Steve Toloken

A New York-based investment firm has purchased well-known Indiana molder Metro Plastics Technologies from the Hahn family.

Vinyl lobbying, a beer bottle shortage at K and blending with the family (firm).

Colorado is now the third U.S. state to pass legislation setting up extended producer responsibility for packaging. One analysis says plastics could face higher fees than other materials because of recycling challenges.

Single-use packaging and plastics took center stage at the GreenBiz Circularity conference this week; a deep dive into resin pricing; and a pushback on plastics and climate.

A little more than half of Phillips 66 Co.'s shareholders want the company to look more deeply at the risks faced by the company's planned investments in virgin plastic production.

The inaugural William R. Carteaux Leadership Award has been given to Brad Crocker; recycled plastic and 3D printing; and uncertainty hits European machinery businesses.

A new report from a conservative environmental think tank said the plastics industry has a positive role to play in combating climate change.

If signed by Gov. Jared Polis, the legislation could eventually place fees on packaging based on recycled-content use or recycling rates.

In the May 10 Plastics in Politics Live, Steve Toloken talks about the potential fallout from California Attorney General Rob Bonta's surprise investigation into the plastics industry.

An Indiana plastics company that's one of the world's biggest makers of portable restrooms has signed a cleanup and mitigation agreement with environmental regulators over leaks of resin pellets and powder into neighboring wetlands.

The Senate on May 4 supported a plan to make it easier for companies to get exemptions from China tariffs, but it's not clear if the measure will survive talks with the House and emerge as part of a larger domestic manufacturing bill.

An agreement settling a lawsuit between an environmental group and the federal government requires the Environmental Protection Agency to examine claims that vinyl is hazardous.

A letter on chemical recycling regulations from 25 Democrats in Congress shows the issue heating up in Washington.

The American Chemistry Council is calling an investigation into plastics recycling practices by California's attorney general "misleading." But one U.S. senator in favor of the probe tweeted "thank goodness for courts and discovery."

As Matt Seaholm settles in to his new post as CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, he is setting his priorities on personnel.