The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates this opportunity to submit its thoughts and suggestions on the Draft Northeast Waste Management Officials Association (NEWMOA) Model Legislation. In this comment, FPA would like to address the model...

We the undersigned organizations representing industries and workers across Massachusetts respectfully request your opposition of HB 3701 – An Act Relative To Chemical Recycling. As currently written, the bill would prohibit the building, construction, or...

We the undersigned organizations representing industries and workers across Massachusetts respectfully request your opposition of HB 3676. As currently written, the bill bans advanced recycling, certain chemicals in beverage containers and bans the use of...

The Flexible Packaging Association appreciates this opportunity to submit its thoughts and suggestions in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Request for Public Comment on its Recycling Infrastructure and Market Opportunities Map (EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0933) (The...

We the undersigned organizations representing industries and workers across Massachusetts respectfully request your opposition of HB 768 – Plastic Bottle Recycling. As currently written, the bill excludes advanced recycling from the definition of recycling.

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to House Bill 779, Senate Bill 471, and Senate Bill 572 (herein referred to as MA EPR Bills), which all purport to establish extended producer...

We the undersigned organizations representing industries and workers across Massachusetts respectfully request your opposition of SB 570/HB 882 – An Act To Reduce Plastics. As currently written the bill includes several broad definitions that would...

The following organizations, representing a diverse set of California business interests, are writing to express our concerns with SB 665 as drafted. SB 665 calls for the formation of a single-use plastics alternative working group...

Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) reintroduced the Aluminum Pricing Examination (APEX) Act, bipartisan legislation to level the playing field and ensure unfair market practices do not disproportionately harm the American beer industry...

We are writing to respectfully oppose S. 3177/A. 4758 related to PFAS reporting requirements, restrictions, and product bans. As written, within one year of the bill’s effective date, the bill would require manufacturers to provide...

ABC News’ recent “Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Recycling” investigation isn’t about plastic bags or even plastic packaging, it is about the current U.S. recycling system. Put trackers in any recyclable item today and...

On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing the manufacturers of thousands of consumer products and the various retailers who sell those products to consumers all across our state, we want to thank you for your...

The undersigned businesses and associations support the adoption of a workable, cost-effective expanded producer responsibility program for post-consumer packaging materials. We believe it is essential that any program: be guided by the findings of an...

President Joe Biden’s administration continues to promote plans to use biotechnology and biomanufacturing to develop sustainable alternatives across industries, including fuels, medicines, and plastics, with plastics being largely displaced by 2043. The administration says it...

Chemical recycling, access to recycling as a key metric and the potential for national rulemaking were some of the areas that divided expert panelists at a Federal Trade Commission workshop. A Federal Trade Commission workshop...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) is the only organization that supports the entire plastics supply chain, including Equipment Suppliers, Material Suppliers, Processors and Recyclers, representing over one million workers in our $468 billion U.S. industry....

The latest HMRC data from (23 May) reveals that the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) has raised a total of £263 million through the first 10 months of the scheme. It means that the Tax has...

The executive directors of the Flexible Packaging Association and Biodegradable Products Institute discussed what their stakeholders view as important tenets of EPR policies. How can extended producer responsibility affect types of packaging that lack curbside...

Food producers, agricultural entities, restaurants, manufacturers of household products, electronics, toys, and other leading California employers all ask you to vote NO on AB 1290. AB 1290 is another packaging ban less than a year...

In 2022, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 22-1355 into law to establish an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program in the state, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has appointed...

When building a producer responsibility organization, fees should be transparent, the industry should be in control and the system needs to be fair. That’s what participants in a recent webinar said, noting there are different...

The UK Government is considering changes to the Plastic Packaging Tax to increase the scope for using recovered polymers from chemical recycling. As part of the Tax Administration and Maintenance Day announcements, the Treasury has...

Six states have adopted laws that focus on regulating the intentional use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food packaging. In response, some customers are demanding packaging free of PFAS. The regulations, however, do not...

With the commencement of the 118th Congress in January, we knew the divided Congress—Republican control of the House and Democratic control of the Senate—would limit the amount of consequential legislative action this session. Therefore, the...

As the judges finish assigning the last awards for the 67th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition, they immediately consider which of the 2023 contest’s 31 winning entries would receive the top honor—the Highest Achievement...

On behalf of the Flexible Packaging Association’s Coalition for Aluminum Foil Security and its individual members, including Amcor Flexibles North America, Berry Global, Catty Corporation, Fres-co System USA, Inc., Novolex, ProAmpac, ProAmpac Holdings, Inc., Ampac...

The American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (AMERIPEN) supports two bills before the U.S. Senate that address critical elements of packaging recycling and environmental policy: the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2023 (S.1189)...

The undersigned organizations, representing a cross section of manufacturers, consumer product companies, agriculture, food producers, restaurants, and others are in opposition to AB 1290. The enactment of SB 54 (Stats. 2022), along with SB 343...