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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 ...
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 United States' overall beverage container recycling rate is approximately 33%, while states with container deposit laws have a 70% average rate of beverage container recycling. Michigan's recycling rate of 97% from 1990 to 2008 was the highest in the nation, as is its $0.10 deposit. [ 2 ]
That being said, the recycling rate for PET bottles and jars was 29.9 percent (890,000 tons) and the recycling of HDPE water and milk jugs was 30.3 percent (230,000 tons). [5] From 1960 to 2015, this graph represents the total number of tons of plastic containers generated, recycled, composted, combusted with energy recovery and landfilled [5]
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. “Plastic production ...
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.
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]
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.