USA | CHEMICAL RECYCLING
We expect additional proposals this session. Predominately designed to enhance interna- tional collaboration to address plastic waste, the Save Our Seas Act 2.0 passed in December with bipartisan support – including the support of plastic makers. The Act includes multiple provisions to increase plastics recycling, such as support for the domestic recycling infrastructure and innovative ways to repurpose used plastics that can help grow the circular economy.
Department of Energy: In 2019, the US Depart- ment of Energy (DOE) established the Plastics Innovation Challenge to “create a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations that will dramati- cally reduce plastic waste in oceans and landfills and position the US as a global leader in advanced plastics recycling technologies…”. To strengthen these efforts, in February 2020 the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and DOE announced a Memorandum of Understanding, a framework for collaboration on the development of innovative plastics recycling technologies. ACC and DOE will collaborate on improving collection and sortation of used plastics, conversion technologies
that can add value, measuring the environmental benefits of recycling and designing for recycling. DOE followed up in January 2021 with the
release of the Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap that “identifies key research needs and opportunities for DOE-sponsored research and development… and opportunities across thermal, chemical, biological, and physical recycling and upcycling methods, as well as material design strategies for recyclability”.
Environmental Protection Agency: In October 2020, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft National Recycling Strategy with a goal of achieving a 50% recycling rate for all materials by 2030 (the 2018 recycling rate was 32%). The strategy followed on the heels of EPA’s 2019 National Framework; both focused on reducing contamination in materials collected for recycling, improving processing efficiencies and increasing markets for recycled materials. Unfortunately, neither the framework nor the
strategy stresses the need for advanced recycling to meet recycling goals. While ACC commended EPA’s vision for recycling, we have urged the
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