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APR advises keeping caps on plastic bottles for efficient recycling. Caps (HDPE) float, while bottles (PET) sink, aiding proper sorting at recycling centers.

This summer, APR’s Chief Policy Officer Kate Bailey represented APR at the Second Session of the UN Environment Programme Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-2) in Paris, France. The week-long event was the second of five planned sessions in the UN process to reach a final agreement in late 2024. APR participated as an […]

State attorneys general and the Environmental Protection Agency are pressing the Federal Trade Commission to regulate plastics environmental claims more tightly, calling some uses of the resin code with chasing arrows “problematic” and requiring more proof of the green bona fides of chemical recycling. Plastics recycling companies are looking at updated Green Guides to help […]

Paris – Recycling companies came to the plastics treaty talks looking for policy changes to bring investment and press their point that they see recycling working, despite its challenges. For the U.S.-based Association of Plastic Recyclers, that includes wanting the treaty to include robust extended producer responsibility rules to collect more plastic and push for […]

APR is pleased to be participating in the Second Session of the UN Environment Programme Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-2) on May 29 – June 2, 2023 in Paris, France as an accredited organization. INC-2 is intended to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. A […]

Fighting misinformation with accurate data. “Lots of reports come out that aren’t always grounded in the best data,” Emily Friedman, Recycled Plastics Senior Editor at ICIS added. “We have the correct, verified, accurate data to refute these reports. The best way to combat misinformation is with true data. I’ve seen great work from organizations like […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requested comments on its revisions to the Green Guides and got 850 responses, with many calling for a crackdown on deceptive claims and better definitions of key terms. FTC is looking to update those guides and asked for public and stakeholder comments by April 24. Several large organizations submitted comments, […]

The Pact has offered guidance, which was published internally for our members and are going to be publishing externally later this summer. For recyclability, we adhere to the Association of Plastic Recyclers’ design guidelines and have built on that a bit to add some additional guidance for flexibles, because there’s such variability in the U.S. […]

Leaders from the private sector, NGOs including the APR’s Chief Policy Officer, Kate Bailey, and local, state, and federal governments gathered in Washington, DC to outline a plan of action for tackling plastic pollution in the United States. “The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) is pleased to participate in this meeting and stand among national […]