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Dec.

Jan. 6, 2019 CBC: "The recycling market has become more saturated, forcing municipalities to change what they collect..."

Dec. 9, 2018, The Guardian: "Milk consumption in Vietnam has almost doubled in the past 10 years, as the dairy industry shifts its focus from “saturated” western markets in favour of Asian expansion and is now valued at $4.1bn (£3.1bn). But one of the biggest beneficiaries of this growth seems to be the dairy industry’s principal packaging supplier, Tetra Pak.

National Geographic in 2018 created a Plastic or Planet series, a "multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis... find out what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics and take your pledge."

The PaintCare Innovative Recycling Grant Competition to "identify and help develop the best ideas for recycling leftover latex paint" is open to applications from either individuals or organizations located in one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia until March 22, 2019; grants to be awarded "by April 30."

Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), the carpet stewardship organization operating California's carpet stewardship program, has grants open: Cycle 3A (Capital Improvement – due Jan. 18, 2019) as well as Cycle 2M (collections and reuse microgrants), which "will accept applications through 2019 and the application is quite short with a one-page excel budget sheet...

GAIA is hiring a US Program Director as well as a Global Plastic Policy Advisor to "support the movement against plastic pollution in key national and international (UN) policy spaces, via the provision of science and technical expertise, and support for the development of a collaborative, proactive, and interconnected government and corporate-facing strategy" due Jan. 13, 2019.

Dec. 21, 2018, Teen Vogue: "The global plastics crisis... is far greater than a consumer-behavior issue, like recycling: It is directly connected to the fossil fuel industry and to climate change, as 99% of plastics are derived from chemicals found in fossil fuels.

The Washington legislature will consider an extended producer responsibility (EPR) plastic packaging bill in 2019 - the NWPSC made a video on why EPR is a solution for the problem of plastic packaging (YouTube):

Dec. 26, 2018 The Guardian: "Even before China’s waste ban took effect, only 9% of plastic in the US was actually recycled. No matter how diligently Americans sort their plastic waste, there is just too much of it for the US, or any other country, to handle...