Falling Prices for Recyclables
Amherst is the first town in Western New York to change its recycling regulations due to a worldwide glut of recyclable materials.
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
Amherst is the first town in Western New York to change its recycling regulations due to a worldwide glut of recyclable materials.
A new United Kingdom Plastic Waste Strategy will result in retailers having to pay full recycling costs.