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The proposals include: • Require all plastic packaging to include at least 30 per- cent recycled plastic by 2030 through a national recycled plastics standard; • Create a modern regulatory system that enables rapid scaling of advanced recycling while continuing to grow me- chanical recycling; • Direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to bring together the plas- tics value chain and municipalities to develop a national recycling framework for plastics; • Engage the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study that compares the impacts of raw materials and use its findings to guide future policies; • Establish an American-designed producer responsibili- ty system for packaging to help increase recycling access, collection and outreach for all materials, including plastics. Circular Goals A recent report by the Independent Commodity Intelli- gence Services (ICIS) projects that the United States will need to recycle 13 billion pounds of plastic through both traditional mechanical recycling and advanced recycling to achieve 30 percent recycled plastic in packaging by 2030. Baca noted that advanced recycling allows more volumes and types of plastics to be recycled than can be achieved with current processes. “These technologies and capabilities can help the more than 400 global brands that have committed to using more recycled plastics in their packaging to achieve their cir- cular business goals,” Baca said. “Advanced recycling also will allow recycled plastics to be used broadly in more demanding applications, such as packaging for food, phar- maceutical and medical grade products,which is currently limited.” These advanced technologies will help achieve America’s Plastic Makers’ two ambitious circular economy goals: 100 percent of U.S. plastic packaging is recyclable or recover- able by 2030, and 100 percent is re-used, recycled or recov- ered by 2040. The survey also found 82 percent of Americans are look- ing for solutions that allow plastics to be reused, and 84 per- cent support advanced recycling technologies that convert plastic waste into new plastics and products. The survey showed broad, bipartisan support across par- ties, ideologies and demographics. EPA To Award Food Waste Management Project Grants The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has an- nounced it will fund projects from states, tribes, territories and nonprofit organizations to help reduce food loss and waste and divert food waste from landfills by expanding anaerobic digester (AD) capacity in the United States. The EPA is awarding up to $2 million in total AD fund- ing. Individual projects could be in the range of $50,000 to $200,000 for the funding period of two years.
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