2/22/2025 2:29:11 PM SB 343 (California's "Truth in Recycling Law"): New Developments By Jordyn Milewski February has been a busy month for updates surrounding California's novel “Truth In Recycling” law, SB 343! (If you're unfamiliar with SB...
9/12/2024 4:40:40 PM 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...
2/11/2024 3:07:16 PM 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...
1/4/2024 10:52:05 PM 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. ...
7/31/2023 6:56:09 PM 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...
5/31/2023 3:29:12 PM 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...
5/3/2023 11:22:10 PM 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"...
8/10/2022 1:19:46 PM 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...