In an October 1, 2020 blog, Chris Jahn, ACC President and CEO, expressed the goals that “… 100% of U.S. plastic packaging will be recyclable or recoverable by 2030, and that 100% of U.S. plastic packaging will be reused, recycled or recovered by 2040 …” – To assist in accomplishing these goals, the ACC Plastics Division has developed a “Roadmap to Reuse” which is a “… set of actions built around six core areas that, together, will modernize recycling through: more effective value chain engagement to optimize new and existing programs; more active consumer engagement so Americans know what and how to recycle; expanded access so all Americans can recycle in their communities and away-from-home; solving the challenge of economically collecting and sorting harder to recycle plastic packaging formats e.g., films, pouches, foams and small formats; dramatically scaling domestic capacity in both mechanical and advanced recycling; and solving the challenges of domestic sortation and end markets for plastics, especially those formerly exported to overseas markets …” #ACC #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #Recycling #PlasticPackaging
