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The state Senate in Massachusetts has passed a wide-ranging bill curtailing the use of plastics, including barring the purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies. The bill, approved ...
The Massachusetts Bottle Bill (Mass. Bills H.2943/S.1588) is a container-deposit legislation dealing with recycling in the United States that originally passed in the U.S. state of Massachusetts in 1982 as the Beverage Container Recovery Law. Implemented in 1983, the law requires containers of carbonated beverages to be returnable with a ...
Chapter 61 is a voluntary current use program designed by the Massachusetts Legislature to tax real property in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at its resources value rather than its highest and best use (development) value. Landowners who enroll their land in the program receive property tax reductions in exchange for a lien on their ...
The recycling rate for beverage containers of all materials in 2011 was 82%. [10] California imposes sales tax on the CRV if the beverage is taxable. The sales tax is not refunded to consumers upon redeeming the empty containers to a recycling center. Some recycling centers have attracted drug activity and crimes.
Massachusetts agencies will end all purchases of single-use plastic bottles, Gov. Maura Healey (D) announced Monday at the Clinton Global Initiative’s Climate Week summit.
Massachusetts buys about 100,000 of the plastic water bottles each year. The order bars all executive offices and agencies in Massachusetts from purchasing any single-use plastic bottles under 21 ...
Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [22] [23] [24] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [25] [26] [27] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable materials, such as aluminium, glass and paper.
Increase statewide bulk plastic recycling. More effectively label non-flushable wipes. The Senate has been in support of the plastic-reduction policy since 2019, according to the release.