I attended the SYFA Spring Conference back in April for the first time. As you can imagine with all of the negative media regarding plastics and micro fibers, there was a lot to discuss. The first speaker was Alasdair Carmichael from NAPCOR (National Association for PET Container Resources). Alasdair provided some interesting data for the U.S. in regards to recycling. Bottom line - as a country, we have a lot of work to do. In 2017, Americans recycled only 29 % of PET packa