{"id":6463,"date":"2023-04-03T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acmanet.org\/2023\/04\/top-news-from-acma-insider-april-6-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-04-03T15:52:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:52:25","slug":"top-news-from-acma-insider-april-6-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acmanet.org\/top-news-from-acma-insider-april-6-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Top News from ACMA &#8211; Insider &#8211; April 6, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">West Virginia University Professor Hota GangaRao urged the Senate to encourage the adoption of composites in infrastructure, rail, and other applications in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epw.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/hearings?ID=8E2A8148-F4DB-477C-A9FD-5C7BA9C7351F\">Senate subcommittee hearing<\/a> on March 30, 2023.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The hearing, part of the Environment and Public Works Committee examination of the role of plastics in the economy, saw bipartisan consensus that composite products play a crucial role in infrastructure and other applications and differentiated the composites industry from single-use plastics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Committee Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) praised the role that West Virginia University has played in deploying composites-based infrastructure projects throughout the state, and subcommittee Chairman Jeff Merkley noted he supported the important role that composites play in providing durability and extending the life of infrastructure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe urge Congress to direct R&amp;D agencies to focus on developing and implementing multi-functional commodity materials that are durable, recyclable, and biodegradable,\u201d he said in testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The hearing focused on the environmental impacts of polymers. 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