FPA Submits Comments on California’s SB 54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act Regulations

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting these comments on the SB 54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act Regulations. The proposed regulations incorrectly characterize chemical recycling as hazardous waste management instead of manufacturing, which creates a de facto ban on modern recycling technologies and leaves Californians wholly reliant on mechanical recycling – which is not always suitable for all products. Chemical recycling technologies process plastics that do not have strong end markets, thus enabling a more circular economy for plastics. As the American Chemistry Council reports, projects valued at over $7B in investment, potentially diverting nearly 21 billion pounds of waste from landfills per year are already being worked on throughout the United States.