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Plastics Industry Association | We protect, promote, and grow the plastics industry.
  • Who We Serve
        • ProcessorsManufacturers of plastic products through injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, extrusion, transfer molding, compression molding and other methods.
        • Equipment Manufacturers & MoldmakersManufacturers of plastics processing equipment, including primary machinery, secondary auxiliaries, molds, dies, tools, spare parts, and other components.
        • Material SuppliersManufacturers and compounders of raw materials such as resins, fillers, stabilizers, pigments and other components, including bioplastics and recycled materials.
        • RecyclersCompanies who support or use technologies such as sortation, melting, filtration, and pelletizing to convert pre- and post-consumer materials to recycled resin materials.
  • What We Do
        • Advocacy
          • Environmental Issues
          • Food, Drug & Cosmetic Packaging Materials
          • Political Action Committee (PAC)
          • Product Regulatory
          • Worker Health & Safety
          • Recycling is Real
          • This is Plastics
        • Programs
          • FLiP – Future Leaders in Plastics
          • Flexible Vinyl Products
          • Fluoropolymers
          • Wire & Cable
          • Equipment Statistics (CES)
          • Codes & Standards
        • Sustainability
          • Bioplastics
          • Flexible Film Recycling Alliance
          • New End Market Opportunities
          • Operation Clean Sweep
          • Recycling
          • PLASTICS Recycling Week
  • Resources
        • Business Insights
          • Economy & Industry Trends
          • Global Trends Reports
          • Machinery Safety Standards
          • PLASTICS Equipment Statistics
          • PLASTICS Industry Data
          • Size & Impact Reports
        • PLASTICS Insights
          • Newsroom
          • PLASTICS Magazine
        • Events
          • All Upcoming Events
        • Member Resources
          • Current Member Resources
  • About PLASTICS
        • About UsExplore our mission, values, and history of plastics
        • AwardsView all of PLASTICS awards and recognitions here.
        • CareersLearn more about working at PLASTICS and apply today.
        • ContactFor contact information, our office address, and more
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This Cookie Policy was last updated on April 12, 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://www.plasticsindustry.org (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Statistics cookies

We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.

5.3 Marketing/Tracking cookies

Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

5.4 Social media

On our website, we have included content from Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. This content is embedded with code derived from Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.

Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are located in the United States.

6. Placed cookies

WordPress

Functional

Usage

We use WordPress for website development. Read more

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Functional

Name
WP_DATA_USER_*
Expiration
session
Function
Store user preferences
Name
wordpress_test_cookie
Expiration
session
Function
Read if cookies can be placed
Name
wordpress_logged_in_*
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store logged in users
Name
wp-api-schema-model*
Expiration
session
Function
Name
wp_lang
Expiration
session
Function
Store language settings

Google Adsense

Marketing

Usage

We use Google Adsense for showing advertisements. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Adsense Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
_gcl_au
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store and track conversions
Name
google_adsense_settings
Expiration
persistent
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting

Hotjar

Statistics, Functional

Usage

We use Hotjar for heat maps and screen recordings. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Hotjar Privacy Statement.

Statistics

Name
_hjSessionUser_*
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store a unique user ID
Name
_hjid
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store a unique user ID
Name
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
Expiration
session
Function
Store unique visits

Functional

Name
_hjSession_*
Expiration
session
Function
Provide functions across pages

Google Analytics

Statistics, Functional

Usage

We use Google Analytics for website statistics. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.

Statistics

Name
_ga_*
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store and count pageviews
Name
_gid
Expiration
1 day
Function
Store and count pageviews
Name
_ga
Expiration
2 years
Function
Store and count pageviews
Name
_gaexp
Expiration
90 days
Function
Store ID’s of experiments and sessions for A/B testing

Functional

Name
_gat_UA-*
Expiration
session
Function
Provide technical monitoring

WP Engine

Functional, Marketing, Statistics

Usage

We use WP Engine for website hosting. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the WP Engine Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name
wpe_country
Expiration
session
Function
Store location data
Name
wpe_is_consent_required
Expiration
session
Function

Marketing

Name
__utmzzses
Expiration
session
Function

Statistics

Name
__utmzz
Expiration
8 months
Function

Purpose pending investigation

Name
rtk_gdpr_c
Expiration
session
Function
Name
rtkuuid
Expiration
session
Function
Name
rtk_gdpr_a
Expiration
session
Function
Name
rtk_p
Expiration
session
Function
Name
rtk_sid
Expiration
session
Function
Name
rtk_rps
Expiration
session
Function
Name
rtk_sat
Expiration
session
Function

Intercom Messenger

Functional

Usage

We use Intercom Messenger for chat support. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Intercom Messenger Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name
intercom-session-*
Expiration
1 week
Function
Name
intercom-id-*
Expiration
9 months
Function

JetPack

Statistics

Usage

We use JetPack for advertising. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the JetPack Privacy Statement.

Statistics

Name
tk_r3d
Expiration
3 days
Function
Name
tk_*r
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store referrer ID’s

Adobe Analytics

Functional

Usage

Read more

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Functional

Name
s_cc
Expiration
session
Function
Store information about cookies that have been detected on the site

Marketo

Marketing

Usage

We use Marketo for visitor tracking. Read more

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Marketing

Name
_mkto_trk
Expiration
2 years
Function
Store and track interaction

Zopim

Functional

Usage

We use Zopim for chat support. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Zopim Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name
__zlcmid
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store a unique user ID

FullStory

Purpose pending investigation

Usage

We use FullStory for website statistics. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the FullStory Privacy Statement.

Purpose pending investigation

Name
fs_uid
Expiration
Function

HubSpot

Marketing, Statistics, Marketing/Tracking, Preferences, Functional

Usage

We use HubSpot for marketing automation (automated email marketing). Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the HubSpot Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
hubspotutk
Expiration
13 months
Function
Store and track a visitor’s identity

Statistics

Name
__hssrc
Expiration
session
Function
Store a unique session ID

Marketing/Tracking

Name
__hstc
Expiration
13 months
Function
Store time of visit

Preferences

Name
messagesUtk
Expiration
13 months
Function
Store browser details
Name
__hsmem
Expiration
1 week
Function
Store logged in users
Name
hs-messages-is-open
Expiration
30 minutes
Function
Store if a message has been shown

Functional

Name
__hssc
Expiration
30 minutes
Function
Store anonymized statistics
Name
*_key
Expiration
2 weeks
Function
Store logged in users
Name
hs_ab_test
Expiration
session
Function
Store ID’s of experiments and sessions for A/B testing
Name
__hs_do_not_track
Expiration
6 months
Function
Store ‘do not track’ signals

Purpose pending investigation

Name
hs-messages-hide-welcome-message
Expiration
1 day
Function
Name
__hs_opt_out
Expiration
13 months
Function

Google Ads

Marketing, Statistics

Usage

We use Google Ads for advertising. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Ads Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
_gcl_aw
Expiration
90 days
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Name
ads/ga-audiences
Expiration
expires immediately
Function
Store information for remarketing purposes

Statistics

Name
_gac_UA-*
Expiration
90 days
Function
Store and count pageviews

Microsoft Clarity

Marketing, Statistics

Usage

We use Microsoft Clarity for heat maps and screen recordings. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Microsoft Clarity Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
_clck
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store a unique user ID
Name
MUID
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store and track visits across websites
Name
ANONCHK
Expiration
Function

Statistics

Name
_clsk
Expiration
1 day
Function
Store and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording

Bing Ads

Marketing

Usage

Read more

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Marketing

Name
_uetvid
Expiration
13 months
Function
Store and track visits across websites
Name
_uetsid
Expiration
1 day
Function
Store and track visits across websites

Atlassian Jira Servicedesk

Statistics

Usage

We use Atlassian Jira Servicedesk for customer support management. Read more

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Purpose pending investigation

Name
ajs_user_id
Expiration
Function
Name
ajs_group_id
Expiration
Function

Statistics

Name
ajs_anonymous_id
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store last visit

Optimizely

Statistics

Usage

We use Optimizely for website statistics. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Optimizely Privacy Statement.

Statistics

Name
optimizelyEndUserId
Expiration
6 months
Function
Store a unique user ID
Name
optimizelySegments
Expiration
10 years
Function
Store ID’s of experiments and sessions for A/B testing
Name
optimizelyBuckets
Expiration
10 years
Function
Store ID’s of experiments and sessions for A/B testing

Wistia

Statistics, Marketing/Tracking

Usage

We use Wistia for video display. Read more

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Wistia Privacy Statement.

Statistics

Name
wistia-video-progress-*
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store if the user has seen embedded content

Marketing/Tracking

Name
wistia
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store performed actions on the website

Complianz

Functional

Usage

We use Complianz for cookie consent management. Read more

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties. For more information, please read the Complianz Privacy Statement.

Functional

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cmplz_consented_services
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
cmplz_policy_id
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store accepted cookie policy ID
Name
cmplz_marketing
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
cmplz_statistics
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
cmplz_preferences
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
cmplz_functional
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
cmplz_user_data
Expiration
365 days
Function
Read to determine which cookie banner to show

YouTube

Marketing

Usage

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Marketing

Name
YSC
Expiration
session
Function
Store and track interaction on .youtube.com
Name
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Expiration
6 months
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting on .youtube.com

Miscellaneous

Purpose pending investigation

Usage

Sharing data

Sharing of data is pending investigation

Purpose pending investigation

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pusherTransportTLS
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notice_behavior
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Function
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_fbp
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Function
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gtmNamespaceDeclared
Expiration
Function
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sessionCount
Expiration
Function
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s_fid
Expiration
Function
Name
s_sq
Expiration
Function
Name
intercom-id-*
Expiration
Function
Name
wpenavtest122913
Expiration
Function
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wpenavtest122911
Expiration
Function
Name
wpe_hide_addons
Expiration
Function
Name
portal_user
Expiration
Function
Name
_omra
Expiration
Function
Name
wpe-chat-open
Expiration
Function
Name
da_lid
Expiration
Function
Name
XSRF-TOKEN
Expiration
Function
Name
ate_session
Expiration
Function
Name
rw_entry_url
Expiration
Function
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rw_entry_url-p
Expiration
Function
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rw_current_url
Expiration
Function
Name
rw_current_url-p
Expiration
Function
Name
rw_refer_url
Expiration
Function
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rw_refer_url-p
Expiration
Function
Name
rw_source
Expiration
Function
Name
rw_source-p
Expiration
Function
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rw_channel
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Function
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rw_channel-p
Expiration
Function
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w_agcid
Expiration
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w_refer
Expiration
Function
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__qca
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w_accid
Expiration
Function
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Expiration
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_scid
Expiration
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Name
shareasaleSSCID
Expiration
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_biz_uid
Expiration
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_biz_nA
Expiration
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_biz_pendingA
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_biz_flagsA
Expiration
Function
Name
_rdt_uuid
Expiration
Function
Name
bugsnag-anonymous-id
Expiration
Function
Name
oribili_user_guid
Expiration
Function
Name
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Expiration
Function
Name
gclid
Expiration
Function
Name
mf_user
Expiration
Function
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Expiration
Function
Name
mf_1666c133-25b1-494b-bdeb-59ee57f7a371
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Expiration
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__cf_bm
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.bugherd.com
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tk_qs
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WP_PREFERENCES_USER_11
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Asi.Web.Browser.CookiesEnabled
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access.plasticsindustry.org
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WP_PREFERENCES_USER_27
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__RequestVerificationToken
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ASP_NET_SessionId
Expiration
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AnonymousCartId
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Name
WP_PREFERENCES_USER_13
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__utmc
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BTI_AUTH_PKT
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Drupal_tableDrag_showWeight
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WP_PREFERENCES_USER_30
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.ws.zoominfo.com
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www.votervoice.net
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365 days
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365 days
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365 days
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365 days
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.linkedin.com
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.linkedin.com
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.linkedin.com
Name
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.feathr.co
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li_adsId
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Name
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7. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.

7.1 Manage your consent settings

You have loaded the Cookie Policy without javascript support. On AMP, you can use the manage consent button on the bottom of the page.

8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.

9. Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

  • You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
  • Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
  • Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
  • If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
  • Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
  • Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).

10. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:

Plastics Industry Association
1425 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Website: https://www.plasticsindustry.org
Email: plastics@plasticsindustry.org
Phone number: 202-974-5200

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