PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

US industry group selects Mood-Horley to recruit new members, keep current ones happy

PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Seaholm to helm US lobbying group / Former position as head of recyclable bag division raises questions

SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

California plastic bag ban suspended amid Covid-19 pandemic

PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

US organisation announces executive leadership appointments

SINGLE-USE PLASTICS

Will the coronavirus pandemic turn the tide back to disposables? / US moves away from plastic bans / Industry will face “major challenges” in the aftermath

USA

Management changes underway for Plastics Industry Association / Plastic bag alliance renamed

USA

General Motors latest company to quit Plastics Industry Association / Pressure from Greenpeace and other NGOs

USA

Greenpeace accuses consumer good companies of false promises on plastics pollution / Call for investment in refill and reuse systems / SC Johnson quits Plastics Industry Association

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

New York governor floats statewide plastic bag ban / Ban also in Boston?

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

California passes statewide ban on single-trip plastic bags / Environment fund rejected

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

California vote to decide the future of thin-bag ban / Plastics industry mobilised against it

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

New York City retailers to charge 5 cents for plastic bags from October / Close vote in city council / Some exemptions / Anti-regulation attempts in some US states

PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

Chicago City Council votes in favour of partial plastic bag ban / SPI calls ordinance a “job killer”, argues it would be better to “reduce, reuse, recycle”

US PLASTICS INDUSTRY

New strategy to defend plastic carrier bags / Bag producers join SPI / More film recycling