Iowa and Tennessee Become Fourth and Fifth States to Pass Legislation to Help Recover More Plastics

WASHINGTON (April 9, 2019) – This week the Iowa House and Senate passed SF 534 and the Tennessee House and Senate passed SB 923. The American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division welcomed the legislation and issued the following statement, which may be attributed to Craig Cookson, senior director of recycling and recovery: “In passing SF 534 and SB 923, Iowa and Tennessee become the most recent states to create a welcoming environment for businesses to convert more post-use, plastics into valuable raw materials, thereby keeping more of our plastic resources out of landfills. Iowa and Tennessee join Florida, Wisconsin, and Georgia in passing such legislation, reinforcing states’ growing recognition of the economic and environmental benefits of reusing our plastic resources.