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Double-Digit Growth in Plastics Shipments in the Third Quarter

Shipments of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) in North America increased by double-digits in the third quarter, according to statistics compiled and reported by the Plastics Industry Association’s (PLASTICS) Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). The preliminary…

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PLASTICS Applauds Senate for Passing Save Our Seas 2.0 Act

The U.S. Senate has approved the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, legislation the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) supports, that would improve domestic infrastructure to reduce marine debris, further research into detection and clean-up, and enhance international cooperation to solve the problem….

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NPE2021’s 13 Technology Zones Highlight The Plastics Industry’s Most Important Business Sectors

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), producers of NPE: The Plastics Show, announced that NPE2021 will be home to 13 distinct Technology Zones offering attendees the chance to see firsthand how the power of plastics will transform tomorrow through demonstrations of the latest machinery and…

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Plastics Industry Highly Supportive of EPA’s National Recycling Strategy, Say Association Leaders

Today, the members of the Plastics Association Leaders Group issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) request for input into its proposed national recycling strategy: “The recent recycling goal announced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that calls…

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PLASTICS President Urges Biden Administration to “Support Jobs, Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability”

This week, in a letter to President-elect Joe Biden, PLASTICS President & CEO Tony Radoszewski pledged that the plastic industry will work with the new Administration to support jobs, economic growth and environmental sustainability, detailing bipartisan solutions in Congress for environmental…

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PLASTICS And LyondellBasell Collaborate On First Paving Project Using Recycled Plastic

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) in collaboration with LyondellBasell today announced the use of the equivalent of 71,000 plastic retail bags to pave 2,885 square yards of the LyondellBasell Cincinnati Technology Center parking lot in Ohio using recycled polyethylene (rPE). This was the…

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