November 17, 2020 - Waste Today

November 17, 2020 - Waste Today APR in the News Closed Loop Partners maps plastic recycling infrastructure, packaging waste in new tool

The tool is designed to guide investors, brands, entrepreneurs and policymakers to make data-driven decisions and collaborate on plastics circularity, according to the firm.

November 17, 2020 - Waste Today APR in the News Closed Loop Partners maps plastic recycling infrastructure, packaging waste in new tool Closed Loop Partners' Center for the Circular Economy has released its U.S. and Canada Recycling Infrastructure and Plastic Waste Map, a new tool that is part of the New York City-based company's broader Advancing Circular Systems for Plastics and Packaging Initiative. Paula Luu, a director at Closed Loop Partners, says the firm began working on the map in April in partnership with Resource Recycling Systems (RRS), Ann Arbor, Michigan, and The Recycling Partnership, Falls Church, Virginia. She says data for the map were sourced from a blend of reports in the market and proprietary market data from groups that included the American Chemistry Council, Washington; More Recycling, Sonoma, California; the Association of Plastic Recyclers, Washington; Deloitte, with U.S. headquarters in New York; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Container Recycling Institute, Culver City, California; RRS; and others. Read the full article from Waste Today.