PCPC Working To Ensure State EPR Programs Are ‘Least Onerous As Possible’
Executive Summary
The Personal Care Products Council is engaging on state legislation for extended producer responsibility programs, which impose the cost of recycling plastic materials on manufacturers. Emerging bills to prohibit use of the ‘chasing arrows’ recycling symbol on consumer packaging also have the trade group’s attention.
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