The U.S. plastics industry supported more than one million jobs and over $533 billion in annual shipments in 2025, according to the latest edition of the Plastics Industry Association’s flagship analysis, The Size and Impact Report.

NAPCOR research identifies a practical pathway to reduce the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions intensity of PET beverage bottles by approximately 57% and total annual emissions by about 42% by 2050.

New regulations in Chile, Colombia and, most recently, Brazil are introducing ...