New Circular Packaging Spotlight for a Few Familiar Formats
Today's guest blog is courtesy of NERC Advisory Member The Recycling Partnership. The original post can be read here.
Solutions for recyclable packaging are not one-size-fits-all. From aluminum beverage cans to glass bottles, each specific packaging material and format has its own unique recycling benefits and challenges, like design features or sorting technology. But addressing complex problems in siloes won’t further progress. We need all stakeholders across the value chain, for all materials, to engage in achieving a fully functioning U.S. residential recycling system and circular economy. The Recycling Partnership is furthering these efforts through the new Circular Packaging Spotlight and forthcoming Circular Packaging Assessment tool to further assist companies and communities with system complexities and individualized integrated solutions.
Investing in Multifamily Communities Pays Dividends
Today's guest blog is courtesy of NERC Advisory Member The Recycling Partnership. The original post can be read here.
Known for its theme parks and tourism, Orlando, Florida is making a name for itself in another way: Recycling. A forward-thinking community with a deep-rooted commitment to environmental equity, Orlando strives to become a “zero waste” community by 2040. Adequate, efficient, and equitable recycling programs are key to achieving this “zero waste” goal. However, we know that recycling access is not equitable in every community. In fact, the imbalances go even further when we recognize that BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) populations are two times more likely to live in multifamily housing than white populations, and about 3 out of every 5 multifamily households lack adequate access to recycling. Here’s where collaboration with The Recycling Partnership, a nonprofit…
The Use of Images vs. Words on Recycling Signage, Pt 3
Today's guest blog is authored by Alec Cooley of Busch Systems. It is third in a three-part series. The original post can be read here.
Brenda: We’re back for the third and final installment of this set of blogs exploring the effectiveness of using words vs. images on bin signage. These in turn are part of a larger series where we’re reviewing the body of academic research to better understand the science of recycling behavior and how local facilities managers can better design collection bins and signage to influence correct sorting practices. In part 1 we reviewed a number of recycling-specific studies that tested the effectiveness of different sign arrangements. Part…
The Use of Images vs. Words on Recycling Signage, Pt 2
This blog is part of a series of conversations between Busch System’s Senior Advisor, Alec Cooley and Brenda Pulley exploring the science of recycling behavior in relation to bin and signage design.