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Partnerships, Policy and Engagement AS A LEADER in the circular economy in the packaging industry, Novolex recognizes there is an opportunity to improve and expand access to recycling and composting facilities. In addition to focused innovation and design, supporting end-of-life solutions for products requires a coordinated effort that includes industry associations and policymakers. Novolex is active both
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Composting & CMA
inside and outside the packaging and foodservice product industry to influence productive change. We prioritize partnerships among a variety of stakeholders, including civic and community leaders,
Commercial composting is a vital infrastructure
We work with the CMA to expand testing and
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others to give solutions a voice and lend our technical
resource for several of our brands that source
testing sites. We also recognize that “certified
experience as a manufacturer and recycler.
or make compostable products. Commercial
compostable” in a lab does not always translate
composting experienced modest, yet continued
to what compost manufacturers are seeing break
growth in 2021. At Novolex, we have a growing
down. Recognizing the need to ensure that the
portfolio of compostable products and seek to
compost manufacturers we work with can see
address composter challenges head on by working
adequate degradation from our products, we work
with key industry groups like the US Composting
with CMA to field test our products for degradation
Council, the Biodegradable Products Institute,
in actual compost piles and in various types of
the Compost Manufacturing Alliance, among others,
composting facilities. We are proud of the progress
to better understand these challenges and find
we’ve made working with CMA, and we look
creative and collaborative solutions.
forward to receiving CMA’s approval on additional
Our communities need sustainable funding, infrastructure development and coordinated policy to support large-scale, economically viable recycling and composting solutions. This is the reason we support well-crafted extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs. To measure Novolex progress, in 2021 we established baseline data for products that meet industry and government definitions for “recyclable,” “compostable” and “reusable.”
product types in the near future.
Novolex continues to advocate for recycling and composting infrastructure development, including well-crafted Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) initiatives that will further build the circular economy around the world.
PHIL ROZENSKI ,
Vice President Public Affairs
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