Nov 04, 2022
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Press Release

ACC’s Plastics Division Announces 2023 Leadership Team

New Leadership Focused on Circular Economy for Plastics

Matthew Kastner

Plastics

WASHINGTON, DC (November 4, 2022) — The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Plastics Division is pleased to announce the 2023 leadership team for its Operating Committee (PDOC).

The PDOC leadership team will serve in their positions from Jan. 1, 2023 through Dec. 31, 2023, and will consist of:

Chair: Dave Andrew, ExxonMobil Product Solutions
Vice Chair: Palmer Giddings, LyondellBasell
Immediate Past Chair: Christine Bryant, Covestro
Membership & Finance Committee Chair: Jay Bickett, Chevron Phillips Chemical
Value Chain Committee Chair: Eric Hartz, Nexus Circular

ACC’s Plastics Division will remain laser-focused on helping its members scale up and accelerate a circular economy for plastics. “America’s plastic makers are doubling down on investments to capture and remake used plastic into new plastics, and our advocacy will remain focused on creating the policy environment needed to fight climate change, increase sustainability, and build a more sustainable future through the benefits of plastics,” said Joshua Baca, ACC’s vice president of plastics.

Recent examples include promoting Congressional enactment of our Five Actions for Sustainable Change and seeing five additional states pass laws to classify advanced recycling as manufacturing, bringing the total number of states to 20.

“As demand for recycled plastic continues to grow, we must work together to modernize the recycling system so that more plastic materials can be collected, sorted and recycled through mechanical and advanced recycling technologies, especially materials such as films and wraps that aren’t easily recycled today. This will require improving access to recycling programs in all communities, progressive and efficient policy, and investment in new technologies such as advanced recycling.” said ExxonMobil’s Dave Andrew, the 2023 PDOC chair. “I look forward to guiding ACC’s Plastics Division’s advocacy priorities to help usher in a new era of improved circularity and even more sustainable innovation for the industry.”

ACC’s Plastics Division is incredibly grateful to the 2022 PDOC leadership team for the valuable role they had in guiding the Division’s priorities for the year. Particularly, Christine Bryant from Covestro who departs her role as chair after raising the bar to an unparalleled level.

American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division

The American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division represents America’s Plastic Makers^SM and the half million+ scientists, engineers, technicians, and other innovators who make plastics for many essential and lifesaving products that are vital to modern life. America’s Plastic Makers continue to embrace change. We’re linking innovation with sustainability, deploying next generation technologies to make plastics lighter, stronger, more efficient and more recyclable, so we can meet our goal for 100% of U.S. plastic packaging to be reused, recycled, or recovered by 2040. We’re making sustainable change to help build a cleaner, safer, more sustainable future for generations to come.

American Chemistry Council

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) represents the leading companies engaged in the multibillion-dollar business of chemistry. ACC members apply the science of chemistry to make innovative products, technologies and services that make people's lives better, healthier and safer. ACC is committed to improved environmental, health, safety and security performance through Responsible Care®; common sense advocacy addressing major public policy issues; and health and environmental research and product testing. ACC members and chemistry companies are among the largest investors in research and development, and are advancing products, processes and technologies to address climate change, enhance air and water quality, and progress toward a more sustainable, circular economy.