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Making manufacturers responsible for recycling
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Beyond recycling: rethink, redesign, reduce, reuse, refuse waste
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research & news
Report: Recycling Not Included
TCE Fund’s 2015 report makes the case for extended producer responsibility for single-use and rechargeable batteries to conserve resources and make recycling more accessible.
Read More All ResourcesProducer TakeBack is All-American
Nationwide, there are 75 producer takeback programs covering ten categories of products. Texas has two producer takeback laws on the books—one for computers and the other for TVs. Learn more about them here!
Read More All ResourcesReport: More Jobs, Less Pollution
Read this report from the Tellus Institute and Sound Resource Management to learn about how creating jobs in the recycling industry can conserve resources and lower pollution.
Read More All ResourcesScruggs: We should heed pope’s climate change stance
Houston Chronicle Op-Ed: There is an old joke about the man in a flooding house who prays for rescue. As the water rises, firefighters come by in a rowboat and offer to help him out. He says, “No, no, I’m waiting for God to rescue me.”
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