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.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 26 | Founded | 7 months ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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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...
0.51%: Nestlé’s Reuse Reality Check
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0.51%
That is how much of Nestlé’s packaging was reusable in 2025. The company now plans to cut virgin plastic use 12% to 17% by 2030 against a 2018 baseline. Its own roadmap credits reuse and alternative materials with...
$8.4 Billion: The Rare Earths in Coal Ash
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$8.4 billion
That is the estimated value of 11 million tons of rare earth elements in US coal ash landfills. It is nearly eight times the nation’s raw domestic reserves. The estimate dates to 2024. What is new: the Natio...
24%: What Colorado Can Actually Sort
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24%
Colorado’s sorting plants could handle 24% of what its packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) law aims to collect by 2035. Goldfinch Environmental finds six of seven packaging EPR states lack the materials...
29 of 56: California Can’t Agree With Itself
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29 of 56
Alameda County, California accepts only 29 of the 56 packaging categories covered by SB 54, the state’s packaging producer responsibility law. Its 17 jurisdictions and roughly 11 franchise haulers each keep thei...
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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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