Less Successful"

Environmental Leader. Sept. 13, 2012.

Do Americans need to look north? Editorial Perspective (PDF)

Resource Recycling. December 2009.

Materials: Leaving food safe and taste intact 

UK Packaging News. Sept, 30, 2009.

Chemicals Leach From Packaging. Food and drugs just can’t leave their wrappings behind.

Chemical & Engineering News. Aug. 31, 2009.