GMA seeks review of recycling system

April 19, 2019
A group representing food, beverage and consumer products companies is calling for a “comprehensive review and overhaul” of the country's recycling system after a survey it conducted found barriers to overcoming problems plaguing the system even as the sector moves toward more sustainable products through reduced packaging, increased recyclability and manufacturing with greater recycled content. In a recently released report titled “Reduce. Reuse. Confuse.,” the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) concluded that “the problems with America's recycling system -- chiefly confusion,...


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