Plastics Information Sources

Recycling
Container Recycling Institute - 1911 Fort Myers Dr., Arlington, VA 22209-1603 T: 703-276-9800

Government Publications
Annual Survey of Manufactures - Bureau of the Census
Census of Manufactures - Bureau of the Census
Foreign Trade Reports - IM 146 (imports), EM 545 (exports) - Bureau of the Census
Guide to Census Bureau Data Files and Special Tabulations - Bureau of the Census
Guide to Foreign Trade Statistics - Bureau of the Census
Producer Price Indexes - Bureau of Labor Statistics
Standard Industrial Classification Manual - Office of Management and Budget
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. - Department of Commerce
Statistical Services of the U.S. Government - Office Management and Budget
Synthetic Organic Chemicals - International Trade Commission

Newspapers
Chemical Marketing Reporter -2 Rector St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10010-7703 - 212/791-4200
Journal of Commerce - 33 Washington St., 13th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102 - 973/848-7000

Trade Associations & Professional Organizations
American Chemistry Council - 1300 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209 - 703/741-5000
American Chemical Society - 1155 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 - 202/872-4600
American Plastics Council - 1300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 800, Arlington, VA 22209 - 703/253-0700
Canadian Plastics Industry Association - 5925 Airport Rd., Suite 500, Mississauge, Ontario, Canada L4V 1W1 - 905/678-7748
Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Assn. - 1913 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 - 202/872-8110
Color Pigments Manufacturers Assn. - 300 North Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314 - 703/684-4044
Commercial Development and Marketing Assn. - 1850 M St., NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036 - 202/721-4110
Composite Can & Tube Institute - 1630 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 - 703/549-2233
Drug, Chemical & Allied Trades Assn. - 510 Rte. 120, Suite B-1, East Windsor, NJ 08520 - 800/640-3228
Flexible Packaging Assn. - 1090 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005 - 202/842-3880
INDA - P.O. Box 1288, Cary, NC 27512-1288 - 919/233-1210
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. - 1325 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 - 202/737-1770
International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers - 2077 S. Gessner Rd., Ste. 133, Houston, TX 77063 - 713/783-7511
National Paint & Coatings Assn. - 1500 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20005 - 202/462-6272
Polyurethane Manufacturers Assn. - 800 Roosevelt Road, Bldg. C, Suite 20, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-5833 - 630/858-2670
Society of Plastics Engineers - P.O. Box 403, Brookfield, CT 06804 - 203/775-0471
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Assn. - 1850 M St., NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036 - 202/721-4100

Trade Publications
Canadian Plastics - 1450 Don Mills Road, Don Mills, Ontario M3B 2X7 - 416/442-2067
Chemical Engineering - 110 William St., New York, NY 10138 - 212/621-4900
Chemical & Engineering News - 1155 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 - 202/872-4600
Chemical Week - 110 William St., New York, NY 10138 - 212/621-4900
Injection Molding Magazine - 59 Madison Street, #770, Denver, CO 80206 - 303/321-2322
Modern Plastics - 110 William St., New York, NY 10138 - 212/621-4900
Molding Systems - One SME Drive, P.O. Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121 - 313/271-1500
Packaging Digest - 2000 Clearwater Dr., Oak Brook, IL 60523 - 630/320-7429
Plastics Brief - 2727 Holland Sylvania Road #A, Toledo, OH 43615 - 419/535-7899
The Plastics Distributor & Fabricator - One Riverside Rd., Suite 3D, Riverside, IL 60546 - 708/447-0001
Plastics Focus - 2727 Holland Sylvania Road #A, Toledo, OH 43615 - 419/535-7899
Plastics Engineering - P.O. Box 403, Brookfield, CT 06804 - 203/775-0471
Plastics Machining & Fabricating - P.O. Box 1400 - Lincolnshire, IL 60069-1400 - 847/634-4347
Plastics News - 1725 Merriman Road, Akron, OH 44313 - 330/836-9180
Plastics Technology - 770 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003 - 646/654-7755
Plastics Week - 2727 Holland Sylvania Road #A, Toledo, OH 43615 - 419/535-7899

Specific Issues

"Recycling" plasticresource.com
The number of plastics recycling businesses has tripled since 1990, with more than 1,700 businesses handling and reclaiming post-consumer plastics. Through their support of economically and environmentally responsible and sustainable plastics recycling, the plastics industry and organizations such as the American Plastics Council have played a role in that growth. During the period between 1990 and 1998, the plastics industry invested more than $1 billion to support increased recycling within the United Sates. APC continues to work with communities and business to promote plastic recycling opportunities

Recycling of films