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Earth Day 2018: To Fix Plastic Pollution, We Need to Solve the Right ProblemExperts have found that most of the plastics in the ocean comes from poorly managed municipal solid waste on land.
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News Apr 19, 2018 Solving the Ocean Plastics Problem Requires Understanding How Plastics Get Where They Shouldn’t Be The American Chemistry Council issued the following statement for Earth Day which may be attributed to Steve Russell, vice president of plastics.
News Apr 16, 2018 ACC Publishes 2018 Statistical Reference Book on Plastic Resins The 2018 edition contains detailed tables on North American resin production, sales, industry capacities and utilization rates from 2007-2017.
CommentsNews Apr 13, 2018 ACC: National Academies Missed a Critical Opportunity with IRIS Review The NAS committee has missed a critical opportunity to offer recommendations that could improve the scientific rigor of future IRIS assessments because the official scope of the committee’s assessment was so severely limited.
News Apr 12, 2018 ACC President and CEO Testifies on Damaging Impact Tariffs Would Have on Booming U.S. Chemicals Industry Dooley says administration should engage in constructive negotiations with China, prevent retaliation on America’s most competitive industries.
News Apr 10, 2018 ACC Urges Senate to Confirm EPA Deputy Administrator Nominee We urge the Senate to confirm Mr. Wheeler so that he can begin contributing to the important work EPA does to protect human health and the environment.
News Apr 10, 2018 ACC Welcomes White House Plan to Streamline Environmental Permitting for New Infrastructure Updating America’s infrastructure will facilitate job creation, including in the chemistry industry, which – thanks to shale gas – is experiencing historic growth.
News Apr 04, 2018 Registration Now Open For the 61st Polyurethanes Technical Conference Longest-running Polyurethanes Conference in North America Expected to Draw Professionals from Across the Industry
News Apr 04, 2018 ACC Comments on Chinese Announcement of Potential Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Exports U.S. chemical manufacturers believe the principles of free and fair trade should apply to all members of the WTO, and that includes China.
News Apr 03, 2018 Vehicle Lightweighting with Plastics Still Critical to Safety, Performance and Consumer Preference America’s plastics makers will continue to assist regulators and the automotive value chain by serving as advanced lightweight plastic and composite material experts during the upcoming rulemaking process.
News Apr 02, 2018 Plastics Makers Applaud Georgia Bill That Will Support Recovery of Non-recycled Plastics This legislation recognizes the value of non-recycled plastics and the importance of keeping these materials out of landfills and in productive use.
News Mar 30, 2018 ACC Releases February 2018 Resin Production and Sales Statistics Sales and captive (internal) use of major plastic resins totaled 6.5 billion pounds during February 2018, an increase of 0.6 percent from the same month one year earlier.
News Mar 29, 2018 Global Chemicals Production Continues on Soft Note Growth in global chemical production continued on a soft note in February.
News Mar 23, 2018 U.S. Specialty Chemicals Market Regains Momentum During February, large market volume gains (1.0 percent and over) occurred in food additives, mining chemicals, oilfield chemicals, and textile specialties.
News Mar 21, 2018 Leading PFAS Manufacturers to California DTSC: Science Shows PFAS Can Be Used Safely in Carpeting PFAS used in carpeting today have already been thoroughly reviewed by regulators.
News Mar 21, 2018 U.S. Chemical Production Eases in February Compared to February 2017, U.S. chemical production was ahead 3.8 percent on a year-over-year basis.
