
Information at Your Fingertips
FPA Press Room
FPA Press Room Offers Online Searchable Content
News & Information Categories
The Flexible Packaging Association offers a variety of news and information tools to keep you up-to-date. Browse the types of news we gather and produce below, or scroll straight to the bottom to search for articles in your categories of interest.
Articles and Press Releases
Select and Search Your Category of Interest
We are writing to thank you for introducing the Recycled Materials Attribution Act (RMAA) and for your leadership in advancing clear, consistent standards for recycled-content claims in the United States. Today, manufacturers and consumers alike...
For print service providers (PSPs), shifting markets and changing expectations while still getting product out the back door on time is a huge focus, and can be a challenge. The reality is that print and...
We are writing to ask you to oppose Maryland House Bill 796, which would ban use of advanced recycling in the state. Advanced recycling is a critical set of technologies that help eliminate plastic waste...
The undersigned organizations are writing in opposition to SB 686, legislation that would phase out products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Maryland. As written, SB 686 represents one of the broadest...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit these comments to CalRecycle in response to the draft SB 54 – Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility regulations (the “regulations”) published in the...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates the opportunity to submit this memo in opposition to Senate Bill S420 (Liu) that would establish labeling requirements related to the recyclability of plastic packaging and products and require...
The undersigned organizations, representing virtually every sector of the New Mexico economy, are writing to express our serious concerns with the draft approach the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) proposes to take with the implementation...
The associations listed below are pleased to provide written comments and recommendations in response to the information collection proposed by the Department of Commerce’s (Commerce or the Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) addressing...
On behalf of the organizations listed below, we write to express our support for the Circular Action Alliance (CAA) Colorado Amended Program Plan, which was approved by the Advisory Board in Late August. Specifically, we...
The undersigned organizations share and support the goals of Colorado’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Program—to reduce materials sent to landfills, expand recycling access, and increase the circularity of packaging. When thoughtfully designed, EPR can deliver...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is pleased to offer these comments to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP” or “Department”) in response to Appendix A, the Packaging Material Types List, developed by the Department...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, released its 2025 Economic Impact of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry report, prepared by John Dunham & Associates,...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is proud to announce the launch of FPA FlexImpact. This new social impact initiative brings the flexible packaging...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) respectfully submits these comments to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) regarding the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) proposed Plan Amendment 2 to the Oregon Producer Responsibility Program Plan. FPA...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is pleased to offer these comments to CalRecycle in response to the draft SB 54 – Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility regulations (the “regulations”) published in the California...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates this opportunity to submit comments on the EPA’s Proposed Reconsideration and Withdrawal of EPA’s 2009 Endangerment Finding that “Greenhouse Gases (GHG)” endanger public health and the environment. In the...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) appreciates this opportunity to comment on the U.S. Department of Justice Request for Information on State Laws Having Significant Adverse Effects on the National Economy or Significant Adverse Effects on...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is pleased to offer these comments to express our support for the Circular Action Alliance Colorado Amended Program Plan, which was approved by the Advisory Board in late August. We...
On behalf of the organizations listed below, we write to express our support for the Circular Action Alliance Colorado Amended Program Plan, which was approved by the Advisory Board in Late August. Specifically, we support...
On behalf of the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), I am writing to express the urgent need to address the August 2023 Petition for Rulemaking the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) submitted to request a deregulatory streamlining...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce that it has published its 2024 Report to the Members. The report provides an...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce that the 2025–2026 Flexible Packaging Buyer’s Guide is now available. The Buyer's Guide provides...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is pleased to offer these comments to CalRecycle in response to the most recent draft proposed changes to the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (SB 54) draft...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), the leading advocate and voice for the growing U.S. flexible packaging industry, is pleased to announce its strong support for Maryland’s new packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law approved by...
We are pleased to provide comments in response to OMB’s Request for Information, Docket No. OMB-2025-0003-0001, requesting information on regulations that should be repealed, rescinded, or reformed. These comments are exclusively focused in the area...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting this testimony in opposition to NV SB.173, which establishes an intentionally added PFAS definition and prohibits the sale of packaging that meets that definition by 2026, among other...
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is submitting this testimony in opposition to CA SB.682, which directs the Department of Toxic Substances Control to prohibit the sale of food packaging with intentionally added PFAS by 2027,...
On behalf of a broad coalition of producers committed to achieving California’s recycling goals, we are writing in respectful opposition to AB 973. California has long been a national leader in recycling and environmental sustainability....