American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance Explained

The American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance (ARPBA), formerly the American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA), is a lobbying group that represents the U.S. plastic bag manufacturing and recycling industry. Founded in 2005, it lobbies against U.S. local and state plastic bag bans and taxes.[1]

The ARPBA is connected to the Society of the Plastics Industry, an industry trade group, while the APBA was connected to the American Chemistry Council.[2]

In January 2020, the organization was renamed the American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance, promoting a pact by its members to use at least 20% recycled plastics in its products.[3]

Activities

The ARPBA has actively lobbied against bag fees and bans in numerous states, including Massachusetts,[4] New Jersey,[5] and Virginia.[6] Prior to the passage of California legislation banning plastic shopping bags, the ARPBA gathered a petition with over 800,000 signatures, spending over $3 million in an unsuccessful attempt to block the ban.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plastic bags have lobbyists. And they're still winning.. 2020-01-13. Politico.
  2. Web site: 2017-07-21 . ACC, SPI Align and Expand Efforts to Defend Plastic Bags and Increase Plastic Film Recycling . https://web.archive.org/web/20170721221531/https://www.americanchemistry.com/Media/PressReleasesTranscripts/ACC-news-releases/ACC-SPI-Align-and-Expand-Efforts-to-Defend-Plastic-Bags-and-Increase-Plastic-Film-Recycling.html . 2017-07-21 . 2023-05-03 . americanchemistry.com.
  3. Web site: American Progressive Bag Alliance becomes American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance. Recycling Today. en. 2020-04-02.
  4. News: Plastic peril? Concerns about single-use shopping bags prompts local, state proposals to ban them. Rick. Foster. The Sun Chronicle. January 27, 2019.
  5. Web site: The biggest war on plastic is in New Jersey and bags, straws may not survive. North Jersey. January 27, 2019.
  6. Web site: Another push for a plastic bag tax in Virginia dies. Katie. O'Connor. virginiamercury.com. January 27, 2019.
  7. News: A plastic bag lobby exists, and it's surprisingly tough . 2021-12-06 . 2015-03-03 . Jeff Guo . . Washington, D.C. . 0190-8286 . 1330888409.

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