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Americans Recycling Less, Surveys Show

November 17, 2014November 14, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Americans are recycling less, according to two surveys conducted around America Recycles Day on Nov. 15. A survey conducted by global insights firm Kelton Global on behalf of the American Chemistry Council finds that half of Americans say they recycle 75 percent or more of their recyclable items compared with ... Read more »

Plastic Bottle Recycling Increases for 24th Year

October 17, 2014October 16, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Plastic bottle recycling grew 120 million pounds in 2013, edging up 4.3 percent, to top 2.9 billion pounds for the year, according to figures released by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers and the American Chemistry Council. The recycling rate for plastic bottles climbed 0.4 percent to 30.9 percent for the ... Read more »

USGBC, ACC Team Up on LEED

August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US Green Building Council and the American Chemistry Council have launched an initiative designed to ensure the use of sustainable and environmentally protective products in buildings by applying technical and science-based approaches to the LEED green building program. LEED is regularly updated through a development process that includes public ... Read more »

Amcor Joins Recycling Partnership

July 14, 2014July 11, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Recycling Partnership, a national recycling industry collective, has selected initial cities for activity and welcomed Amcor as its newest contributing partner, according to Curbside Value Partnership, which oversees the project. Founded on July 1, the Recycling Partnership has selected initial partner cities for the first round of work — but ... Read more »

Bayer, Celanese Among EHS Honorees

June 9, 2014June 6, 2014 by Leon Walker

Ethyl, Celanese, LyondellBasell and Bayer have been named as recipients of The American Chemistry Council‘s Responsible Care Company of the Year award in recognition of their achievements in environmental, health, safety and security. To be eligible for the Responsible Care Company of the Year award, companies must demonstrate how they have surpassed ... Read more »

Roadmap to Create Lighter Vehicles Released

April 10, 2014April 10, 2014 by Bill Opalka

The American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division released an updated roadmap to help automakers and their suppliers enhance fuel efficiency in vehicles by using more plastics and composites to reduce vehicle weight. Plastics and polymer composites offer extraordinary opportunities for lightweighting, according to the ACC. Plastic carbon-fiber-reinforced composites are 50 percent ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Chevron at Supreme Court, Wind PTC, Chemical Storage Bill

April 4, 2014April 4, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

The Supreme Court of Canada yesterday agreed to hear Chevron Corp’s appeal of the Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling, which found that the province is a proper jurisdiction for Ecuadorean villagers to pursue their $9.51 billion lawsuit for Amazon jungle pollution. The EPA failed to disclose cancer risks to volunteers used in ... Read more »

Rigid Plastics Recycling Passes 1 Billion Pounds

March 13, 2014March 20, 2014 by Bill Opalka

Rigid plastics recycling, excluding bottles, exceeded 1 billion pounds in 2012, an increase of 10 percent over 2011. That is triple the amount recycled in 2007 when the industry first began tracking rigid plastics recycling, according to the American Chemistry Council. The “2012 National Report on Postconsumer Non-Bottle Rigid Plastic ... Read more »

Council Unveils Biobased Chemistry Network

March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 by Bill Opalka

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) created a new Biobased Chemistry Network to help educate policymakers on how to develop workable regulatory programs for the growing biobased chemistry industry. Global sales of this segment range from $13.5 billion to $20 billion, with the US accounting for approximately 20 percent of those ... Read more »

Study: CTO Diversion Provides No Benefits

February 21, 2014February 24, 2014 by Bill Opalka

The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Pine Chemistry Panel study found that diverting crude tall oil (CTO) into biofuel production in Europe will not have a significant effect in either reducing carbon emissions or fossil fuel consumption. The life cycle assessment (LCA), “Greenhouse Gas and Energy Life Cycle Assessment of Pine ... Read more »

Lancet Study Warns Against Manganese, DDT, PBDEs

February 18, 2014 by Tamar Wilner

A study published Friday in the journal Lancet Neurology has identified six chemicals or classes of chemicals that the authors say should be considered toxic to children’s brain development, USA Today reports. The six are manganese, fluoride, chlorpyrifos, DDT, tetrachloroethylene (PERC), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). These six join five ... Read more »

First Grocer Joins How2Recycle

January 24, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Wegmans Food Markets has joined the How2Recycle Label program, making it the first grocer to use the voluntary recycling label developed by GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition. The addition of Wegmans also pushes How2Recycle past its goal of 20 participating companies including Kellogg’s, Best Buy, Clorox, Costco, Esteé Lauder Companies Aveda ... Read more »

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