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Industry reacts to federal plastic pollution strat-
egy
he Biden administration released a fed- sound waste management” and cleaning up ex-
eral strategy aimed at reducing plastic isting plastic pollution.
Tpollution, drawing mixed responses from
industry players. The White House also shared a new goal, to
phase out federal procurement of single-use
The strategy, “Mobilizing Federal Action on Plas- plastics in food service operations, events and
tic Pollution: Progress, Principles and Priorities,” packaging by 2027, expanding to cover all fed-
outlines existing and new federal actions that will eral operations by 2035.
“reduce the impact of plastic pollution through-
out the plastic lifecycle,” according to a press re- The Recycled Materials Association praised the
lease. The 80-plus page report was developed strategy, saying the organization “looks forward
by the Interagency Policy Committee on Plastic to working with the Administration as it executes
Pollution and a Circular Economy. this ambitious program.”
Those actions include reducing pollution from “The recycled materials industry supports the
the extraction of fossil fuels and production of Biden-Harris Administration’s pursuit of ways to
plastic, supporting innovation in alternative ma- reduce plastic pollution by supporting the use
terials and processing methods, decreasing of reusable, compostable and highly recyclable
plastic generation, improving “environmentally products rather than disposable single-use plas-
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