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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[...]
News Release: $4.2M in Grants Awarded to Improve Polypropylene Curbside Recycling for Nearly 15 Million Americans
In less than one year, The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition awarded grants to 13 recycling facilities to increase recycling access by nearly 6%.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Aug.24, 2021) – The Recycling Partnership today announced a third round of grant funding through its Polypr[...]
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[...]
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 [...]
Polypropylene Curbside Recycling to Improve for Millions of Americans with Seven New Grants Awarded
The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition has awarded more than $6 million in grants since inception, positively impacting nearly 18 million people nationwide
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (April 6, 2022) – The Recycling Partnership today announced its fourth round of grant funding throu[...]
$1.2 Million in Grants Awarded to Spur Advancement of Polypropylene Recycling
Five more grants bring total Polypropylene Recycling Coalition awards to nearly $9 million, impacting 28 million people
The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition (Coalition) continues its steadfast approach to grantmaking and improving the recovery of polypropylene across the[...]
Three Years of Meaningful, Measurable Impact: How The Polypropylene Coalition Is Driving Progress in Recycling for #5 Plastic
Reporting Grantees Are Seeing Ninefold Increase in Polypropylene Capture
By Brittany LaValley, Senior Director of Materials Advancement
With July 2023 marking the three-year anniversary of The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, it’s a fitting moment to not only reflec[...]
Polypropylene Recycling Coalition Reports Meaningful, Measurable Impact on Three-Year Anniversary
Reporting Grantees Show Ninefold Increase in Polypropylene Capture
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 29, 2023) – The Recycling Partnership (“The Partnership”) today reported on the progress of the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition (“Coalition”) and provided insights into the changing landscape of p[...]
Polypropylene Recycling Grants for MRFs
The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition provides grants to Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) across the United States to improve and increase sortation of polypropylene and support targeted consumer education efforts. Polypropylene, sometimes referred to as No. 5 plastic, [...]
The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition Celebrates “Widely Recyclable” Upgrade
Coalition celebrates two years of catalytic grantmaking that has positively affected recycling access throughout the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2022) – The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition is celebrating the How2Recycle upgrade of polypropylene (PP) rigid contain[...]
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 [...]
Advancing Recyclability of All Materials through the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition
The Polypropylene Recycling Coalition demonstrates the benefits to the entire recycling system that can result from efforts to solve material- specific recycling challenges. Polypropylene is an important packaging material increasingly used for various food and nonfood products; it is estimated to b[...]
Additional MRF Modernization Grants Signal System Progress for Polypropylene
With a new round of infrastructure grants underway, the work of The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition highlights an increasing number of recycling facilities investing in sorting and processing polypropylene, demonstrating the expanding commitment to this valuable material.[...]
Industry Statement: Response to California Commission Omission of Polypropylene from CA Statewide Recyclable List Recommendation to CalRecycle
The following is a joint statement attributable to Steve Alexander, President, and CEO, The Association of Plastic Recyclers; Ron Gonen, CEO, Closed Loop Partners; and Keefe Harrison, CEO, The Recycling Partnership:
(July 1, 2021) — “The recent recommendations made by the California Statewide Co[...]
What the California Commission’s Recommendations to CalRecycle Could Mean for Polypropylene
By Dylan de Thomas, Vice President of External Affairs
The California Statewide Commission on Curbside Recycling and Market Development recently published a report to CalRecycle with recommendations regarding a Statewide Standardized Acceptance List of Recyclable Materials (CA Statewide Recyclable L[...]
Polypropylene Recycling Education
Get Involved – Polypropylene Coalition
Thank You for Your Interest in The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Coalition
Fifth Round of MRF Grants Spur Modernization, Impacting Millions Nationwide
A critical component to creating a circular system, one where used packaging can be made into recycled material again and again, is a healthy and efficient materials recovery facility (MRF) system. The Recycling Partnership’s Paying It Forward report estimates the U.S. needs to invest $3 billion t[...]
Blog: Moving at the Speed of Partnership
By Keefe Harrison
(previously posted by Keefe on LinkedIn)
My Recycling Partnership team has a term to describe units of time in the world of our company – it’s “Partnership Years” – sort of like “Dog Years” I suppose, only better, in that a lot of work and progress gets packed into a [...]
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Small Town Residential Recycling Improvements Aid Big Changes for Environment
What do piles of bulky waste in residential Ohio, the shore towns in Atlantic County, New Jersey, and billboards in Indiana have in common? They’re all part of The Recycling Partnership’s work to enhance recycling in small and rural communities across the United States.
Recycling should be possi[...]
Brittany LaValley
The Recycling Partnership’s Impact Report 2022
Grants for Community Programs + Processors
Circular Packaging 101
By The Numbers Webinar: Unpacking the Data Behind Plastics Recycling
In October 2022, The Recycling Partnership kicked off By the Numbers, a new webinar series for industry stakeholders focused on current trends in the U.S. recycling system and a circular economy.
The first webinar in this series was held on October 26 and unpacked the data behind plastics recycling[...]
Changing the Path Forward for Plastic
This article first appeared in GreenBiz
By Juan Villar Mallagray & Samu Salo & Li Tu
In response to the crisis, consumers and government regulators are putting pressure on companies to change the way they do business. Consumers want brands to use sustainable materials and some are willi[...]
Waste360: Corporations to Revitalize Plastics Market
The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has a new plan to increase demand for recyclable plastics in North America, and with help from The Recycling Partnership, it is calling upon manufacturers and retailers to make it work. Companies joining the Recycle Demand Champions initiativewill instruct[...]
Article: Setting Up A Systems Solution
This article, co-written by The Recycling Partnership’s VP of Industry Collaboration Dylan de Thomas and Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s Senior Manager Trina Matta, was originally published in Resource Recycling on June 29, 2017.
Late last year, The Recycling Partnership and Sustainabl[...]
P&G celebrates World Oceans Day with organizations, including The Partnership to reduce its plastic consumption & advance recycling.
CINCINNATI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) celebrates World Oceans Day and today reiterated its commitment to find solutions so that no P&G packaging finds its way to the world’s oceans. This builds on the Company’s leadership efforts in reducing its us[...]
Ali Blandina
Navigating the Pathway to Circularity for Product Protection
An exploration of circular solutions for foam packaging
Packaging plays a critical role in protecting products — including everything from food to household goods – from being harmed during their journey from conveyor belts to household shelves. But to reach a truly circular economy in the U[...]
How to Fix Recycling: A 5-Point Plan to Overhaul the U.S. Recycling System
Overcoming Recycling Challenges through Coalitions
When a package or material does not meet the criteria for recyclability (see page 23, Pathway to Circularity), companies are encouraged to take action. Coalitions can address the recycling challenges of today and consider solutions for the challenges of tomorrow.
The Partnership currently leads thre[...]
The Recycling Partnership Surpasses $240 Million in Environmental and Economic Value Creation
Since 2014 the nation’s leading recycling nonprofit has reached over 100 million households diverting 770 million incremental pounds of recyclables from landfills
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 15, 2022) – The Recycling Partnership has released its Impact Report 2022: Complex Problems Require [...]
New Circular Packaging Spotlight for a Few Familiar Formats
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 [...]
Apurupa Gorthi
Recycling Education
How to Fix Recycling: A 5-Point Plan to Give Americans a Better Recycling System
The Recycling Partnership Releases Strategy for Improving U.S. Recycling
On America Recycles Day the nation’s leading recycling NGO issues 5-Point Plan to give Americans a better recycling system.
Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2022 – The Recycling Partnership, a mission-driven NGO committed to advancing a circular economy by building a better recycling system, is a[...]
Case Study: Florence, AL
Project Type: Cart Rollout
Total HH Served: 17,327
Projected New Tons/Year: 1,402
Year: 2014
In 2014, we partnered with Florence, AL – one of our inaugural cart communities – and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to roll out 65-gal. carts and establish a weekly collection cycle[...]
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[...]
News Release: $4.2M in Grants Awarded to Improve Polypropylene Curbside Recycling for Nearly 15 Million Americans
In less than one year, The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition awarded grants to 13 recycling facilities to increase recycling access by nearly 6%.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Aug.24, 2021) – The Recycling Partnership today announced a third round of grant funding through its Polypr[...]
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[...]
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 [...]
Polypropylene Curbside Recycling to Improve for Millions of Americans with Seven New Grants Awarded
The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition has awarded more than $6 million in grants since inception, positively impacting nearly 18 million people nationwide
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (April 6, 2022) – The Recycling Partnership today announced its fourth round of grant funding throu[...]
$1.2 Million in Grants Awarded to Spur Advancement of Polypropylene Recycling
Five more grants bring total Polypropylene Recycling Coalition awards to nearly $9 million, impacting 28 million people
The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition (Coalition) continues its steadfast approach to grantmaking and improving the recovery of polypropylene across the[...]
Three Years of Meaningful, Measurable Impact: How The Polypropylene Coalition Is Driving Progress in Recycling for #5 Plastic
Reporting Grantees Are Seeing Ninefold Increase in Polypropylene Capture
By Brittany LaValley, Senior Director of Materials Advancement
With July 2023 marking the three-year anniversary of The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, it’s a fitting moment to not only reflec[...]
Polypropylene Recycling Coalition Reports Meaningful, Measurable Impact on Three-Year Anniversary
Reporting Grantees Show Ninefold Increase in Polypropylene Capture
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 29, 2023) – The Recycling Partnership (“The Partnership”) today reported on the progress of the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition (“Coalition”) and provided insights into the changing landscape of p[...]
The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition Celebrates “Widely Recyclable” Upgrade
Coalition celebrates two years of catalytic grantmaking that has positively affected recycling access throughout the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2022) – The Recycling Partnership’s Polypropylene Recycling Coalition is celebrating the How2Recycle upgrade of polypropylene (PP) rigid contain[...]
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 [...]
Industry Statement: Response to California Commission Omission of Polypropylene from CA Statewide Recyclable List Recommendation to CalRecycle
The following is a joint statement attributable to Steve Alexander, President, and CEO, The Association of Plastic Recyclers; Ron Gonen, CEO, Closed Loop Partners; and Keefe Harrison, CEO, The Recycling Partnership:
(July 1, 2021) — “The recent recommendations made by the California Statewide Co[...]
What the California Commission’s Recommendations to CalRecycle Could Mean for Polypropylene
By Dylan de Thomas, Vice President of External Affairs
The California Statewide Commission on Curbside Recycling and Market Development recently published a report to CalRecycle with recommendations regarding a Statewide Standardized Acceptance List of Recyclable Materials (CA Statewide Recyclable L[...]
Fifth Round of MRF Grants Spur Modernization, Impacting Millions Nationwide
A critical component to creating a circular system, one where used packaging can be made into recycled material again and again, is a healthy and efficient materials recovery facility (MRF) system. The Recycling Partnership’s Paying It Forward report estimates the U.S. needs to invest $3 billion t[...]
Blog: Moving at the Speed of Partnership
By Keefe Harrison
(previously posted by Keefe on LinkedIn)
My Recycling Partnership team has a term to describe units of time in the world of our company – it’s “Partnership Years” – sort of like “Dog Years” I suppose, only better, in that a lot of work and progress gets packed into a [...]
By The Numbers Webinar: Unpacking the Data Behind Plastics Recycling
In October 2022, The Recycling Partnership kicked off By the Numbers, a new webinar series for industry stakeholders focused on current trends in the U.S. recycling system and a circular economy.
The first webinar in this series was held on October 26 and unpacked the data behind plastics recycling[...]
Changing the Path Forward for Plastic
This article first appeared in GreenBiz
By Juan Villar Mallagray & Samu Salo & Li Tu
In response to the crisis, consumers and government regulators are putting pressure on companies to change the way they do business. Consumers want brands to use sustainable materials and some are willi[...]
Waste360: Corporations to Revitalize Plastics Market
The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has a new plan to increase demand for recyclable plastics in North America, and with help from The Recycling Partnership, it is calling upon manufacturers and retailers to make it work. Companies joining the Recycle Demand Champions initiativewill instruct[...]
P&G celebrates World Oceans Day with organizations, including The Partnership to reduce its plastic consumption & advance recycling.
CINCINNATI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) celebrates World Oceans Day and today reiterated its commitment to find solutions so that no P&G packaging finds its way to the world’s oceans. This builds on the Company’s leadership efforts in reducing its us[...]
The Recycling Partnership Surpasses $240 Million in Environmental and Economic Value Creation
Since 2014 the nation’s leading recycling nonprofit has reached over 100 million households diverting 770 million incremental pounds of recyclables from landfills
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 15, 2022) – The Recycling Partnership has released its Impact Report 2022: Complex Problems Require [...]
The Recycling Partnership Releases Strategy for Improving U.S. Recycling
On America Recycles Day the nation’s leading recycling NGO issues 5-Point Plan to give Americans a better recycling system.
Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2022 – The Recycling Partnership, a mission-driven NGO committed to advancing a circular economy by building a better recycling system, is a[...]
Advancing Recyclability of All Materials through the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition
The Polypropylene Recycling Coalition demonstrates the benefits to the entire recycling system that can result from efforts to solve material- specific recycling challenges. Polypropylene is an important packaging material increasingly used for various food and nonfood products; it is estimated to b[...]
Fifth Round of MRF Grants Spur Modernization, Impacting Millions Nationwide
A critical component to creating a circular system, one where used packaging can be made into recycled material again and again, is a healthy and efficient materials recovery facility (MRF) system. The Recycling Partnership’s Paying It Forward report estimates the U.S. needs to invest $3 billion t[...]
Small Town Residential Recycling Improvements Aid Big Changes for Environment
What do piles of bulky waste in residential Ohio, the shore towns in Atlantic County, New Jersey, and billboards in Indiana have in common? They’re all part of The Recycling Partnership’s work to enhance recycling in small and rural communities across the United States.
Recycling should be possi[...]
Article: Setting Up A Systems Solution
This article, co-written by The Recycling Partnership’s VP of Industry Collaboration Dylan de Thomas and Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s Senior Manager Trina Matta, was originally published in Resource Recycling on June 29, 2017.
Late last year, The Recycling Partnership and Sustainabl[...]
Navigating the Pathway to Circularity for Product Protection
An exploration of circular solutions for foam packaging
Packaging plays a critical role in protecting products — including everything from food to household goods – from being harmed during their journey from conveyor belts to household shelves. But to reach a truly circular economy in the U[...]
Overcoming Recycling Challenges through Coalitions
When a package or material does not meet the criteria for recyclability (see page 23, Pathway to Circularity), companies are encouraged to take action. Coalitions can address the recycling challenges of today and consider solutions for the challenges of tomorrow.
The Partnership currently leads thre[...]
Case Study: Florence, AL
Project Type: Cart Rollout
Total HH Served: 17,327
Projected New Tons/Year: 1,402
Year: 2014
In 2014, we partnered with Florence, AL – one of our inaugural cart communities – and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to roll out 65-gal. carts and establish a weekly collection cycle[...]