July 9, 2025
| This week’s recycling news and insights for industry leaders
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Supporters of chemical recycling, also known as advanced recycling, have long worked to classify these technologies as a manufacturing process under state and federal regulations, not a form of solid waste incineration.
These groups say such reclassification will help strengthen domestic recycling supply chains. Environmentalists have long opposed the idea due in part to health and air quality concerns.
The U.S. EPA recently confirmed it won’t consider the issue under an air emissions rule it finalized in June, prompting plastics industry groups to call for working closer with the Trump administration in the future. Read the latest in today’s story.
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The plastics industry renewed calls for the U.S. EPA to formally acknowledge chemical recycling as a manufacturing process after the agency declined to consider certain pyrolysis facilities in recent air emissions rules.
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The consumer packaged goods company also pointed to pet food as an area where it has advanced packaging sustainability.
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The newly signed bill includes favorable provisions for alternative fuels and manufacturers broadly. It’s been criticized by environmental groups for cuts to other key programs.
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