Tag: Recycle
Policy Briefing – Single Use Packaging and Recycling
(February 12, 2021) Moderated by Adam Regele, CalChamber policy advocate, the discussion featured the perspectives of a food manufacturer/packager; a chemical engineer; and a...
Key to Recycling Overhaul: Scalable, Standardized Compliance Path Plus Infrastructure Investments
Overhauling California's recycling market requires a balance of the right mandates with a compliance pathway, California Chamber of Commerce Policy Advocate Adam Regele told...
Problematic Single-Use Packaging Bills Face Final Hurdle in Legislature
As the state struggles to climb out of a $54 billion deficit, contain more than 500 active wildfires, prevent further blackouts, solve an ongoing...
A New Recycling Paradigm
“Living is easy with eyes closed.” John Lennon wasn’t talking “trash” when he said this, but the quote fairly describes how California approached recycling...
Recycling Bills Still Problematic
Although amendments removed job killer provisions, twin recycling bills are still opposed by the California Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of industry groups...
Legislature Weighing Strict Product Regulation
With just weeks remaining in the legislative session, twin job killer bills upending how consumer products are packaged and sold in California are being...
Burdensome Reporting for Beverage Makers Moves
The Senate fiscal committee last week passed a California Chamber of Commerce-opposed bill imposing new and unnecessary costs and burdens on beverage manufacturers without...
Commercial Organics Recycling Mandate to Take Effect April 1, 2016
A state law requiring businesses that generate a certain amount of waste per week to recycle their organic waste will take effect next spring.
The...