US Senator Tom Udall (NM) and US Representative Alan Lowenthal (CA) introduced the “Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act” on February 11, 2020. It is the first comprehensive bill introduced in Congress to address the plastic pollution crisis. Senator Booker (NJ) is a co-sponsor. The Legislation would phase out unnecessary single-use plastic products, hold corporations accountable for wasteful products, reduce wasteful packaging, and reform our broken waste and recycling collection system.
According to the Congressional members, "the bill will reduce the amount of unnecessary and wasteful plastic that is created and reform the broken waste and recycling collection system that has led to this catastrophe.” The bill awaits review and action in various Congressional Committees.
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