April 1, 2020 - Plastics Recycling Update, Bioplastics News

April 1, 2020 - Plastics Recycling Update, Bioplastics News

APR in the News

APR and ACC both look to verify recycled content

Consumers may want products with recycled plastic, but how can they trust the items contain post-consumer material? Two industry groups have taken steps to answer that question.

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) unveiled a post-consumer resin (PCR) certification program. Meanwhile, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) released a set of principles for certification standards that trace recycled content through chemical recycling process, which ACC calls “advanced plastics recycling.”

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