The American Apparel and Footwear Association’s annual executive summit focused on staying agile amid constant change.
Source: How fashion leaders are thinking about tariffs, consumer changes and tackling waste | Fashion Dive
Month: April 2025
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PP bale prices continue northward trek
Post-consumer PP bale pricing has continued to rise in March, reflecting trends in recycled content adoption and potentially encouraging MRFs to sort for the polymer. Continue Reading→
Recycling Today
Industry groups expressed concerns about California’s landmark plastic pollution law in the weeks before regulators were supposed to begin enforcing it.
Source: Gavin Newsom delayed his own ‘nation-leading’ plastic policy. Why? | Grist
Only 54% of U.S. residents have access to thermoform recycling. That must increase to meet growing postconsumer recycled content demand, according to the National Association for PET Container Resources.
As part of the Trump administration’s end to environmental justice programs, the waste industry no longer has access to EJScreen, a monitoring tool used to track environmental justice metrics near facilities.
The agency said it would roll back a range of rules and programs, including some that are foundational to its efforts to address climate change. A new WOTUS definition is expected, as well as rollbacks to an emissions reporting program.
The increasing adoption of post-consumer resin is set against a backdrop of growing public mistrust and a frequent lack of clarity, but emerging traceability tools can provide transparency to build trust with consumers as well as supply chain partners.Continue Reading→
Recycling Today
Source: Textile recycler Ravel secures preseed funding – Recycling Today