Sep 12, 2024 Greenwashing Under Fire: claims regarding PET Bottles Investigated by Hungarian Authority By Aniko Keller Dorottya Moldovan Following a BEUC complaint, on 12 August 2024 the Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) opened an investigation which led to proceedings...
Feb 11, 2024 Does a "Recyclable" Product Actually Have to be Accepted by Recycling Facilities? By Jeff Greenbaum Can you promote that a product is recyclable, when it's made of recyclable plastic, if that product isn't widely accepted by recycling...
Jan 04, 2024 With New California Rules About Making "Recyclable" Claims on the Horizon, CalRecycle Releases Preliminary Study By Jordyn Milewski In October of 2021, California passed a new law (known as “SB 343”) placing restrictions on the making of “recyclable” claims. ...
Jul 31, 2023 Court Dismisses "100% Recyclable" Suit Against Coca-Cola . . . Again By Jordyn Milewski Last week, the Northern District of California once again dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against Coca-Cola over bottles...
May 31, 2023 You're Invited: "Hot Topics in Global Environmental Marketing" Webinar By Jeff Greenbaum On July 13th, the Practicing Law Institute will be hosting a webinar, "Hot Topics in Global Environmental Marketing." The webinar, which...
May 03, 2023 FTC Releases Agenda for Green Guides Workshop By Jeff Greenbaum The Federal Trade Commission just released the agenda for its "Talking Trash at the FTC: Recyclable Claims and the Green Guides"...
Aug 10, 2022 Can You Make a "Recyclable" Claim if Recycling Facilities Accept the Product, But Don't Actually Recycle it? By Jeff Greenbaum When you advertise that a product is "recyclable," does that mean that all of components of the product are recyclable? And, does it...