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WASHINGTON – The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) today responded to a new report from the Minderoo Foundation: The Plastic Waste Makers Index. The Minderoo Foundation is funded in part by one of the world’s largest suppliers of iron ore. Common misconceptions perpetuated by biased studies...

WASHINGTON – At the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) Spring Meeting this week, U.S. Representative Haley Stevens (D-MI) provided an encouraging update on bipartisan efforts to reduce plastic waste and improve the global competitiveness of the United States plastics recycling industry. The...

Three outstanding plastics professionals, members of the PLASTICS panel Integrating Sustainability into Daily Operations: Why It Matters and How It Works—part of the PLASTICS 2021 Spring Meeting—joined us for a pre-panel chat about their sustainability achievements: Allison Lin, Vice President of...

By Perc Pineda, Ph.D. Chief Economist Personal consumption accounts for 79% of the plastics market. This year, the National Retail Federation predicts retail sales — excluding automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants — to increase by 6.5% to 8.2%. That’s an increase between $4.3 and $4...

WASHINGTON--The PLASTICS Industry Association (PLASTICS) this week announced the winners of its first annual PLASTICS Member Engagement Awards as part of the association’s 2021 Spring Meeting. The meeting gathered plastics experts from across America to share best practices, hear from industry and...

Virtual Engineering Days is the go-to event for design and manufacturing engineers and executives. Featuring over 30 free content sessions across three days, plus a robust showcase of suppliers spanning the Pack, PLASTEC, ATX, and Design & Manufacturing events — Virtual Engineering Days will...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has announced the winners of its 2021 Re|focus Sustainability Innovation Awards, recognizing companies driving environmental advances in product design, sustainable materials and end-of-life recovery of plastics. GARÇON WINES Garçon...

By Cate Latting of COMITATVS Plastic has an interesting history—one that is much longer than most people suspect. The first synthetic polymer material was developed in 1869 as a substitute for ivory in billiard balls. It was not popularized, however, until the 1940s, when WWII required production...

By Norbert Sparrow Originally published in Plastics Today. The winners of the 2021 Re|focus Sustainability Innovation Awards include a wine bottle design that went “sideways” in a good way and a composite material with a caffeine fix. A flat plastic wine bottle, composite material with a taste for...

The Threat of an EPR Domino EffectICYMI: PLASTICS Spring Meeting Highlights Recycling Legislation and Diversity & Inclusion ImportanceKeep the Conversation Going with PLASTICS and OSHA on Hazard Communication   The Threat of an EPR Domino Effect Shannon Crawford, Director, State Government...