PLASTICS Newsroom

Three carloads of Secret Service personnel arrived at SPI member Techmer PM’s plant on Jan. 3, and they didn’t leave for another six days. “They never left our plant until the president was gone,” said John Manuck, Techmer’s chairman and CEO. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden...

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) submitted its fifth report, "Implementing Product Stewardship in Maine" to the state legislature as required by law. DEP provides an annual update on the performance of existing product stewardship programs as well as product or product...

SPI and the American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA) agree with recent comments made by Texas Governor-Elect Greg Abbott: numerous local regulations on a variety of issues are undermining Texas’ reputation as a friendly place to do business. Last week Texas’ first new governor in 14 years got a...

Implementation of the Dallas, TX bag tax began on Jan. 1, and less than two weeks into its implementation, the statute has proven to be overly complicated at best, disastrous at worst. Plastic bag taxes, including the one enacted in Dallas, are based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the...

On Jan. 1 the Task Force on the Advancement of Material Recycling submitted their report to outgoing Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) and the 98th General Assembly. The 21-member task force, created as a result of legislation signed into law in 2012, reviewed the status of recycling and solid waste...

For the first time ever, SPI's Flexible Film and Bag Conference will be co-hosted by several North American organizations: SPI's Flexible Film and Bag Division; the Flexible Film Recycling Group of the American Chemistry Council; the Western Plastics Association; ANIPAC (the Mexican Plastics Trade...

Plastic pellets are the number one business expense for all processors and converters. In addition to saving money, pledging to zero pellet loss will strengthen your company’s reputation in the community, operational efficiency, contribution to water quality and wildlife, as well as any existing...