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It’s time to develop a circular economy for packaging in the U.S.
We’re launching several new initiatives to start building the Bridge to Circularity, including Recycling 2.0 – an opportunity for all stakeholders to collaborate to develop the recycling system of the future.
The Recycling Partnership Announces First-Ever U.S. Circular Economy Roadmap
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
New “Bridge to Circularity” Report Calls for $500 Million by 2025 to Transform the U.S. Recycling System
Report Emphasizes Need for Creating New Pathways to Recyclability, Unlocking Post-Consumer Material Supply, and Crafting Bold, Transformative Policies Supported by Cut[...]
Circular Economy
Press Release: The Partnership Announces First Investment in Pathway to Recyclability Initiative
Colgate-Palmolive becomes first company to fund navigation of five‑step gated recyclability process
BENTONVILLE, ARK. (Nov. 6, 2019) – The Recycling Partnership officially launched its new Pathway to Recyclability initiative to help packaging suppliers outline, address, and successfully navigate[...]
National Non-Profit Unveils Strategy to Help U.S. Recycling System Achieve its Full Potential
The ultimate fate of recycling rests in the hands of a broad set of stakeholders who must all take action to support the transition to a circular economy
FALLS CHURCH, Va., (Feb. 13, 2020) – For curbside recycling in the United States to deliver its enormous potential economic and environmental be[...]
Sarah Dearman
Polypropylene Recycling Coalition
Ali Blandina
Stephanie Kersten-Johnston
Scott Mouw
The Recycling Partnership’s Statement on the Consumer Brand Association-led Recycling Leadership Council Blueprint Document
“The Recycling Partnership believes that producers should play a prominent role in bringing the critically needed capital necessary to level up a struggling U.S. residential recycling system through a shared producer responsibility model.
As the Blueprint points out, we’re at a critical poin[...]
The Recycling Partnership Insists and Assists Companies in Upholding Sustainability Pledges
By Keefe Harrison
When the world moves through this terrible coronavirus pandemic, the economy is going to need help. That’s why The Recycling Partnership is working hard, every day, to ensure that the economy that rebounds is a circular one that serves people and the planet.
I grew up in a fami[...]
Samantha Kappalman
The Recycling Partnership is Transforming for Good
2020 Impact Report Tells Story of the National Nonprofit Catalyzing Change to Move the U.S. Toward a Circular Economy
Press Release: What are We Wasting for? Changing the Way America Recycles through Partnerships, Access and Education
America Recycles Week release of free Social Media Kit v.3 and DIYSigns to empower communities to educate residents on how to recycle more, better
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Nov. 12, 2019) – Residents putting trash in the recycling costs the U.S. recycling system more than $300 million each year. While s[...]
Rachel Kipar
Keefe Harrison
Dylan de Thomas
A Call to Corporate Leadership – Join Together for Bold, Smart, Swift Action to Improve the US Recycling System
By Keefe Harrison
(first published on LinkedIn)
As I head into the 2020 Plastics Recycling Conference, the pressing need to protect our environment from plastic waste by activating a truly circular economy is top of mind. This is an important point in time to pivot our society’s current make-to-[...]
Katherine Huded
Press Release: The Recycling Partnership Launches Polypropylene Recycling Coalition to Improve and Increase America’s Recovery of Plastic Packaging and Strengthen the Circular Economy
Leading companies from across the value chain take action to
enhance polypropylene circularity with first Request for Proposals
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (July 8, 2020) – The Recycling Partnership is pleased to announce today the launch of its Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an industry collaboration t[...]
PRESS RELEASE: America’s Beverage Industry and Environmental Leaders Mark First Year of Every Bottle Back Initiative
Actions underway in cities to invest nearly a half-billion dollars on modernized recycling infrastructure and consumer education that will reduce the plastic footprint of America’s beverage companies by increasing the amount of plastic bottles that are collected and remade into new ones
WASHINGTON[...]
Press Release: The Recycling Partnership Announces First Grants to Improve Polypropylene Curbside Recycling for Millions of Americans
Polypropylene Recycling Coalition awards nearly $2 million in grants that will impact four million people nationally
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (December 8, 2020) – The Recycling Partnership today announced nearly $2 million in catalytic grants to advance polypropylene recycling in the U.S. through its Po[...]
Blog: Plastic IQ – Advancing Company Decision-Making on Plastics
By Ben Dixon, Partner, SYSTEMIQ & Keefe Harrison, CEO, The Recycling Partnership
The challenge of plastic waste is too big to ignore and too difficult to solve alone. Good work to collectively reduce the use of virgin plastic and build recycling solutions for more types of plastics is underway. [...]
Addressing the Challenge of Film and Flexible Packaging Data
Film and flexible packaging is unlike other packaging when it comes to recycling. For starters, it’s not a single packaging type – the term encompasses a wide range of packaging, from polyethylene (PE) air pillows protecting e-commerce goods to heavy-duty dog food bags, to salty snack bags with [...]
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Blog: Accelerate Recycling through Policy and Partnership
By Keefe Harrison, CEO
Partnership is part of our name for a reason. From the start, The Recycling Partnership has believed that public-private partnerships are critical to our mission—and to our mutual success in building a resilient and responsive recycling system. This approach is at the hear[...]
The Recycling Partnership Named Company of the Year by WasteDive
The following article was originally published by online industry mag WasteDive as part of their annual DIVE AWARDS series. Read the full article and other DIVE awardee briefs here.
Biggest assets:
31 funding partners that include some of the largest corporations and trade associations in the recycl[...]
State of Curbside Report 2020
The 2020 State of Curbside Recycling report calls for these clear, integrated strategies:
Substantially greater support of community recycling programs with capital funding, technical assistance, and efforts to strengthen and grow local political commitment to recycling services.
New and enhanced s[...]
The Recycling Partnership Announces Three Grants to Improve Polypropylene Curbside Recycling for Millions of Americans
Polypropylene Recycling Coalition brings total awards to nearly $3 million in grants, impacting 7.2 million people nationally.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (March 31, 2021) – The Recycling Partnership today announced a second round of grant funding through its Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, distributing [...]
Make 2021 the Year You Resolve to Recycle More, Better
2020 may have become the year many Americans “resolved” to stayed home, but it taught us the value of recycling as a valuable and essential public service and allowed us to confront the daily reality of how valuable recycling is to critical supply chains providing cardboard for online order ship[...]
Joint Industry Statement: We Stand by Polypropylene
The following is a joint statement attributed to Steve Alexander, President, and CEO, The Association of Plastic Recyclers; Ron Gonen, CEO, Closed Loop Partners; Nina Goodrich, Executive Director, GreenBlue; And Keefe Harrison, CEO, The Recycling Partnership:
(February 28, 2020) — With the [...]
The State of Curbside Recycling in 2020
Press Release: Talking Rain Joins The Recycling Partnership to Transform the U.S. Recycling System for Good
PRESTON, Wash. (March 6, 2020) – Talking Rain Beverage Company, the makers of Sparkling Ice, Sparkling Ice Plus Caffeine, and Talking Rain Waters, announced that it has joined The Recycling Partnership, the leading environmental non-profit improving how America recycles and catalyzing a system ch[...]
Trina Matta
Press Release: The Recycling Partnership Launches Film and Flexibles Task Force
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dow, Hill’s Pet Nutrition and PepsiCo among funding partners supporting recycling solutions for growing category
FALL CHURCH, VA, September 30, 2019 – The Recycling Partnership announced today the launch of a Film and Flexibles Task Force to define, pilot and scale recyclin[...]
Blog: The EPA Needs to Take Action Now on Recycling
By Dylan de Thomas
Vice President of External Affairs
The Recycling Partnership
For many Americans, recycling is second nature. It’s something that we can’t imagine living without. The ethos of “waste not, want not” runs deep in our collective conscience. We feel bad when we throw something [...]
Press Release: U.S. Plastics Pact Launches to Ignite Change Toward Circular Economy for Plastic
60+ Brands, Retailers, Government Agencies, and NGOs Collaborate to Advance All Plastic Packaging
to become Reusable, Recyclable, or Compostable by 2025
Falls Church, Va., (August 25, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative led by The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund (W[...]
Karen Bandhaeur
PRESS RELEASE: Request for Proposals Released for Can Manufacturers Institute’s Aluminum Beverage Can Capture Regional Recycling Grant Program Financed by Ardagh Group and Crown Holdings
The Recycling Partnership Joins as Grant Program Partner to Evaluate Proposals and Provide Technical Assistance for Projects that Target Missorted or Lost Cans at Recycling Centers in the Southeast
WASHINGTON, DC (January 27, 2021) — The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and The Recycling Part[...]
Bridge to Circularity
It’s time to develop a circular economy for packaging in the U.S.
We’re launching several new initiatives to start building the Bridge to Circularity, including Recycling 2.0 – an opportunity for all stakeholders to collaborate to develop the recycling system of the future.
The Recycling Partnership Announces First-Ever U.S. Circular Economy Roadmap
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
New “Bridge to Circularity” Report Calls for $500 Million by 2025 to Transform the U.S. Recycling System
Report Emphasizes Need for Creating New Pathways to Recyclability, Unlocking Post-Consumer Material Supply, and Crafting Bold, Transformative Policies Supported by Cut[...]
Press Release: The Partnership Announces First Investment in Pathway to Recyclability Initiative
Colgate-Palmolive becomes first company to fund navigation of five‑step gated recyclability process
BENTONVILLE, ARK. (Nov. 6, 2019) – The Recycling Partnership officially launched its new Pathway to Recyclability initiative to help packaging suppliers outline, address, and successfully navigate[...]
National Non-Profit Unveils Strategy to Help U.S. Recycling System Achieve its Full Potential
The ultimate fate of recycling rests in the hands of a broad set of stakeholders who must all take action to support the transition to a circular economy
FALLS CHURCH, Va., (Feb. 13, 2020) – For curbside recycling in the United States to deliver its enormous potential economic and environmental be[...]
The Recycling Partnership’s Statement on the Consumer Brand Association-led Recycling Leadership Council Blueprint Document
“The Recycling Partnership believes that producers should play a prominent role in bringing the critically needed capital necessary to level up a struggling U.S. residential recycling system through a shared producer responsibility model.
As the Blueprint points out, we’re at a critical poin[...]
The Recycling Partnership Insists and Assists Companies in Upholding Sustainability Pledges
By Keefe Harrison
When the world moves through this terrible coronavirus pandemic, the economy is going to need help. That’s why The Recycling Partnership is working hard, every day, to ensure that the economy that rebounds is a circular one that serves people and the planet.
I grew up in a fami[...]
The Recycling Partnership is Transforming for Good
2020 Impact Report Tells Story of the National Nonprofit Catalyzing Change to Move the U.S. Toward a Circular Economy
Press Release: What are We Wasting for? Changing the Way America Recycles through Partnerships, Access and Education
America Recycles Week release of free Social Media Kit v.3 and DIYSigns to empower communities to educate residents on how to recycle more, better
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Nov. 12, 2019) – Residents putting trash in the recycling costs the U.S. recycling system more than $300 million each year. While s[...]
A Call to Corporate Leadership – Join Together for Bold, Smart, Swift Action to Improve the US Recycling System
By Keefe Harrison
(first published on LinkedIn)
As I head into the 2020 Plastics Recycling Conference, the pressing need to protect our environment from plastic waste by activating a truly circular economy is top of mind. This is an important point in time to pivot our society’s current make-to-[...]
Press Release: The Recycling Partnership Launches Polypropylene Recycling Coalition to Improve and Increase America’s Recovery of Plastic Packaging and Strengthen the Circular Economy
Leading companies from across the value chain take action to
enhance polypropylene circularity with first Request for Proposals
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (July 8, 2020) – The Recycling Partnership is pleased to announce today the launch of its Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an industry collaboration t[...]
PRESS RELEASE: America’s Beverage Industry and Environmental Leaders Mark First Year of Every Bottle Back Initiative
Actions underway in cities to invest nearly a half-billion dollars on modernized recycling infrastructure and consumer education that will reduce the plastic footprint of America’s beverage companies by increasing the amount of plastic bottles that are collected and remade into new ones
WASHINGTON[...]
Press Release: The Recycling Partnership Announces First Grants to Improve Polypropylene Curbside Recycling for Millions of Americans
Polypropylene Recycling Coalition awards nearly $2 million in grants that will impact four million people nationally
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (December 8, 2020) – The Recycling Partnership today announced nearly $2 million in catalytic grants to advance polypropylene recycling in the U.S. through its Po[...]
Blog: Plastic IQ – Advancing Company Decision-Making on Plastics
By Ben Dixon, Partner, SYSTEMIQ & Keefe Harrison, CEO, The Recycling Partnership
The challenge of plastic waste is too big to ignore and too difficult to solve alone. Good work to collectively reduce the use of virgin plastic and build recycling solutions for more types of plastics is underway. [...]
Blog: Accelerate Recycling through Policy and Partnership
By Keefe Harrison, CEO
Partnership is part of our name for a reason. From the start, The Recycling Partnership has believed that public-private partnerships are critical to our mission—and to our mutual success in building a resilient and responsive recycling system. This approach is at the hear[...]
The Recycling Partnership Named Company of the Year by WasteDive
The following article was originally published by online industry mag WasteDive as part of their annual DIVE AWARDS series. Read the full article and other DIVE awardee briefs here.
Biggest assets:
31 funding partners that include some of the largest corporations and trade associations in the recycl[...]
State of Curbside Report 2020
The 2020 State of Curbside Recycling report calls for these clear, integrated strategies:
Substantially greater support of community recycling programs with capital funding, technical assistance, and efforts to strengthen and grow local political commitment to recycling services.
New and enhanced s[...]
The Recycling Partnership Announces Three Grants to Improve Polypropylene Curbside Recycling for Millions of Americans
Polypropylene Recycling Coalition brings total awards to nearly $3 million in grants, impacting 7.2 million people nationally.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (March 31, 2021) – The Recycling Partnership today announced a second round of grant funding through its Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, distributing [...]
Joint Industry Statement: We Stand by Polypropylene
The following is a joint statement attributed to Steve Alexander, President, and CEO, The Association of Plastic Recyclers; Ron Gonen, CEO, Closed Loop Partners; Nina Goodrich, Executive Director, GreenBlue; And Keefe Harrison, CEO, The Recycling Partnership:
(February 28, 2020) — With the [...]
Press Release: Talking Rain Joins The Recycling Partnership to Transform the U.S. Recycling System for Good
PRESTON, Wash. (March 6, 2020) – Talking Rain Beverage Company, the makers of Sparkling Ice, Sparkling Ice Plus Caffeine, and Talking Rain Waters, announced that it has joined The Recycling Partnership, the leading environmental non-profit improving how America recycles and catalyzing a system ch[...]
Press Release: The Recycling Partnership Launches Film and Flexibles Task Force
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dow, Hill’s Pet Nutrition and PepsiCo among funding partners supporting recycling solutions for growing category
FALL CHURCH, VA, September 30, 2019 – The Recycling Partnership announced today the launch of a Film and Flexibles Task Force to define, pilot and scale recyclin[...]
Press Release: U.S. Plastics Pact Launches to Ignite Change Toward Circular Economy for Plastic
60+ Brands, Retailers, Government Agencies, and NGOs Collaborate to Advance All Plastic Packaging
to become Reusable, Recyclable, or Compostable by 2025
Falls Church, Va., (August 25, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative led by The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund (W[...]
PRESS RELEASE: Request for Proposals Released for Can Manufacturers Institute’s Aluminum Beverage Can Capture Regional Recycling Grant Program Financed by Ardagh Group and Crown Holdings
The Recycling Partnership Joins as Grant Program Partner to Evaluate Proposals and Provide Technical Assistance for Projects that Target Missorted or Lost Cans at Recycling Centers in the Southeast
WASHINGTON, DC (January 27, 2021) — The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and The Recycling Part[...]
The Recycling Partnership Insists and Assists Companies in Upholding Sustainability Pledges
By Keefe Harrison
When the world moves through this terrible coronavirus pandemic, the economy is going to need help. That’s why The Recycling Partnership is working hard, every day, to ensure that the economy that rebounds is a circular one that serves people and the planet.
I grew up in a fami[...]
Addressing the Challenge of Film and Flexible Packaging Data
Film and flexible packaging is unlike other packaging when it comes to recycling. For starters, it’s not a single packaging type – the term encompasses a wide range of packaging, from polyethylene (PE) air pillows protecting e-commerce goods to heavy-duty dog food bags, to salty snack bags with [...]
Make 2021 the Year You Resolve to Recycle More, Better
2020 may have become the year many Americans “resolved” to stayed home, but it taught us the value of recycling as a valuable and essential public service and allowed us to confront the daily reality of how valuable recycling is to critical supply chains providing cardboard for online order ship[...]
Blog: The EPA Needs to Take Action Now on Recycling
By Dylan de Thomas
Vice President of External Affairs
The Recycling Partnership
For many Americans, recycling is second nature. It’s something that we can’t imagine living without. The ethos of “waste not, want not” runs deep in our collective conscience. We feel bad when we throw something [...]