Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling

The Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling's Statement on EPA’s Repeal of the Endangerment Finding - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its decision to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding — the scientific determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health an...

AMBR strongly opposes the EPA's rollback of the Endangerment Finding and calls for climate policy grounded in science, public health protection, and upstream solutions that reduce waste and keep resources in use — and in the ground — wherever possible.

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National Recycling Alliance Warns Against New Efforts to Put Plastic Bags, Pouches, and Wrappers in Curbside Recycling   - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling Minneapolis, MN — Today, the Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling (AMBR) released a new report, “Designing Effective EPR: What to Do About Film & Flexible Packaging,” highlighting the significant prob...

Flexible and film packaging is flooding the U.S. market—but curbside recycling isn’t the solution.

Our new report outlines why this material tangles machinery in a recycling facility, contaminates recycling streams, and often ends up landfilled or burned.

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AMBR Joins Legislators, Environmental Leaders, Local Government, and Businesses to Call on Gov. Newsom & CalRecycle to Honor SB 54, Hold Polluters Accountabled - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling Yesterday, Martin Bourque, an AMBR executive and Director of the Ecology Center, joined elected officials, businesses, environmental leaders, and community advocates at the Capitol to urge Governor Ne...

Read AMBR executive Martin Bourque's full comments here: ambr-recyclers.org/2025/08/ambr...

AMBR joined allies yesterday to call on @gavinnewsom.bsky.social + CalRecycle: Honor SB 54.

Industry wants loopholes:
– Excluding packaging categories
– Dumping film + flex into recycling carts
– Calling plastic burning “recycling”

We say: No. Polluters must be accountable.

Read our full comments: ambr-recyclers.org/2025/08/ambr...

The Fight Continues: AMBR’s Reflections on INC 5.2 - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling Plastic treaty talks at INC 5.2 in Geneva, Switzerland, have come to an end but not to a resolution.  Finalizing a weak treaty here in Geneva would have been a dangerous mistake, locking the world int...

Plastic treaty talks at INC 5.2 have come to an end, but not to a resolution.

That we could not advance closer toward real solutions is a shameful reflection of political will bending to industry pressure. Read our take. ⬇️

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Tmrw kicks off the 6th round of negotiations for #globalplasticstreaty.

The stakes? Huge.

Plastic pollution is a full-blown crisis. Symbolism won’t cut it. We need real solutions grounded in science, justice, & real-world viability.

Read our take: ambr-recyclers.org/2025/07/redu...

Nonprofit coalition explores challenges of film plastics Members of the nonprofit Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers discussed the increasing use of film plastics, and the difficulties in recycling them, in a recent webinar.Continue Reading→

Plastic film is clogging MRFs & communities across the globe.

Resource Recycling News covers our latest webinar: resource-recycling.com/recycling/20...

YouTube video by Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers Webinar: Unrecyclable by Design–The Problem with Flexible & Film Plastic Packaging

Did you miss AMBR's webinar "Unrecyclable by Design–The Problem with Flexible & Film Plastic Packaging" last week?! Oh, no! You can still learn our "view from the mission-based pile" on flexible and film plastics by watching the recording, linked below! ♻️😎

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Can recycling support the U.S. domestic supply chain and economic resilience? That was the topic of last week’s “Beyond the Blue Bin” Congressional subcommittee hearing, which was sadly recycling the same old false solutions.

Read our breakdown: ambr-recyclers.org/2025/07/fals...

Hope you can join us this afternoon for an informative webinar on flexible film plastic–one of the fastest growing packaging types that wreaks havoc on the recycling systems and harms communities!

Register at bit.ly/PFJwebinar2025

🌍 We need a #PlasticsTreaty that can deliver meaningful impact to protect the environment, biodiversity, human health, and human rights.

Swipe to learn the 10 priorities for a successful Plastics Treaty. 👉

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #INC52 #PlasticPollution

Join us Monday, 7/21, at 3 pm PST | 6 pm EST for a webinar on the problem with flexible film plastic in recycling systems–and the implications of this unrecyclable material on EPR for packaging policy design.

Register at bit.ly/PFJwebinar2025

Reversing the Phase-Out of Single-Use Plastics in National Parks is a Step Backward - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling This week, the Trump administration dealt another blow to efforts to reduce plastic pollution by reversing the U.S. Department of the Interior’s policy phasing out single-use plastics across our natio...

This week, the Trump administration dealt another blow to reducing plastic pollution, reversing the DOI’s policy of phasing out single-use plastics in national parks and public lands.

We don't need more unrecyclable plastic polluting our bodies & environments.

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It is so important the recycling industry work on product circularity — where a bottle or container gets turned back into a bottle or container of the same grade. This way, if fewer products are purchased, fewer are recycled, & production more closely follows demand — reducing severe price shocks.

Miriam also emphasized a key AMBR tenant: circularity in recycling.

AMBR executive Miriam Holsinger recently spoke with Waste Dive about the ripple effects of the Trump administration’s tariffs on recycling operations.

In short, recyclers expect short-term increases in commodity prices but long-term decreased demand for recycled goods.

Black plastics are bad news. Not only are they toxic, but
they’re also extremely challenging to recycle. Why are we still using them for single-use packaging?

Read our fact sheet on why black plastics should be removed from the recycling bin and beyond. 📖 🔽

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Lies About Lies About Recycling - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling Every few months, another news outlet—most recently The New York Times—publishes a  “gotcha” headline claiming that recycling doesn’t work. That assertion is entirely false. While it may be an effecti...

Every few months, another news outlet—most recently @nytimes.com—publishes a “gotcha” headline claiming recycling doesn’t work. That assertion is simply false.

Yes, recycling needs investment and improvement. But these misleading claims only set us back.

🔗 ambr-recyclers.org/2025/03/lies...

SB-54, signed into law in 2022, is a landmark policy to cut plastic waste & expand recycling.

Regulations were due 3/8 but industry groups want a delay.

AMBR urges @governor.ca.gov to finalize & enforce SB-54s regs by the set deadline.

📖 Read our letter: ambr-recyclers.org/resources_la...

How Tariffs Could Impact Recycling Operations Across America - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling AMBR executive Miriam Holsinger, who serves as Co-President and Chief Operating Officer of Eureka Recycling, recently spoke with Resource Recycling about how the Trump administration’s tariffs on alum...

We need policy protections to ensure recyclables stay competitive—like minimum recycled content requirements. Otherwise, recycling could lose out to cheaper, subsidized virgin materials.

More on the economic reality of recycling:

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How Tariffs Could Impact Recycling Operations Across America - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling AMBR executive Miriam Holsinger, who serves as Co-President and Chief Operating Officer of Eureka Recycling, recently spoke with Resource Recycling about how the Trump administration’s tariffs on alum...

Trump’s tariffs on aluminum & steel may have unintended consequences: short-term price increases, but long-term market instability for recyclables.

As AMBR exec Miriam Holsinger puts it: “The problem is what happens long-term.”

Take Action Now: Call Governor Newsom’s office to ensure SB 54 stays on track! www.storyofstuff.org/blog/governor-newsom-dont-back-down/

Metal tariffs bring varied effects for recycling sector New tariff actions targeting aluminum and steel imports could have near-term benefits for MRF operators if the actions spur additional demand for domestic-sourced commodities. But it's the longer-term...

AMBR executive Miriam Holsinger recently spoke with Resource Recycling about how aluminum & steel tariffs may affect recycling operations, causing short-term gains while creating volatility in commodity prices long-term.

Read more: resource-recycling.com/recycling/20...

The Effects of Recycling Legislation on Chemical Recycling - Waste Advantage Magazine Joshua Dill   The legislative landscape in the U.S. is highly fragmented, largely due to the wide range of legislative enactments passed across the

Curious about the landscape of chemical recycling legislation in the United States? This article from Waste Advantage does a great job of explaining how legislation varies from state to state.

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