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Chemical Safety Overhaul Passes Senate, Earns Industry Praise

December 21, 2015February 29, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) — the US’ primary chemical regulation — moved closer to getting a years-in-the-making overhaul late Thursday night as the US Senate approved the chemical safety bill. The Senate passed the bipartisan Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act by a unanimous ... Read more »

Will Endlessly Recyclable Plastics Soon Be a Reality?

December 3, 2015December 2, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

As the COP21 climate talks are underway in Paris, and government leaders work to hammer out a deal to limit global warming, French company Carbios has announced a technology that may pave the way to infinite plastic recycling — eliminating plastic waste and its impact on climate change. Yesterday Carbios ... Read more »

Chemical Reform and Reporting: What’s Next?

November 17, 2015November 16, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Using safer chemicals and improving chemical reporting has become a top priority for companies as the federal government moves closer to chemical reform legislation and consumers increasingly demand safer products and product transparency. The last few years has seen retailers and manufactures including Target, Walmart and SC Johnson take steps ... Read more »

Demilec, Publix, The Recycling Partnership Win Plastic Recycling Awards

November 13, 2015November 13, 2015 by Karen Henry

Demilec, Publix and The Recycling Partnership (TRP) have been selected by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to receive Innovation in Plastics Recycling Awards for 2015. The awards recognize companies and nonprofits that successfully bring new technologies, products and initiatives to communities and the marketplace that advance plastics recycling. Demilec converts ... Read more »

Industry Attacks Clean Power Plan in Court

October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

More than 20 businesses and industry organizations have filed lawsuits to overturn the Clean Power Plan. Immediately after the EPA published the carbon rule for existing power plants last Friday, 24 states sues to stop the law, which requires existing coal-burning power plants must cut carbon emissions by 32 percent ... Read more »

Industry’s Role in Stopping Ocean Plastic Waste

October 6, 2015October 6, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Industry has a role to play in reducing ocean plastic waste, says Dow Chemical, which has co-produced a report that sets a path to reduce ocean plastic waste by 45 percent by 2025. The Ocean Conservancy’s report, Stemming the Tide: Land-based strategies for a plastic-free ocean, was produced in partnership ... Read more »

Baling Rigid Plastic Generates Maximum Revenue for Grocery Stores

August 14, 2015August 13, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

This video, produced by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers in collaboration with Publix Super Markets and the American Chemistry Council, aims to help grocery stores generate maximum revenue from in-store recycling efforts by baling #2 high density polyethylene (HDPE) and #5 polypropylene (PP) rigid plastic packaging.

Crushing Containers Makes Them Harder to Recycle

July 21, 2015July 20, 2015 by Karen Henry

Educating consumers not to crush their recyclables can improve the rate at which these items are recovered by today’s single-steam material recovery facilities (MRFs). This is one of the key takeaways from a report prepared by Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) in conjunction with Reclay StewardEdge and Moore Recylcing Associates. The MRF ... Read more »

Plastics-to-Fuel: Creating Energy from Non-Recycled Plastics

May 27, 2015May 26, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Companies are transforming used, non-recycled plastics into oil, fuels, and petroleum-based products. These plastics-to-fuel technologies, which complement ongoing recycling efforts, are a way to recover clean energy from plastics that cannot be economically recycled, the American Chemistry Council says.

Minnesota Poised to Pass Nation’s Toughest Fire Retardant Ban

May 18, 2015May 15, 2015 by Karen Henry

Manufacturers of furniture and other household items such as textiles, mattresses and children’s products may have to stop using four commonly used flame-retardant chemicals in their manufacturing processes. Minnesota legislators are considering a bill that would ban four flame-retardant chemicals in these products. If approved, it would be the nation’s most ... Read more »

Procter & Gamble Joins Plastic Film, Bag Recycling Effort

April 14, 2015April 14, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Procter & Gamble has joined the Flexible Film Recycling Group, an American Chemistry Council project that aims to drive recovery of flexible polyethylene (PE) film, wraps and bags. Stephen Sikra, P&G research and development manager, says working with FFRG and the company’s value chain partners to expand film collection and recycling ... Read more »

Recycling Of Plastic Wraps, Bags, Film Surges 11%

February 26, 2015February 25, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The recycling of postconsumer plastic film packaging in the US grew 116 million pounds, or 11 percent, in 2013 to reach a reported 1.14 billion pounds, according to a report released today at the 2015 Plastics Recycling Conference. This marks the highest annual collection of plastic film — a category ... Read more »

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