Nov. 6, 2025
Americans are the largest per capita generators of plastic waste in the world, and this is only projected to grow over the next two decades. Learn how states can leverage recent policy momentum to curb plastic packaging waste to foster new opportunities, reduce waste management costs and protect the environment.
- Moderator: Abby Francl | policy analyst | NCSL
- Speaker: Kate Bailey, chief policy officer, Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR)
- Speaker: John Hite | senior director of public policy & government affairs | The Recycling Partnership
- Speaker: Isabel Jarrett | senior manager, preventing ocean plastics | Pew Charitable Trust