Tony Radoszewski, president and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), issued a call for a “serious, bipartisan policy discussion about real sustainable solutions” in the Washington Examiner on Monday.
Admitting that the country has a problem with plastic waste, Radoszewski said a “privately funded, industry-led extended producer responsibility plan is a pragmatic solution” and offered a three-part plan for creating a federal recycling infrastructure.
Read the column at washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/im-a-plastics-industry-ceo-we-have-a-responsibility-for-plastic-waste.
PMM editor Ron Shinn’s recent column emphasized the need for the industry to step up on the recycling issue before it’s too late. Read it here: plasticsmachinerymanufacturing.com/features/article/21225197/is-time-running-out-for-the-plastics-industry