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Oklahoma passes legislation expanding plastics recycling The state will become the 11th to pass recycling legislation focused on the plastics industry. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed legislation April 19 that provides a modernized regulatory framework for advanced recycling technology in the state. Known as SB 448, the goal of the new law is to reduce plastic scrap waste, enhance operational certainty and increase the adoption of advanced recycling practices. The legislation expands existing waste management laws in the state to include an emphasis on plastics recycling and recycling the various materials plastics facilities process. In a news release, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) applauds the new legislation. ....
Nebraska landfill loses $350K in weight scheme by employees Five employees of the Douglas County Landfill and two business owners who dumped refuse there have been charged with criminal conspiracy. As reported by the Lincoln Journal Star, five employees who worked in the landfill’s weighhouse and two business owners who dumped refuse there have been charged with conspiracy to commit theft in a scheme that could date back decades. In the scheme, authorities allege, employees of the weighhouse would decrease the weight of a dump truck as it arrived at the landfill so the dump truck’s owner would have to pay the bare minimum for dumping tons of trash. ....