US sees recycling as key part of global plastics deal
During the Plastics Recycling Conference, which Resource Recycling hosted in partnership with its parent company, the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), in National Harbor, Maryland, in early March, Monica Medina, assistant secretary for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs for the U.S. Department of State, shared her insights into the development of the Global Plastics Treaty.
Steve Alexander, president of the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), served as moderator of the conference session and told Medina she touched on a central concern for plastics reclaimers: the lack of consistency across the U.S. in terms of recycling program acceptance and packaging labeling regulations. APR was recently accredited by the U.N Environment Program as an official delegate.
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