In The Loop
Cabir KansupadaA weekly AI-curated newsletter covering the US circular economy tracking the science, policy, and business. Designed to be read in two minutes or less.
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61%: PET Bales Crash as Other Plastics Soar
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61%
That is how far average polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bale prices fell at 19 Northeast materials recovery facilities (MRFs) in Q2 2026, to $40.48 per ton. Over the same quarter, color high-density polyethylene (HD...
18,500 to 9,300: Half of US Landfills, Gone
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18,500 to 9,300
That is how many US municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills operated in 1979 versus 1986, as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) took hold. RCRA turned 50 on Oct. 21. Before federal rules, ope...
30x: California Prices Hard-to-Recycle Packaging
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30x
That is the fee gap between hard-to-recycle and easy-to-recycle packaging in California’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program. Circular Action Alliance (CAA) proposes 30 cents per pound for polyvinyl chlor...
71%: America’s Trash Keeps Heading to Landfills
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71%
That is landfills’ share of US municipal solid waste (MSW) in 2023, up from 67% in 2016. Recycling’s share fell from 19% to 17% over the same years, per Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) data. More...
152 Million Pounds: A Key HDPE Buyer Retreats
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152 million pounds
That is how much less recycled plastic Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) bought in fiscal 2026, falling from 540 million to 388 million pounds. ADS buys about 30% of all US color high-density polyethylen...
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Growth & Strategy at Circular Services. Recent business school graduate, ex-Tesla finance, and materials engineer. In the Loop is a weekly AI-curated briefing on circular economy policy, materials science, and business — under a minute to read.
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