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You can help build a new circular economy for plastic, in which plastic is reused instead of discarded. Helping keep plastic out of our environment.

Five Actions For Sustainable Change

Learn about our comprehensive national strategy to confront the most pressing challenges head on and move the United States toward a sustainable, circular economy where plastics and other materials can be reused again and again.

Policy Positions

Making sustainable change requires making sustainable public policies. To create a circular economy for plastics, policies that encourage today’s linear economy must be replaced with policies that promote circularity. We’re working with policy makers at the local, state, federal, and international levels to help keep plastic in our economy and out of our environment.

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Advocacy Resources

Want to help make sustainable change? We’re providing helpful resources to lend your hand and raise your voice on the road to circularity.

Reports

Explore science-driven research findings that examine how our industry’s innovative solutions are helping to create a more sustainable future.

Fact Sheets

America’s Plastic Makers understands the need to provide essential information in a concise, straightforward format. We have created informational resources on a variety of topics that highlight key points and critical information.

Podcasts

Building Prosthetics with Hands of Gratitude

Coming together to transform lives. On this special episode of Sustainably Speaking we’ll hear from Matt Campana, CEO of Hands of Gratitude, on how his organization brings people together to assemble prosthetic hands for people in need around the world.

Recycling Electronics

While electronics devices have become an integral part of our everyday lives, Cody Oliver is working to make recycling these devices just as common. On this episode, we’ll hear more about how the plastic in our electronics is being diverted from landfills and repurposed into new materials.

(Un)Covering the Global Recycling Industry Part 2

Paper or plastic? It turns out the answer is not so black and white. In the second episode of our two-part series, Adam Minter, award-winning journalist and author of two critically acclaimed books on global recycling, dives into this great sustainability debate.

(Un)Covering the Global Recycling Industry Part 1

In the first installment of our two-part episode on Sustainably Speaking, author and Bloomberg columnist Adam Minter shares his remarkable journey–from working in his family’s scrap yard to becoming an award-winning journalist and author of two critically acclaimed books uncovering details about the world’s waste industry. In this episode, hear Adam discuss his global adventures in recycling and his mission to get the facts out.

New Recycling Technology

Technology is primed to make the recycling industry more efficient and sustainable than ever before. In this episode of Sustainably Speaking, Brian Schmatz, a chemist and inventor at BASF subsidiary TrinamiX, shows us the innovative technology he’s developed to enhance the recycling industry.

Austin’s Path to Zero Waste

Austin’s reputation for innovation is inspiring its approach to sustainability and circularity. In this episode of Sustainably Speaking, Maddie Morgan, Austin’s Circular Economy Program Manager shares how the city is engaging with businesses, entrepreneurs, tech leaders, and everyday Austinites to promote sustainability in their thriving city.