Washington D.C. — The Orange County Register has featured an op-ed by Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) Western Region Director of State Government Affairs, Ivy Brittain, highlighting the importance of strengthening California’s commitment to recycling.
In the piece, Brittain explains that recycling is a technology-driven industry that supports hundreds of thousands of American jobs and generates billions in economic activity. She calls for policies that modernize infrastructure, strengthen end markets for recycled materials, and provide regulatory certainty so recycling systems can operate efficiently and effectively.
“The question is not whether recycling is ‘worth it.’ The real question is how we make the system more efficient — by strengthening end markets, modernizing infrastructure, and giving consumers clear, consistent information about what belongs in the blue bin and why it matters. California’s future should be built on solutions — not excuses for giving up.”
Click here to read the full op-ed.
About the Plastics Industry Association
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) supports the entire plastics supply chain, including Equipment Suppliers, Material Suppliers, Processors, and Recyclers, representing over one million workers in our $551 billion U.S. industry. PLASTICS advances the priorities of our members who are dedicated to investing in technologies that improve capabilities and advances in recycling and sustainability and providing essential products that allow for the protection and safety of our lives. Since 1937, PLASTICS has been working to make its members, and the eighth largest U.S. manufacturing industry, more globally competitive while supporting circularity through educational initiatives, industry-leading insights and events, convening opportunities and policy advocacy, including the largest plastics trade show in the Americas, NPE: The Plastics Show.
