This Week:

🗣️ PLASTICS Responds To New Tariffs

📊 Plastics Industry Outlook: Navigating Change and Opportunity

♻️ Recycling is Real—And Happening Every Day

✅ Mark Your Calendar

👉 Welcome New Member

🗣️ PLASTICS Responds To New Tariffs

PLASTICS President & CEO Matt Seaholm, responded to the Trump Administration’s new tariff policy, emphasizing that the U.S. plastics industry is essential to American manufacturing and job growth.

📄Read Matt Seaholm’s full statement here.

📊 Plastics Industry Outlook: Navigating Change and Opportunity

The 2025 plastics industry outlook reflects both growth and sector-specific challenges. Trade and tariffs remain key concerns for manufacturing—the industry’s primary customer—with varied impacts across the value chain. U.S. macroeconomic conditions will also play a critical role amid evolving end-market responses.

⬇️Download the report here.

♻️ Recycling is Real—And Happening Every Day.

Despite what some may say, recycling is happening every day, and the Recycling is Real campaign is making sure people know it.

📽️ New from PLASTICS:
Our latest video spotlights PureCycle’s work in Ironton, OH, where cutting-edge technology turns #5 polypropylene—like yogurt cups and to-go containers—into like-new plastic for new products.

🏭 Since 2023, Recycling is Real has showcased mechanical and advanced recycling facilities across the U.S.—highlighting the people and technology making plastics recycling work. Sites in Atlanta, Kingsport, Madison, North Vernon, Baton Rouge, and beyond prove that recycling isn’t just possible—it’s thriving.

🔑 Why it matters:
Recycling plays a critical role in sustainability and a circular economy. Recycling is Real is helping policymakers and the public see it firsthand.

Recycling is Real featuring Purecycle 

Mark Your Calendar

✅ FLEXFORUM 2025 | April 22–24, 2025 | Orlando, FL. The definitive event where industry professionals gather to reshape the world of polyethylene films, flexible plastics, and single-use packaging. Learn More.

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

🍬 Registration is now open for the 2025 FDCPMC Spring Food Packaging Summit!  Join us June 2–4 in Alexandria, VA to connect with industry leaders and stay ahead on key regulations.

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

🌐 Save the Date - OCS CON 2025, taking place October 15–17, in Indianapolis, IN, is hosted by Operation Clean Sweep®. This event brings together the entire plastics value chain to advance efforts to eliminate plastic loss to the environment. Learn More.

Welcome New PLASTICS Member

Headquartered in Richmond, BC, Canada, Cleanmax Technology is a leading provider of innovative solutions in the field of separation purification, filtration, and recovery. Their team is committed to delivering high quality products and services that promote environmental sustainability.

The company serves a wide range of industries, including petrochemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, food processing, and more. Their team understands the unique challenges and requirements of each sector, and work closely with clients to deliver tailored solutions that align with their specific needs and industry standards.

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