Over 150 Volunteers from Seattle’s Alaska Pollock Fleet Transform End-of-Life Fishing Gear during Recycling Event at Terminal 91 SEATTLE, Wash. – In a powerful display of responsibility in action, more than 150 volunteers from the Alaska Pollock catcher-processor fleet gathered at Terminal 91 last Wednesday for the first-ever Net Recycling Day. That event was […]
Center for Climate Integrity Research Shows How Big Oil Companies and the Plastics Industry Deceived the Public for Decades and Caused the Plastic Waste Crisis; Lays Out Foundation for Potential Lawsuits WASHINGTON – Big Oil and the plastics industry have created and perpetuated a decades-long campaign of fraud and deception about the recyclability of plastics that […]
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) welcomed the announcement of $22.4 million in in Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) grants from the bipartisan infrastructure law for Alaska. This funding will support Alaska’s solid waste infrastructure for recycling, trash processing, and solid waste collection. “The bipartisan infrastructure law continues to bring home significant […]
The organizations blasted the American Chemistry Council’s promotion of “advanced recycling” technologies, arguing that “there is nothing advanced about them and nothing gets recycled.” More than 200 civil society groups sent a letter to members of the United States Senate on Monday urging them to eschew sponsorship of potential industry-backed bills that critics say rebrand polluting […]