AOR Blog

01-04-2019

The Grocery Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C, recently shared the results of its date labeling initiative that narrowed the array of product labels to two options: “best if used by” and “use by.” Since launching in 2017, 87 percent of products now carry the streamlined labels, according to the latest data from...

01-03-2019

The Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol (SWEEP) Municipal Standard draft has been published, and officials are seeking feedback from waste industry leaders. SWEEP, a program similar to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) model, says it is “a 21st century standard for sustainable materials...

01-03-2019

A simple online game can teach people to more accurately sort waste and recycling with lasting results, a new study from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver has found....

01-03-2019

States and local agencies have enacted or are considering food waste disposal bans or mandates. Two key questions that need to be answered prior to taking this step are:

How much food waste are we talking about?
Is there adequate processing capacity at our state’s or region’s composting and anaerobic...

01-02-2019

Earlier this year, the American recycling community was stunned by a knockout punch from the Far East as new rulings from China turned a once profitable relationship upside down. In January 2018, Beijing stated that it was banning intake of most paper and plastic waste in accordance with a new environmental policy designed to...

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