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Asselin hired to take lead in defending plastic bags

David Asselin will head SPI effort to promote recycling and oppose plastic bag bans by communities Asselin The ubiquitous plastic bag has found a champion in David Asselin, who recently was tapped by SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association to lead an umbrella group advocating on behalf of the plastic bag industry. Asselin was named executive director of the American Progressive Bag Alliance, which promotes responsible bag recycling while confronting attempts by communities to ban or tax plastic bags. It is the latest step in an association career that started in 1988 when Asselin interned at the Grocery Manufacturers Association under legendary CEO George… Read More