ACC announced ambitious plastics management goals on Wednesday, including a target of recycling or recovering 100% of plastic packaging in the United States by 2040. ACC also intends to make 100% of plastics packaging recyclable or recoverable by 2030 and have all US manufacturing sites operated by the agency’s plastics division members participating in Operation Clean Sweep Blue-a stewardship program for facilities that handle plastic materials to keep plastic materials out of waterways-by 2020, with all their sites across North America in the program by 2022. Steve Russell, ACC’s vice president of plastics, said the goals publicly afrm ACC’s vision “for safe, sanitary plastic packaging and our intention to get there quickly.” The goals also support major brands and retailers, many of whom have made their own commitments. “In many cases we are already working with them to increase consumer access to recycling and in the devel- opment of new technologies and infrastructure. So we believe these goals will focus those eforts and better align them as we move forward together.”
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