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Melissa Hockstad, President & CEO of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), has been elected to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Board of Directors. “I am honored to join the NAM Board and help advance the voice of the cleaning product supply chain, which provided essential products and chemistries during the pandemic and continues to be a strong contributor to public health and well-being,” said Hockstad. Founded in 1895, the NAM, guided by its Board…
Officers Re-Elected: IFF’s Wayne Ashton as Chair, Clorox’s Eric Reynolds as Vice Chair Arxada’s Rick Strittmatter Elected as New Director Member companies of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) elected a group of top executives to a two-year term to serve on the association’s Board of Directors, while the Board re-elected its slate of officers to a one-year term during the 2022 ACI Convention in Orlando. The newest member of the Board is Rick…
Procter & Gamble’s Sundar Raman Becomes Chair, Stepan’s Scott Behrens New Vice Chair New Directors Include Clorox’s Eric Reynolds, Shell Chemicals’ Sean Clarry, Colgate-Palmolive’s Raj Kohli Washington, D.C. – February 4, 2019 – The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Board of Directors elected Sundar Raman of Procter & Gamble as its new Chair and Scott Behrens of Stepan Company as the new Vice Chair at its first meeting of…
Today, the House Committee on Energy & Commerce held a hearing on “No Time to Waste: Solutions for America’s Broken Recycling System”. In conjunction with the hearing, the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) offered its perspective as Congress examines ways to improve America’s recycling capabilities. “ACI recognizes the need to mitigate the impacts associated with the creation, use, and disposal of our product packaging,” wrote Nathan…
Data collection, consumer education, reducing single use plastics and increasing the availability of post-consumer recycled plastics are essential steps in curbing plastic pollution. EPA should consider the time it takes to transition packaging formats, as well as possible hindrances other EPA regulations could impose on new, more sustainable product formats. On July 28, the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA…
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Board of Directors elected three new members to its ranks at its virtual 2021 Mid-Year Meeting.  The new Directors include: Zoë Baldwin, General Manager – Base Chemicals Americas, Shell Chemical LP  Diego Ruiz, Vice President – Global Government Relations, SC Johnson  Joseph Schwalbach, Vice President – Downstream Derivatives, Indorama Ventures Integrated Oxides and Derivatives The executives were elected…
Federal Level Focus Includes Supply Chain Issues, Support for EPA Funding “State of the Association” Highlighted at ACI’s 2022 Mid-Year Meeting The cleaning product supply chain will face increased state-level legislative and regulatory activities in the second half of 2022, potentially affecting chemical ingredient, packaging and cleaning product use and disposal issues, according to Melissa Hockstad, President and CEO of the American Cleaning Institute.…
Influent Storm Tanks Primary Settlement (all influent samples taken from central feed) Sludge Treatment Secondary Oxidation Final Settlement (Humus) Tanks UV Irradiation Effluent samples at designated sampling point Post 1° samples Post 2° samples Sludge samples Using stable isotopes of carbon (13C) and hydrogen (2H) to determine the contribution and fate of detergent fatty alcohols in the environment S.M. Mudge – Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, UNITED KINGDOM P.C. DeLeo…
On August 5, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will virtually hold its annual Environmental Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM). The EMPM is a public forum for EPA, pesticide registrants, and other stakeholders to discuss issues related to modeling pesticide fate, transport and exposure for pesticide risk assessments in a regulatory context. This meeting offers a forum for presentations on the Drinking Water Assessment Improvements…
In a LinkedIn post,  ACI President & CEO Melissa Hockstad writes that conversations within the association and with ACI’s member companies will be the catalyst for ongoing, long-term and meaningful actions on justice, equality and an end to racism.