Essential Plastics News Today

You may not recognize the name Richard Berman, but he's famous in the world of industry advocacy. The founder of Arlington, Va.-based communications firm Berman and Co. has been on 60 Minutes and CNN and profiled in USA Today and The New York Times. He's pro-business, anti-regulation, and proud…

A recent bill introduced in the state Legislature would let local governments can place their own bans on single-use plastics to help reduce waste, but as a guest columnist from the Essential Plastics Coalition writes, some plastics are more beneficial and less wasteful than others.