Recycling group debates policy
The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers
(APR) has taken positions on legislative proposals, the first step
in positioning the organization as a key contributor to the policy
debates that impact plastics recycling.
The APR, whose members represent more than 90%
of the plastic bottle recycling capacity in North America, “has
been working for several years on programs to address the number
one issue for our industry — generating a stable supply of
raw material for our facilities — in this case recyclable
plastics,” said Bill O’Grady, vice president of Operations
for Talco Plastics in Corona, California, and chairman of APR. “It
became more apparent as time went on that as an organization we
needed to engage in the public debate on issues relating to plastics
recycling.”
The APR approved the legislative positions at
their spring meeting. Gerry Fishbeck, vice president of URRC in
South Carolina and chairman of the APR Government Relations Committee,
said APR wanted to be sure that policy makers understand the implications
of their decisions on plastics recycling.
The four positions taken by APR include support
of legislation calling for recycled content to be required in certain
containers; opposition to efforts to repeal the existing deposit
programs already in place as well as support for legislation expanding
deposit legislation in those states to include all non-carbonated
plastic bottles such as water and juice bottles; and support for
legislation that would ban disposal of certain plastic bottles in
landfills.
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