U.S. Recyclers to INC-5: We Need Reduction, Not False Solutions
Busan, South Korea As mission-based recyclers, we witness daily the overwhelming influx of plastic packaging inundating our facilities. Recycling alone cannot address the sheer volume and complexity of plastics produced, leaving the majority to pollute the environment, harm ecosystems, and threaten human health. The unchecked growth of plastic production fuels this crisis, overwhelming existing recycling…
AMBR to Host Workshop at INC-5
At the upcoming fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution in Busan, Republic of Korea, AMBR will host a workshop outlining the principles of mission-based recycling and why recycling is not the answer to the plastic crisis. If you plan to attend the global plastic…
California Lawsuit Defends the Definition of Recycling
As recyclers, we know we cannot recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis. Last month, that message received national attention when the attorney general of California, Rob Bonta, filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil, claiming the plastics and petrochemical industry is responsible for our environmental crisis due to deceptive public messaging about plastic recycling….