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WITH PFAS RULES UP IN THE AIR, MRF OPERATORS SEEK WAYS TO GET AHEAD OF
REGULATIONS

It’s not yet clear how future PFAS regulations will affect MRFs. Operators that
want to plan ahead should keep an eye on local food packaging laws
and stormwater regulations, WASTECON speakers said.

Published Dec. 12, 2022
Megan Quinn Reporter
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Amazon Prime boxes are seen in a bundle of recycled cardboard at a California
MRF. Justin Sullivan via Getty Images

As more states ban PFAS in packaging, MRFs that process recycled materials
destined for new packaging will need to determine where they fit into the
process. At a WASTECON panel last week, speakers discussed how current and
future laws on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances could affect the sector — and
what MRF operators can do while awaiting clearer regulations. 

Sonoco, a consumer packaging company, is already fielding customers’ questions
about whether its products contain PFAS. “They’re not only saying, ‘does this
have PFAS in it?’ but also, ‘can you get rid of it?’” said Scott Byrne, Sonoco’s
director of global sustainability, during the presentation.




Sonoco operates several MRFs that process recycled paper for the company’s
products, and Byrne said its operators are more focused on daily operations than
worrying about whether the material they sort contains PFAS. Byrne suspects that
will change in the coming years, but it’s unclear where MRFs should start
focusing their energy to stay ahead of any PFAS problems.

“We’re interested in learning whether our MRFs need to start preparing for this
next frontier of PFAS and how we can mitigate potential risks,” he said. 

Upcoming U.S. EPA decisions could offer more details into what role MRFs will
need to play in overall management practices, but could also bring more
uncertainty, said David Wagger, chief scientist at the Institute of Scrap
Recycling Industries. One major update is the EPA’s preliminary plans to
designate two PFAS, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic
acid (PFOS), as hazardous substances.

Recyclers are monitoring the designation closely, along with landfill operators,
in part because it will fall under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, known as Superfund. The recycling industry, like
the waste industry, worries a change to CERCLA regulation could have unintended
consequences. Examples could include landfills or MRFs having to reject
PFAS-containing material, incur new costs for sorting or processing the material
or getting roped into PFAS-related lawsuits, Wagger said. 

Some states have banned PFAS in food packaging. Those state laws could also have
an effect on MRF responsibilities or operational costs in the future depending
on how each law is written, Wagger said. 




Eleven states have passed laws banning intentionally-added PFAS in packaging,
with New York’s law set to take effect Dec. 31 and California’s to take effect
Jan. 1. Washington state’s law will incrementally ban specific types of food
packaging containing PFAS once “safer alternatives” are identified.

The term “intentionally-added” could be helpful for MRFs, Wagger noted, because
the “generally accepted argument” is that MRFs don’t add PFAS to their recycled
materials. “They are recognizing that at some level, it can't be helped that
recycled materials might have some PFAS, and they’re not penalized because of
it,” he said. 

One unknown is whether such regulations could eventually affect a MRF’s ability
to sell bales. End markets that want recycled materials in their products may
worry about whether the feedstock has too much PFAS to meet packaging
regulations in the states where they sell such products, even if PFAS wasn’t
intentionally added.

“Even if these [prohibitions] aren't in your state, they could affect your
ability to sell material ... It's about who you're marketing your materials to,
where they are located and where the end users sell their material,” Wagger
said.

MRFs can also look at their contracts with haulers and municipalities for
specific PFAS regulations that could put them on the hook for additional
management processes, or whether haulers or municipalities are also responsible
for managing PFAS-containing materials at the curbside or elsewhere in the
process, he said. 




As MRF operators await more clear guidance on managing PFAS in the materials
they sort, Wagger also recommends examining overall housekeeping practices for
possible improvements to avoid spreading PFAS in the environment. Minimizing
stormwater runoff issues is one important facet, he said. 

Wagger recommends looking at state stormwater permits to determine if they
specifically mention any PFAS provisions — language he anticipates will start to
show up in more and more state general permits for industrial discharges. 

Colorado’s permit, for example, includes a section that requires facilities to
prevent contact between PFAS-containing materials and stormwater. This likely
doesn’t apply to recycled materials on the sorting belt, but could apply to
other MRF activities such as dousing fires with firefighting foam — a common
source of PFAS. “Evaluate your firefighting materials and take precautions to
prevent it from going into the environment,” he said. 




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