National Stewardship Action Council launches ReMade in America Pledge

The National Stewardship Action Council (NSAC) and the Stewardship Action Foundation (SAF), both based in Sacramento, California, have launched the ReMade in America Pledge, a nationwide call for companies, policymakers, organizations and individuals to strengthen U.S. recycling markets and circular supply chains. 

The NSAC says recycling works when trust in a system inspires the public to recycle items and succeeds when companies choose U.S.-made recycled content and invest in remaking what’s collected.

“The people who make recycling possible, our essential workers, deserve a system that honors their hard work and commitment, showing up through pandemics, wind, rain, ice and snow,” NSAC and SAF CEO Heidi Sanborn says. “Communities and consumers are doing their part. Now we must strengthen the U.S. end markets that ensure what we capture and process is remade into new American products.”

Through the ReMade in America Pledge, the NSAC and the SAF invite companies, policymakers, organizations and individuals to join to strengthen what they say is already working—a recycling system that remakes what's captured and processed domestically into new American products that stay in circulation.

“This pledge is about progress through partnership,” says Heath Nettles, NSAC and SAF deputy director. “We encourage everyone including companies, governments, nonprofits and individuals to do their part. Together, we can support U.S. recyclers and manufacturers who are proving that what’s made in America can be remade in America.”

The NSAC and the SAF say the pledge reflects a commitment to advancing a circular economy in the U.S. that turns waste into a valuable resource.

Initial supporters include Republic Services, Circular Polymers, Nebraska Recycling Council, Solution Citizen, Recology, National Recycling Coalition and others. Organizations and individuals interested in the pledge can learn more or sign the pledge through its website.