Progressive Bag Alliance
The American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA), founded in 2005, is a group of American plastic bag manufacturers and related companies who lobby against plastic bag bans or fees.[1] The organization is currently part of SPI, the plastics industry trade association. From 2007-2011, it was known as the Progressive Bag Affiliates (PBA) when it part of the American Chemistry Council.[2]
Activities
In California, APBA spent 3 million dollars in 2014 organizing a petition against the statewide ban on plastic bags in grocery stores passed by the state legislature. The petition collected 800,000 signatures, halting the ban until 2016 when the law will be put to referendum.[3]
Member companies
- Advance Polybag, Inc. - bag manufacturer
- The Dow Chemical Company - resin maker
- ExxonMobil Corporation - HDPE resin maker
- Hilex Poly Co., LLC. - bag manufacturer, co-founder[4]
- Inteplast - bag manufacturer[5]
- NOVA Chemicals, Inc. - polyethylene manufacturer
- Superbag Corporation - bag manufacturer
- Total Petrochemicals USA - polyethylene manufacture
- Unistar Plastics, LLC - bag manufacturer
References
- ↑ Guo, Jeff. "A plastic bag lobby exists, and it’s surprisingly tough". washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ↑ "ACC, SPI Align and Expand Efforts to Defend Plastic Bags and Increase Plastic Film Recycling". American Chemistry Council, Inc. December 15, 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ↑ Matier & Ross. "Plastic bag industry profits as it faces tough battle over ban". sfchronicle.com. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ↑ "Making Old Bags New Again". Plastics Technology. September 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ↑ "About Progressive Bag Alliance". Progressive Bag Alliance. Archived from the original on August 11, 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
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