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America's Supply Chain Crisis by the Numbers

Oct 27, 2021

New Conductive Carbon Black Developed for Wire and Cable Applications

Oct 27, 2021

Renegade Boosts High-Heat Carbon-Fiber Prepreg Production

Oct 27, 2021

Resin Report: Double-Digit Decline Forecast for Polypropylene Contracts

Oct 27, 2021

Cadence Expands Contract Medical Manufacturing Facility

Oct 26, 2021

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PLASTICS Urges Industry to Voice Opposition to Virgin Resin Tax

Sep 27, 2021

The proposed 20-cent-per-pound tax on virgin resin could put 163,400 jobs in the plastics industry at risk.

Plastics Industry Prepares for US Infrastructure Bill Windfall

Sep 14, 2021

Global building and construction initiatives show how plastics can be part of the sustainability solution.

Proposed Plastic Excise Tax Would Hurt Consumers Without Fundamentally Reducing Plastic Waste

Sep 10, 2021

Levying a 20-cent-per-pound excise tax on virgin plastics will neither solve nor begin to address the plastic...

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Legislative Proposals Could Destroy US Plastics Industry, Cautions Paper

Aug 31, 2021

The first of a four-part series of papers from libertarian think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute explains how plastics, in fact, benefit wildlife and the environment.

IAPD Steps Up to Protect Performance Plastics from Ham-Fisted Legislators

Aug 18, 2021

The International Association of Plastics Distribution (IAPD) produced a flow chart showing the progression of monomers to polymers to applications to help educate members of Congress.

Reporting on the Plastic Waste Problem Cites Big Numbers, but What Do They Actually Mean?

Aug 17, 2021

Big numbers don’t mean much without context, and context comes from data obtained by scientific observation.

Benefits of ISO 13485 Certification for Medical Device Manufacturing

Aug 16, 2021

ISO 13485 certification is an internationally recognized standard for medical device companies involved at any stage of a product’s lifecycle. Here are some of the many reasons why organizational leaders choose to get their companies certified.

Proposal Wants to Tax Virgin Plastics to Death

Aug 12, 2021

The REDUCE Act would levy a 20 cent per pound excise tax on virgin plastics in single-use products to fund a plastic waste...

TerraCycle and Corporate Partners Sued by NGO for Misleading Consumers

Aug 12, 2021

Strict participation limits prohibit most consumers from participating in the free recycling programs, claims the lawsuit...

Carmakers Back Biden White House 50 Percent EV Goal for 2030

Aug 09, 2021

President Biden continues the full-court press toward the electric Corvette of his dreams.

What to Do About PFAS? Science and NGOs at Loggerheads

Jul 28, 2021

Maine is the latest state to ban products that use PFAS technology. The American Chemistry Council cautions that the “misguided law” will affect every major industry in the state without having a meaningful impact on public health.

US Plastics Industry Offers Congress a National Recycling Strategy

Jul 15, 2021

Proposals include boosting recycled content in plastic packaging and enabling greater adoption of advanced recycling technologies.

Chapter and Verse on Plastics and Sustainability

Jul 08, 2021

A new edition of "Plastics and Sustainability — Grey Is the New Green: Exploring the Nuances and Complexities of Modern Plastics" gets to the heart of the matter in its preface: "Do plastics actually threaten our future?"

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