As companies and consumers look for alternatives to single-use plastics, reusable container systems have grown in popularity, including those for food and beverages and consumer goods. Today, PR3 and CSA Group announced the publication of RES-002:25/CSA R303:25, Reusable Packaging System Design Standard: Container Washing, Inspection, and Packing for Distribution, the first in a series of six binational standards designed to provide support to large-scale, interoperable reuse systems.

Declaration Partners, a private investment firm, today announced it has acquired a majority stake in CP Group to further facilitate the company’s ongoing growth. San Diego-based CP Group is a leading designer, manufacturer, and integrator of advanced material recovery facilities (MRFs) and sorting technologies. The partnership represents a significant milestone in CP Group's 50-year evolution, providing the capital foundation and strategic resources necessary to accelerate innovation, expand operational capabilities, and strengthen the company's long-standing position as the definitive sortation system leader in the waste and recycling industry.

An official in Watertown, N.Y., has suggested that the city add businesses to its waste and recycling collection programs.

A fire yesterday morning caused a partial roof collapse at a food recycling facility in Battle Creek, Mich.

DuPont and two of its spinoff companies will pay New Jersey just over $2 billion to clean up PFAS leaking from four of their industrial sites—it’s reportedly the largest environmental settlement ever awarded to a single state.

In this episode of The Waste World Podcast, Gage Edwards sat down with Emily Friedman, senior editor at ICIS, to unpack how new policy and tariffs could reshape the plastics and recycling landscape.