This Week:

📣 Maryland Passes Packaging Responsibility Bill

🌐 New EU Plastics Regulation: What You Need to Know
🎯 Packaging Supply Chain Panels You Won’t Want to Miss

👤 FLiP Spotlight: Meet Chris Polito

📅 Mark your Calendar

📣 Maryland Passes Packaging Responsibility Bill

Maryland SB 901 has passed and is moving forward—setting the stage for new requirements for producers of packaging and paper products.

📅 What's Next
Key compliance milestones are slated to begin July 1, 2026.

👥 Who’s Impacted?

If you sell, import, or distribute packaging or paper products in Maryland—this bill affects you.

📄 What to Know (and How We’re Helping)
As a member benefit, we’ve prepared a clear summary outlining who’s affected and what’s ahead.

➡️ Download the summary to review the key details.

🌐  New EU Plastics Regulation: What You Need to Know

🔍 Why it matters:
The European Union just adopted a major update to its plastics regulation—shaping how materials are made, used, and re-processed. If you do business in Europe, you need to understand this.

🎯 What you’ll learn:

• What’s new in the 19th Amendment (EU 2025/351)

• New purity and re-processing standards

• What it means for manufacturers, compliance, and your bottom line

Who should attend:
Manufacturers, regulatory professionals, and anyone navigating the EU plastics landscape. (💥 Free for all PLASTICS members)

👉 Register now to secure your spot.

🎯 Packaging Supply Chain Panels You Won’t Want to Miss

Join us June 2–4 in Alexandria, VA for the 2025 Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Packaging Materials Committee (FDCPMC) Spring Food Packaging Summit—where the packaging value chain comes together to drive progress.

This year’s program features two powerhouse panels under the theme:
Synergy in Supply Chains

🛍️ Brand Owner Trades

Get a unique look at how brand owner and retailer trades are addressing today’s most pressing packaging issues. Learn about their top policy positions, advocacy efforts, and the common concerns they’re hearing from brand and retail members. Discover where collaboration is possible—and how joint solutions can better serve the entire packaging value chain.

🏭 Supplier Trade Associations

Building on the consumer and brand perspectives, this panel highlights the critical work of supply chain partners—from raw material suppliers and converters to packaging manufacturers. Hear how they’re navigating complex challenges like food-contact additives, PFAS, recyclability mandates, and shifting federal and state regulations.

These sessions are built to spark conversation and deliver actionable insights across the packaging value chain.

👉 Don’t miss your chance to save $400!
Register now or by May 1 using the code InsidePLASTICS to claim your savings.

👤 FLiP Spotlight: Meet Chris Polito

Curious. Collaborative. Customer-focused.
Chris Polito is building a career in plastics—with purpose and momentum..

👋 From Lab Work to Lasting Impact
Chris started in R&D at Milliken & Company, developing plastic additives. Today, he works directly with customers—helping converters, compounders, and recyclers solve real-world challenges with the right materials and strategies.

🌱 Growing with FLiP
FLiP gave Chris more than just a network.
It connected him with mentors, expanded his industry insight, and boosted his confidence—all of which helped shape his career direction.

🔧Solving Problems, Driving Progress
Chris finds plastics both dynamic and rewarding. Every day brings new challenges and opportunities to innovate. He enjoys working side by side with customers to create tailored solutions, and values the collaborative spirit of the industry—connecting with professionals across disciplines to shape a more sustainable future.

👉 Read Chris's story in our FLiP Files Blog Series.

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Mark Your Calendar

📅 Registration is open for the 2025 Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES) Annual Meeting! Must be a CES Member to participate. Questions? Contact Madeline Kramer.

🧪 May 6 | Free Webinar for PLASTICS Members – Understanding the 19th Amendment to the Plastics Regulation (EU) 2025/351. Learn what’s changing, how it impacts re-processing and purity standards, and what it means for your business. Register Now

🍬 June 2-4 | Join Us for the 2025 FDCPMC Spring Food Packaging Summit in Alexandria, VA to connect with industry leaders and stay ahead on key food packaging regulations.

📅 Save the Date - National Plastics Conference — the exclusive event built by industry, for industry — is back, September 22–25, 2025, in Orlando, FL.

🌐 OCS CON 2025 | October 15–17 | Indianapolis, IN. Registration open for OCS Blue and OCS Logistics members only. Hosted by Operation Clean Sweep®, this event brings together the plastics value chain to advance efforts to eliminate plastic resin loss to the environment. Early bird registration opens to everyone June 13. Learn More.