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          PS, including EPS;                                    the pact said in a press release. “For these ma-
                                                                terials, key actions and needs for innovation are
          PVC, including polyvinylidene chloride;               identified that will enable circularity if the neces-

                                                                sary steps are taken across the value chain. The
          Stirrers and straws.
                                                                Evaluation List brings additional transparency
          Now non-compostable produce stickers, multi-          for all stakeholders, providing a line of sight to
          material plastic packaging and degradability          ongoing focus areas.”
          additives are slated to be phased out by 2030.
          Oxo-degradable additives, which were on the           The Association of Plastic Recyclers also re-
                                                                cently  announced  that  degradable  additives  in
          original list, are still set for elimination by 2025.
          The new category covers all other degradability       packaging now will put the package into the
                                                                non-recyclable category of its Design Guide for
          additives.
                                                                Plastics  Recyclability.  (APR  owns  Resource  Re-
          The latest additions were approved by signa-          cycling,  which  publishes  Plastics  Recycling  Up-
          tories on April 16. The next evaluation period is     date.)
          2026, and small-format packaging, plastic shop-
          ping bags, produce bags, non-compostable              The U.S. Plastics Pact also has other goals, in-
          plastic beverage pods and multi-material rigid        cluding reducing the use of virgin plastic among
          thermoforms are all under consideration, ac-          signatories by 30% by 2030, recycling 50% of
          cording to the 2024 report.                           plastic  packaging  by  2025 and  averaging  30%
                                                                PCR or biobased material in packaging by 2025.

          “Items on this list don’t have a clear path to circu-  It recently extended the timeline on some of
          larity, but for a variety of reasons such as impact   those goals.
          to carbon footprint of an item or lack of viable                          Source – Plastics Recycling Update
          alternatives for a necessary material, elimination
          may not be the appropriate recommendation,”
































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