Speakers at two related SPE conferences compared microplastics debates today to PFAS 20 years ago, and urged companies to upgrade their pollution control work.
A House subcommittee advanced two plastics-related recycling labeling and recycled content bills backed by industry groups, but a top Democrat said he sees no path forward for either measure.
Asahi credits bottle bills for its recycled-content milestone, a new study links plastic consumption to seabird population declines, and a Wisconsin university finds savings in film recycling.
The Flexible Packaging Association is stepping up its push for more achievable EPR recycling targets and greater acceptance of chemical recycling, warning that some flexible packaging could otherwise be banned in California by 2032.
A Trump administration report names plastics as an industrial sector impacted by transshipments, the practice of routing goods through third countries to avoid higher U.S. tariffs.
A new report from the American Chemistry Council says plastics use in cars grew 20 percent in the last decade, but it called for more investment in recycling to maintain global competitiveness.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants to require companies to publicly disclose more information about chemicals they use in food and food packaging, upending regulations in place since 1958.
Four Senate Democrats want to establish a federal task force on boosting markets for recycled plastic and the traceability of recycled plastic in products, which some see as an alternative to industry-backed legislation on recycled content marketing.
