Advocacy Resources

This Recycling Partnership report is an analysis of the dimensions, performance, stresses, and opportunities for improvement to 2020 curbside recycling in the U.S.

APR contracted with Franklin Associates to examine the life cycle impacts of postconsumer recycled plastic pellets vs. virgin plastic pellets from petrochemical sources. This study is one of many over the last two decades and reflects current mechanical recycling practice.

This report details the results of a survey commissioned by the APR concerning recycled content and recyclability claims.

APR President and CEO Steve Alexander answers questions about a new law in California that sets minimum post-consumer resin content requirements for plastic bottles. What is AB-793? AB 793 is a new law in California, passed unanimously by the California legislature and signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom on August 28, 2020, that […]

This video from the Carolinas Plastics Recycling Council and APR highlights the economic impact of plastics recycling in the Carolinas at a time when China is tightening up what imported recycling commodity materials it will accept.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) contracted with Franklin Associates, a division of Eastern Research Group (ERG), to examine the impact of switching from plastic packaging, including rigid bottles and containers, caps, closures, bags, flexibles, and films, to function-similar and adequate metal, glass, and paper/cardboard materials.

This was originally posted on The Hill on February 28, 2019. Recently on Capitol Hill, the plastics industry gathered congressional staff and reporters together to highlight a billion-dollar campaign designed to rid the ocean of plastic. At the event, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) announced the reintroduction of legislation to achieve that […]