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2026-06-02
America’s Plastic Makers President Discusses Economic, Environmental Benefits of Recycled Materials Attribution ActRoss Eisenberg, president of America’s Plastic Makers (APM), American Chemistry Council, discusses the Recycled Materials Attribution Act, a bipartisan bill that would establish federal standards for advanced recycling and provide regulatory certainty for manufacturers using recycled content. Eisenberg explains how advanced recycling technologies can process hard-to-recycle plastics, support a more circular economy, reduce landfill waste, and potentially create thousands of jobs while expanding U.S. manufacturing capacity. An economic analysis released by APM found that redirecting 50% of plastics in the municipal solid waste stream from landfills to recycling facilities could support 173,200 jobs, $12.8 billion in annual payroll, and $48.7 billion in annual economic output nationwide. The same analysis projected that recycling facilities alone would directly generate $16.4 billion in economic output and support more than 43,000 direct jobs nationwide.
Notable quotes
“Our job is to make this the best place in the world to make plastic.”
“Let's make it circular. Let's have the policies in place to make it circular so that we're not worrying about trash in the environment anymore.”
“Plastics are as ubiquitous as they are because they are generally the sustainable choice.”
“If we can solve this recycling issue and the end-of-life issue for plastics, it will not only help us environmentally, it will be a tremendous economic driver for the US economy.”
“If fifty percent of the plastics that would otherwise go to landfills get recycled, it means a hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred new jobs nationwide.”
“The time is now. We see a real opportunity for progress on this bipartisan bill.”
