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Legislative Update: Plastics Taxes & Circular Economies

Virgin Resin Tax Congressional efforts to pass a 20-cent per pound tax on virgin plastic resin continue to threaten the vinyl and plastics-related...

Legislative Update: Presidential Transition & Second Impeachment

Presidential Transition On Jan. 7, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The joint session to...

Legislative Update: Recycling Bills Move Through Congress

Recycling Many in the plastics industry are calling for Congress to include the “The Realizing the Economic Opportunities and Values of...

Legislative Update: Recycling Legislation Update and USMCA Passage

Recycling There has been significant movement on some of the many recycling bills in Congress. The Senate amended and passed S. 1982, the Save our...

Legislative Update: Republican National Convention Concludes

Republicans and President Trump had their time in the spotlight as they hosted the Republican National Convention Monday, Aug. 24 through Thursday,...

Legislative Update: Republicans and Democrats Remain far Apart on Environmental Justice and its Role in Plastics Manufacturing

On  June 15, the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice and Regulatory...

Legislative Update: Republicans Urge Biden Administration to Abandon Global Plastics Treaty Support

Republicans Urge Biden Administration to Abandon Global Plastics Treaty Support Republican lawmakers wrote an October 16 letter to Secretary of State...

Legislative Update: Senate Appropriators Spare EPA of Deep Cuts But Set Stage for a Budget Battle

Lawmakers left Washington for the August recess at the end of last week and are not due back in Washington until they reconvene after Labor Day in...