A top legislative priority for the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) continues to be an unwavering commitment to advocate for a national strategy to improve, advance, and increase plastics recycling in the U.S. From the time the Biden Administration and the 117th Congress were first sworn in earlier this year, FPA has worked with our industry partners on efforts to advance a comprehensive strategic framework to implement legislation and regulations that will create a more circular economy for flexible packaging and all plastics.
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Climate Change / Sustainability / Environmental Justice
Second Half of Calendar Year Will Be Busy
July/Aug 2021
Calendar year 2021 is halfway over, and the Biden Administration is now more firmly in place.
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Washington Shifts to “New Normal” Schedule
Former Recycling Priorities Back On Track
May/June 2021
At this time a year ago, advocacy efforts in Washington were just starting to adjust to the realities of a pandemic-dictated virtual work environment and a mostly reactive emergency-based legislative agenda.
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FPA Plots Course With Biden Administration
Economic Recovery and Sustainability Top List
March/April 2021
Now that the Biden/Harris Administration is in place and the 117th Congress officially underway, the Flexible Packaging Association is working to support several important legislative priorities. Alison Keane, FPA President and CEO, reached out to the new administration early in the transition to communicate the association’s desire to work with the Biden team on legislative […]
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Welcome to the 117th Congress
Fresh Start Might Mean More Productive Year in 2021
Jan/Feb 2021
2020 felt like both the longest and the shortest of years. In many respects, it seemed to be never-ending—particularly when it came to the endless election cycle and continuous online meetings. At the same time, given the chaotic nature of adapting to pandemic life and the pressure to complete legislation to address the pandemic response, […]
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Advocacy in a Time of Unknowns
Planning will be difficult
Nov/Dec 2020
November is the month of the great unknowns. Questions abound, including how will the elections turn out? Who will be the president come January? Will the Senate flip to the Democrats’ control? Where will we be in fighting the pandemic and will some type of normalcy return, or will we be in the grip of new COVID-19 breakouts and […]
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With Summer Over, Advocacy Work Shifts
Sept/Oct 2020
In Washington, Labor Day is seen as the official end to summer, when Congress returns to the Capitol from its August recess and jumps into a busy legislative session as the end of the federal fiscal year approaches. After months of unceasing extraordinary situations—states reopening, police protests/riots, new COVID outbreaks, party conventions, market swings, trade […]
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