David Clement is the Policy Director for the Consumer Choice Center and is based out of Oakville, Ontario. David holds a BA in Political Science and an MA in International Relations from Wilfrid Laurier University. Previously, David was the Research Assistant to the Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights. David has been regularly featured on the CBC, Global News, The Toronto Star and various other major Canadian news outlets.
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2026-05-28
Consumer Choice Center’s David Clement Discusses the Economic Importance of Advanced RecyclingAs Congress considers H.R. 7502, the “Recycled Materials Attribution Act,” David Clement, Policy Director at the Consumer Choice Center, discusses the economic and environmental significance of advanced recycling and plastics policy. H.R. 7502, introduced Feb. 12 by U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy, would establish a federal framework for recycled-content marketing claims and direct the Federal Trade Commission to update its Green Guides. In this podcast, Clement emphasizes the importance of advanced recycling technologies, such as chemical depolymerization, which can transform non-recyclable plastics into new products.
Notable quotes
“For the better part of five years, plastics were kinda deemed as public enemy number one.”
“A paper bag, according to Denmark's environment ministry, has to be reused 43 times in order to be as environmentally advantageous as a single-use plastic bag.”
“Advanced recycling is really kinda the next step in the recycling conversation.”
“The market is providing all of these economically beneficial and environmentally beneficial solutions.”
“The cloth bag has to be reused around 7,000 times to be as environmentally advantageous.”
“If the rules can shift every... with every shift of Congress or a new president, it makes it really hard to wanna put capital into expanding something.”
