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As members of Congress come together to advance bipartisan legislation strengthening supply chains and enhancing U.S. economic competitiveness, the undersigned organizations write to express our strong support for the Manufacturing Security and Resilience Program and...
Americans for Free Trade (AFT), a broad coalition of American businesses, trade organizations, and workers united against tariffs, sent a letter to Senate leadership voicing support for the Motion to Instruct proposed by Senator Pat...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) must oppose, unless amended, Senate Bill 2788 – Relating to Health and Safety – Refuse Disposal, which would add advanced recycling as a definition for refuse disposal and establishes a...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce the election of its 2022 Board of Directors. Kathy Bolhous, CEO of Charter Next...
The undersigned organizations must respectfully take an OPPOSE position on HB 22-1345, legislation that would impose broad reporting requirements on manufacturers of all products containing PFAS sold in Colorado, ban the sale of products containing...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to HB 1355, “Concerning the Creation of the Producer Responsibility Program for Statewide Recycling,” which creates a producer responsibility program to provide recycling services to...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to Senate Bill 2296 – Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging, which would establish an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for packaging, alter state labeling provisions,...
Americans for Free Trade (AFT), a broad coalition of American businesses, trade organizations, and workers united against tariffs sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai expressing strong support for a fully transparent...
The California Chamber of Commerce and the organizations listed respectfully OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED AB 2026 (Friedman), as amended. We agree that increased efforts, including packaging redesign, substantial financial investments in infrastructure, and the formation of...
U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the EPW Committee, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), also a member of the EPW...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce the winners of its 66th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition. The winning entries...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to HB 2399, “Relating to Waste Management,” which would establish and extended producer responsibility act for packaging and paper.
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) respectfully submits the following information in response to The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Request for Information: Oregon statewide recycling collection list and producer-collected materials (for recycling).
In the previous issue of FlexPack VOICE®, the advocacy group of the Flexible Packaging Association’s Emerging Leadership Council (ELC) brought you a flow-chart to outline the federal legislative process and help bring clarity to how...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is pleased to support SB 115, which would establish an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program for packaging material, modernizing, and improving waste and recycling systems in the State.
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is pleased to support SB 7891, which would provide regulatory certainty for advanced recycling processes and create a more circular economy for plastics in New York.
We are writing on behalf of trade associations employing tens of thousands of New Yorkers to respectfully request the final budget agreement include language from S. 7891 (Mannion) which supports and promotes the increased adoption...
The Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) and Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA) created a Workgroup to create the draft Model Legislation for minimum post-consumer recycled plastic content in trash and carry-out bags and food, beverage,...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is pleased to support SB 367, which would provide regulatory certainty for advanced recycling processes and create a more circular economy for plastics in New Hampshire.
On behalf of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), who is the voice of U.S. manufacturers of flexible packaging and their suppliers, I write to commend the Committee on Environment and Public Works for its continued...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to the New York State Executive Budget – TED Part RR “Extended Producer Responsibility Act,” which would establish an extended producer responsibility (EPR) act for...
The undersigned organizations appreciate the opportunity to provide the following comments on the Executive Budget Proposal, Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation (TED) Article VII, Part SS, “Toxics in Packaging Act.” Our respective organizations recognize and...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to the New York State Executive Budget – TED Part RR “Extended Producer Responsibility Act,” which would establish an extended producer responsibility (EPR) act for...
On behalf of the undersigned members of Americans for Free Trade, we write in strong support of amending the America COMPETES Act of 2022 to include language requiring the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to SB 5658, “Concerning the recyclability of products and packaging,” stands to establish an onerous definition of “recyclable” that will have far reaching impacts on...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting testimony in opposition to SB 5697, “Renewing Washington's recycling system and reducing waste,” which sets arbitrary rates and dates for all packaging in Washington to have post-consumer recycled...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) respectfully submits the following comments in response to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). FPA is a national trade association that...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce that the FPA’s Emerging Leadership Council (ELC) launched a new campaign, “Come Grow With...