Plastics News:

Recyclers like California ruling that discourages packagers from switching to PP

January 19, 2012

California has eliminated a controversial loophole that has allowed plastic container manufacturers to switch to a lighter weight resin and gain an exemption from the state’s 20-year-old rigid plastic packaging container law that governs recycled content.

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“Obviously we are extremely pleased and excited that CalRecycle has put forth regulations that will finally enforce the Rigid Plastic Packaging Container law, which we believe is responsible for the creation of the high density polyethylene recycling industry,” said Steve Alexander, executive director of APR, whose members account for more than 90 percent of the post-consumer reprocessing capacity in the United States, Canada and Mexico.