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Nearly all of America’s trash could be composted and recycled. But we’ve got a lot of work to do to get there.
Most of us put our recyclables out for collection. But it’s going to take more than individual action to deal with our trash problem. Only 24% of our trash actually gets recycled, and only 9% gets composted. We can do better. Together we can share information, resources and push our leaders to build a better recycling and composting system.
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Building on successful programs in dozens of countries and recent action taken by Maine and Oregon, the Colorado Senate passed on Wednesday a bipartisan producer responsibility bill.
Amazon is destroying unsold products by the thousands
A recent investigation uncovered a bombshell for our environment over at Amazon: The company is destroying millions of unused or returned products.
Maine passes nation’s first plastic producer responsibility law
Plastic producers often bear little responsibility for the waste their products become. That's changing in Maine.
Maine governor signs groundbreaking waste reduction bill into law
Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 1541, which holds producers responsible for their packaging waste, into law on Tuesday. The new law will establish a program called Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging, which will require big corporations to shoulder a large percentage of the costs of recycling and waste disposal programs in the state.