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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 ...
Container types are aluminum, glass, wine boxes with bag or pouches, plastic resins 1–7, bi-metals (exempts refillables). [9] 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.
Massachusetts: The state's bottle bill was effective as of January 17, 1983. [72] The deposit levied is 5¢. [citation needed] Michigan: Implemented in 1978, Michigan's bottle bill charges a 10¢ deposit on plastic, metal, glass, and paper containers less than 1 gallon. [73] New York: New York's bottle bill has been in place since January 12 ...
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 ...
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.
Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [331] City of Fairfax: July 12, 2022 January 1, 2023 Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [332] Fairfax County: September 14, 2021: January 1, 2022: Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [330] City of Falls Church: December 13, 2021 April 1, 2022 Five-cent tax on lightweight plastic bags. [333]
According to the Sierra Club of Massachusetts, as of May, 2023, 162 Massachusetts cities and towns, representing almost 5 million people or 70% of the state's population, regulated single-use ...