Washington D.C.— Plastics News has featured an op-ed written by Plastics Industry Association’s President and CEO, Matt Seaholm. The piece highlights Recycling Week, underscores the significant strides the plastics industry has made in promoting recycling, and outlines steps for furthering progress.
“As we celebrate National Recycling Week and America Recycles Day on Nov. 15, we’re all eager to remind the public of the critical role recycling plays in a sustainable world. As an industry, we are working alongside our partners to make plastics more recyclable and to educate people on the importance of daily recycling… The recycling and plastics industries have made real progress to show the possibilities behind advancing recycling, but there’s more we can — and must — do to help move these numbers up.”
Click here to read the full op-ed.
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