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California’s SB 343, known as the “Truth in Recycling” law, changes what brands can print on packaging sold in the state. It restricts the chasing arrows symbol, the word “recyclable,” and other recycling cues to products and packaging that are actually collected and sorted for recycling across most of California. The law was set to …

Every beverage company eventually ends up with product it can’t sell. A batch misses spec, a label carries the wrong lot code, a seasonal flavor goes out of code, or a recall pulls pallets back from the market. The product has to be destroyed so it can never be resold, but landfilling full cans and …

In North America those grades are defined in specifications published by the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA), formerly the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. Each paper grade carries a number — OCC is #11, DLK is #13, SOP is #37 — and a set of contamination limits for two different types of materials: Prohibitive materials: anything …

If you generate or trade polyethylene film, the difference between Grade A and Grade B comes down to two numbers: how much of the bale is clear, and how much contamination rides along with it.  The industry reference for those numbers is provided by the ReMa film specs, which were most recently revised in 2025 …

If your dumpsters overflow, your back room is buried in cardboard, or your hauling bill keeps climbing, you’ve probably looked at balers and compactors. They look similar, both use hydraulic force to squeeze material down, but they solve different problems. The short answer: a baler turns recyclables like cardboard, plastic film and paper into dense …