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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is calling for the creation of a national extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework for plastics, an increased emphasis on the environmental and health impacts for communities near plastics plants and a more thorough accounting of plastics that end up in waterways.

With potential tariffs, real worker shortages and rising geopolitical risks, forecasting the impact of a second Trump administration on reshoring in the United States is difficult, one group says.

Bill Wood: "Now that we are past the election, it is time for me to offer a few politically tinged opinions on behalf of U.S. manufacturers and anyone else who relies upon the U.S. economy for their livelihoods."

A group of 10 state attorneys general released a letter to the calling for President Joe Biden's administration to maintain support for production caps in the plastics treaty and elevate concerns of frontline communities.

Republicans in the Senate and House have sent letters to the President Joe Biden's administration protesting its position on the plastics treaty.

California is going after ExxonMobil Corp. in a both-barrels-blazing lawsuit, attempting to lay the problems with plastics and plastics recycling at the oil giant's feet.

In a Sept. 24 speech in New York, California Attorney General Rob Bonta talked about the impact of plastics — including microplastics — on human health.

The petrochemical company pushed back against California Attorney General Rob Bonta's claims, saying the problem with plastics recycling lies at government's feet.

A new industry-backed plastics recycling bill in Congress supports chemical recycling and calls for a national 30 percent recycled content standard in plastic packaging.