American Chemistry Council Archives - Page 5 of 6

Shale Production Drives US Chemicals Market Growth

December 23, 2013December 23, 2013 by Kirsten Korosec

Sales of chemicals will top $1 trillion by 2018, driven by an uptick in production of natural gas from shale, demand for plastic resins and revival of export markets, according to the American Chemistry Council. The ACC’s Chemical Industry and Outlook report projects that US chemical production will rise 2.5 ... Read more »

National Post-Consumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report

Plastic Bottle Recycling Up 6.2% in 2012

November 8, 2013November 19, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Plastic bottle recycling by consumers increased 161 million pounds in 2012, edging up 6.2 percent to reach nearly 2.8 billion pounds for the year, according to figures released by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the American Chemistry Council (ACC). The recycling rate for all plastic bottles rose ... Read more »

California Chemical Rules: A Hidden Opportunity?

September 30, 2013September 30, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Chemical industry representatives are expressing concern over California’s Safer Consumer Products initiative, which takes effect tomorrow. Under the program, the state will ask manufacturers to investigate the feasibility of replacing toxic chemicals in their goods, starting with five priority products to be identified by April. The five initial products could ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Exxon Charged, NY Green Bank, EIA Data ‘Flawed’

September 11, 2013September 11, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

Exxon Mobil unit XTO Energy has been charged with five counts under the Clean Streams Law and three counts under the Solid Waste Management Act, related to the alleged illegal dumping of over 50,000 gallons of wastewater from shale drilling in Pennsylvania in 2010. State inspectors found a plug removed from a ... Read more »

DuPont Sustainable Fiber Hits Fashion Week Runway

September 10, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

DuPont and the American Chemistry Council are among the organizations rolling out sustainable fabrics and initiatives during New York Fashion Week. DuPont has collaborated with women’s fashion brand Cushnie et Ochs, which showcased conceptual designs made with DuPont Sorona fiber down its runway. Sonora replaces a traditionally petrochemical-based ingredient with ... Read more »

1,000 Restaurants Say No to Polystyrene Foam Ban

August 7, 2013August 7, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

More than 1,000 New York City businesses have written letters urging the City Council to oppose the proposed ban on polystyrene foam food service products, according to Restaurant Action Alliance NYC. If passed, the bill would make it illegal for food establishments to give customers polystyrene foam containers starting July ... Read more »

Cabot Powers Fracking Equipment With Shale Gas

May 22, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Cabot Oil & Gas has partnered with FTS International and Caterpillar Global Petroleum to use shale gas to fracture wells via dual fuel technology. Using natural gas can displace up to 70 percent of the diesel fuel traditionally used to operate fracking equipment, Cabot Oil & Gas says. The company ... Read more »

46,000 Chemical Jobs ‘Reliant on Shale Gas Laws’

May 21, 2013May 21, 2013 by Leon Walker

Robust and affordable supplies of natural gas from shale are a key requirement for the successful implementation of nearly 100 US chemical industry projects, which in turn would create 46,000 jobs in that sector, according to a report by the American Chemistry Council. ACC’s report, titled Shale Gas, Competitiveness, and New U.S. Chemical Industry Investment—An ... Read more »

DuPont Launches Refrigerant Buyback Program

May 15, 2013May 15, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

DuPont Refrigerants and EOS Climate have partnered to encourage the return of recovered chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants by paying contractors and equipment owners for the ozone-depleting substances, which will then be safely destroyed. The Montreal Protocol has phased out CFCs — which EOS Climate says are up to 11,000 times more ... Read more »

BASF, DuPont, Other Chemical Manufacturers Pledge Product Safety

May 7, 2013May 7, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BASF, Dow, DuPont, Honeywell and the rest of the American Chemistry Council’s member companies have pledged to implement 11 industry best practices to evaluate and improve their product safety performance. The pledge is part of the ACC’s new Responsible Care Product Safety Code that it says goes beyond regulatory requirements ... Read more »

Industry Appeals EPA GHG Regulations

April 19, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The National Association of Manufacturers, American Frozen Food Institute, American Petroleum Institute and other industry groups have appealed to the US Supreme Court to stop the EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions rules, which they say are too costly and threaten manufacturers’ global competitiveness. A federal appeals court last June upheld the ... Read more »

Kellogg’s Adopts How2Recycle Label

March 21, 2013October 26, 2018 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Kellogg Company will use the How2Recycle Label as GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition begins the latest phase of its voluntary recycling label program. Starting in April, the label will appear on Kellogg’s and Kashi brand products. Kellogg’s joins 11 other major companies already using the How2Recycle Label, including Ampac, Best ... Read more »

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