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The Washington State Recycling Association (WSRA) is hosting a March 30 workshop in Tacoma, WA (

In a December 2016 public meeting, CalRecycle rejected the carpet industry's stewardship plan. Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) submitted their Revised California Carpet Stewardship Plan (2017-2021) on Feb.

The California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC) is hiring an Assistant Director (PDF) in the greater Sacramento, CA area. The position is open until filled.

The New Plastics Economy, an initiative led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, launched in London in May 2016. According to Recycling Today, the "three-year initiative has been designed to develop a plastics system that works...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks an Oregon E-Cycles specialist (Operations and Policy Analyst 2), in Portland, OR. Application deadline is March 7, 2017.

In 2016, its second year of operation, the LightRecycle Washington product stewardship program recycled 1,181,121 mercury-containing lights weighing 557,300 pounds, exceeding the annual goal by 18%. LightRecycle is a manufacturer operated product stewardship program run by PCA Product Stewardship Inc., a nonprofit, and overseen by the Washington Department of Ecology under the state's mercury lights law.

In a new report (PDF) released in January 2017, the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) evaluated Connecticut's four extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws and their industry-run programs for paint, mattresses, mercury thermostats, and electronics, and concluded they reduced waste and greenhouse gas emiss

A detailed January 2017 article in Bed Times magazine highlighted the mattress extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs in Connecticut, California, and Rhode Island.

Call2Recycle, the nonprofit battery stewardship organization which has operated battery recycling programs in Canada and the U.S. for over twenty years, announced a new all-battery recycling program in 2017 and new fees: "to ensure the long-term viability of our voluntary battery stewardship program, the current rechargeable battery recycling service will transition to a fee-based service model for select customers, effective April 1, 2017...

Oregon will begin a "refillable glass bottle program in partnership with local craft brewers" in the next two years, according to Resource Recycling, which "could involve selling and refilling more than two million bottles per year." The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative (OBRC), which operates the state’s container deposit program, has a staff of 275 employees, an annual bud