{"id":120737,"date":"2023-01-11T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T06:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=120737"},"modified":"2023-01-09T09:25:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T08:25:50","slug":"michigan-becomes-21st-state-to-enact-bipartisan-advanced-recycling-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/michigan-becomes-21st-state-to-enact-bipartisan-advanced-recycling-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Becomes 21st State to Enact Bipartisan Advanced Recycling Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed bipartisan legislation that will help ensure more plastics are recycled and again, while attracting new jobs and economic opportunities to the state.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advanced recycling is a manufacturing process that uses chemistry to convert used plastics into raw material to remake high quality new plastics. These processes help displace reliance on virgin raw materials and contribute to a circular economy for plastics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regulating advanced recycling technologies as manufacturing operations, as more and more states are doing, will encourage investments in new advanced recycling facilities and manufacturing careers in the state, while contributing to a more sustainable Michigan. It will also establish that these new innovative technologies are classified appropriately so they are regulated with the proper standards and not as solid waste incineration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle recognize the multiple benefits of accelerating advanced recycling technologies to help make the United States the global leader in developing a circular economy for plastics. Advanced recycling diverts plastics from landfills, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and use of natural resources to create new plastics compared to conventional manufacturing methods, and creates new jobs and revenue streams. This new legislation can showcase Michigan\u2019s leadership in plastics recycling.<\/p>Joshua Baca,\u00a0<\/strong>ACC’s Vice President of Plastics<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Advanced recycling technologies enable significantly more plastics to be recycled than traditional recycling technologies, including often hard-to-recycle films and mixed plastics. These technologies can also create like-new plastics approved for food, pharmaceutical, and medical uses, among other things. A 2021 report by Closed Loop Partners estimated that advanced recycling could double the plastics packaging recycling rate in the U.S. and Canada by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACC applauds Michigan\u2019s state legislators and governor for recognizing the power of advanced recycling and for passing this important legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About American Chemistry Council\u2019s Plastics Division<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The American Chemistry Council\u2019s Plastics Division represents America\u2019s Plastic MakersSM and the half million+ scientists, engineers, technicians, and other innovators who make plastics for many essential and lifesaving products that are vital to modern life.\u00a0America\u2019s Plastic Makers continue to embrace change. We\u2019re linking innovation with sustainability, deploying next generation technologies to make plastics lighter, stronger, more efficient and more recyclable, so we can meet our goal for 100% of U.S. plastic packaging to be reused, recycled, or recovered by 2040.\u00a0We\u2019re making sustainable change to help build a cleaner, safer, more sustainable future for generations to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About American Chemistry Council<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) represents the leading companies engaged in the\u00a0multibillion-dollar\u00a0business of chemistry. ACC members apply the science of chemistry to make innovative products, technologies and services that make people’s lives better, healthier\u00a0and\u00a0safer.\u00a0ACC is committed to improved environmental, health, safety and security performance through Responsible Care\u00ae; common sense advocacy addressing major public policy issues; and health and environmental research and product testing. ACC members and chemistry companies are among the largest investors in research and development, and are\u00a0advancing products, processes and technologies to address climate change, enhance air and water quality, and progress toward a more sustainable, circular economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer today signed bipartisan legislation that will help ensure more plastics are recycled and again, while attracting new jobs and economic opportunities to the state. Advanced recycling is a manufacturing process that uses chemistry to convert used plastics into raw material to remake high quality new plastics. These processes help displace reliance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The new law in Michigan brings to 21 the total number of states that recognize advanced recycling technologies as manufacturing and not waste disposal","footnotes":""},"categories":[17143],"tags":[17202,10416,7105,11966],"supplier":[5433],"class_list":["post-120737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recycling","tag-chemicalrecycling","tag-circulareconomy","tag-packaging","tag-plastics","supplier-american-chemistry-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120737"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=120737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}