Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
@ambrecycling.bsky.social
Guiding recycling policies and infrastructure investments to rebuild credible, transparent recycling systems that serve as a bridge toward a circular economy and just, resilient local communities.
Visit us at ambr-recyclers.org.
Visit us at ambr-recyclers.org.
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.
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/10/nati...
Our new report outlines why this material tangles machinery in a recycling facility, contaminates recycling streams, and often ends up landfilled or burned.
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/10/nati...
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...
ambr-recyclers.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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.
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/10/nati...
Our new report outlines why this material tangles machinery in a recycling facility, contaminates recycling streams, and often ends up landfilled or burned.
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/10/nati...
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.
Industry wants loopholes:
– Excluding packaging categories
– Dumping film + flex into recycling carts
– Calling plastic burning “recycling”
We say: No. Polluters must be accountable.
August 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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.
Industry wants loopholes:
– Excluding packaging categories
– Dumping film + flex into recycling carts
– Calling plastic burning “recycling”
We say: No. Polluters must be accountable.
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. ⬇️
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/08/the-...
That we could not advance closer toward real solutions is a shameful reflection of political will bending to industry pressure. Read our take. ⬇️
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/08/the-...
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...
ambr-recyclers.org
August 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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. ⬇️
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/08/the-...
That we could not advance closer toward real solutions is a shameful reflection of political will bending to industry pressure. Read our take. ⬇️
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/08/the-...
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...
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...
August 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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...
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...
Plastic film is clogging MRFs & communities across the globe.
Resource Recycling News covers our latest webinar: resource-recycling.com/recycling/20...
Resource Recycling News covers our latest webinar: resource-recycling.com/recycling/20...
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→
resource-recycling.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Plastic film is clogging MRFs & communities across the globe.
Resource Recycling News covers our latest webinar: resource-recycling.com/recycling/20...
Resource Recycling News covers our latest webinar: resource-recycling.com/recycling/20...
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! ♻️😎
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT27...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT27...
Webinar: Unrecyclable by Design–The Problem with Flexible & Film Plastic Packaging
YouTube video by Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers
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July 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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! ♻️😎
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT27...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT27...
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...
Read our breakdown: ambr-recyclers.org/2025/07/fals...
July 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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...
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
Register at bit.ly/PFJwebinar2025
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
Register at bit.ly/PFJwebinar2025
July 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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
Register at bit.ly/PFJwebinar2025
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🌍 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
Swipe to learn the 10 priorities for a successful Plastics Treaty. 👉
#BreakFreeFromPlastic #INC52 #PlasticPollution
July 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌍 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
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
Register at bit.ly/PFJwebinar2025
July 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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
Register at bit.ly/PFJwebinar2025
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.
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/05/reve...
We don't need more unrecyclable plastic polluting our bodies & environments.
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/05/reve...
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...
ambr-recyclers.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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.
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/05/reve...
We don't need more unrecyclable plastic polluting our bodies & environments.
ambr-recyclers.org/2025/05/reve...
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.
In short, recyclers expect short-term increases in commodity prices but long-term decreased demand for recycled goods.
April 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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.
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. 📖 🔽
ambr-recyclers.org/resources_la...
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. 📖 🔽
ambr-recyclers.org/resources_la...
Black Plastics Should be Removed From the Recycling Bin - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
ambr-recyclers.org
March 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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. 📖 🔽
ambr-recyclers.org/resources_la...
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. 📖 🔽
ambr-recyclers.org/resources_la...
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...
Yes, recycling needs investment and improvement. But these misleading claims only set us back.
🔗 ambr-recyclers.org/2025/03/lies...
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...
ambr-recyclers.org
March 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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...
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...
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...
AMBR's Letter Urging Gov. Newsom to Publish SB-54 Regulations - Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
ambr-recyclers.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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...
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...
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.”
As AMBR exec Miriam Holsinger puts it: “The problem is what happens long-term.”
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...
ambr-recyclers.org
March 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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.”
As AMBR exec Miriam Holsinger puts it: “The problem is what happens long-term.”
Reposted by Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling
Take Action Now: Call Governor Newsom’s office to ensure SB 54 stays on track! www.storyofstuff.org/blog/governor-newsom-dont-back-down/
March 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Take Action Now: Call Governor Newsom’s office to ensure SB 54 stays on track! www.storyofstuff.org/blog/governor-newsom-dont-back-down/
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...
Read more: resource-recycling.com/recycling/20...
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...
resource-recycling.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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...
Read more: resource-recycling.com/recycling/20...
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.
wasteadvantagemag.com/the-effects-...
wasteadvantagemag.com/the-effects-...
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
wasteadvantagemag.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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.
wasteadvantagemag.com/the-effects-...
wasteadvantagemag.com/the-effects-...