Republic Services Inc., Phoenix, has committed to publishing a report on how the company can improve efforts to increase plastics recovery and recycling to address environmental problems caused by plastic pollution, according to a news release from Berkeley, California-based nonprofit As You Sow.  

Republic is the second major U.S. solid waste and recycling collection company to agree to publish a report. A similar agreement was reached with Houston-based Waste Management Inc. in February.

China’s 2018 ban on plastic scrap imports means that in some areas of the U.S. markets for collected plastic scrap is lacking. To help address this situation, As You Sow says it filed a shareholder proposal with Republic Services. Read Full Article - Recycling Today, April 10, 2020