Perspective

California's Senate Bill 54, also known as the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, is the state's latest effort to force its policy preferences on the nation.

It is hard to imagine now, but once upon a time, plastics were not the overwhelming presence in health care that they are today. From medical packaging, devices and consumables, to implantables and personal protective equipment, plastics are truly everywhere. A healthy development? Well, it depends.

It is refreshing and exciting to see that policymakers and environmentalists are slowly moving away from single-use plastic bag bans and embracing more comprehensive policies to fight plastic waste. Bans, while well-intentioned, have proved challenging and on their own have failed to reduce the impact of plastic on the environment.

In public, members of Mexico's plastics industry are contemplating the economic consequences of another six years of populism imperturbably.

It is critical to reiterate that ending plastic pollution does not mean ending plastic. Simply put, plastic is too integral to modern life to regulate away.

Dan Regovich: "The ironic thing is that many companies want to hire from their competition but frown upon their employees leaving for the competition. They will often do what they can maneuver around a candidate's noncompete, yet have strict noncompetes themselves."

As industries seek to optimize processes and enhance product quality, AI emerges as a game-changer in the world of plastic injection molding, RJG's Samantha Peterson writes in an excerpt from her book.