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House Environment and Economy Subcommittee Unanimously Advances TSCA Reform to Full Energy and Commerce Committee
/article/house-environment-and-economy-subcommittee-unanimously-advances-tsca-reform-full-energy-0The House Energy & Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy voted unanimously to advance the SPI-backed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Modernization Act of 2015Thursday. The bill would prevent a patchwork of overlapping and conflictual state-level rules governing... -
SPI Member Phoenix Technologies Seeks to Move Forward by Integrating Upstream
/article/spi-member-phoenix-technologies-seeks-move-forward-integrating-upstreamA photo of Phoenix’s new wash line. Vertical integration as a business strategy has always been risky, a fact never more thoroughly illustrated than when Apple upset the natural order of the computing industry in the late 1970s by churning out units more efficiently than its competitors by using a... -
Turning the Tide on Plastic Bag Bans and Taxes
/article/turning-tide-plastic-bag-bans-and-taxesOver the last 10 years environmental activists have attempted to portray plastic bag bans and taxes as good for the environment. And until recently, they have been successful in their efforts to promote bag bans and taxes, because their claims haven’t been subjected to scrutiny. That’s why the APBA... -
Out of the Mouths of Babes: Student Perspectives on Plastic Film and Bag Recycling from the SPI/JASON Learning “Think Outside the Bag!” Contest
/article/out-mouths-babes-student-perspectives-plastic-film-and-bag-recycling-spijason-learning-Of all the excellent material in the more than 100 entries received as part of SPI and JASON Learning’s recently-concluded “Think Outside the Bag!” contest, the “What We Learned” or “Challenges We Faced” slide (or some variant thereof) that was included in each of the submitted presentations might... -
A Simple Shift in Shipping Regulations Could Net the American Economy $27 Billion in Annual Savings
/article/simple-shift-shipping-regulations-could-net-american-economy-27-billion-annual-savingsThe shipping economy operates adjacent to the manufacturing economy, and increased efficiency in either can often yield benefits in both. The advent of plastic materials decades ago enabled trucks to carry more products for longer, all while using only a fraction of the fuel because of the... -
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: SPI Adopts Block in Front of its DC Headquarters in Honor of Earth Day 2015
/article/thinking-globally-acting-locally-spi-adopts-block-front-its-dc-headquarters-honor-earth-daySPI took the adage “Think Globally, Act Locally” to heart this Earth Day by adopting the block where its DC headquarters are located as part of Washington DC’s Clean City Initiative. After moving its Washington offices to 1425 K St. NW, located in the heart of downtown DC near the White House and... -
On Earth Day, a Chance to Tell the Plastics Industry’s Sustainability Story
/node/5481There’s a difference between the way people in plastics view themselves and the way people outside of plastics view the industry. To bridge the gap between those two views, the plastics industry has to tell the general public the things it already knows: that plastics has played a vital role in...
