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Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, an Arkansas-based composite lumber manufacturing company, has received verification from the International Code Council Evaluation Service that its MoistureShield composite decking products are made with 95 percent of recycled content – up from 90 percent from the last listing.

California has begun a 45-day public comment period on proposed changes to the rules governing the Rigid Plastic Packaging Container Program. The changes are mostly designed to eliminate obsolete language in the existing rules and make the rules more efficient.

Plastic waste will be used for road cones in New Zealand with $3,200 from the country's Waste Minimization Fund, reports The National Business Review.

The government of Canada's Northwest Territories has imposed a 25 cent charge on all paper, plastic and biodegradable bags as part of its waste reduction strategy.

While much remains to be seen in Congress what the GOP will do with its majority in the House, they have succeeded in eliminating one Pelosi-era program: the compostable cornstarch-based silverware in the House cafeteria, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) is holding a workshop on February 22, 2011 to get input for the rulemaking process to clarify the Golden State's recently-passed carpet stewardship law.

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