California packaging bill
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Hearing for SB 1110 set for July 12 in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. The measure, which would mandate the amount of post-consumer content in rigid plastic packaging, was amended to include phased-in recycling rates for cosmetics and foods. A recycling rate of 20% must be reached by Jan. 1, 2001; 25% by Jan. 1, 2003; and 35% by Jan. 1, 2005. The amendment, which was introduced by Sen. Wesley Chesbro (D-Arcata), passed June 29
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