The law requires disposable packaging and plastic disposable food serviceware to be recycled or composted by 2032. Also, by 2032, 65% of plastic packaging and all disposable plastic packaging will be recycled. We will also establish an accountability group that includes industry representatives to implement the new state-supervised recycling program.
"Our children deserve a future free from plastic waste and all its dangerous effects. From the clogging of the sea to the killing of animals, the air we breathe, It pollutes the water you drink and the food you eat, "Newsom, a Democrat, said in a statement. "No."
Stakeholders negotiate the wording on the bill and design a law that will significantly reduce plastic production, enhance recycling and composting, and shift the burden of plastic pollution to industry. I tried.
"When making plastics, greenhouse gases are emitted, but remember that these facilities also emit large amounts of atmospheric toxins and particulate matter," said the former environmental protection. He was the agency's regional manager and now goes beyond plastic and told CNN. "It's really a health threat."
Plastics also exacerbate environmental fraud. As the industry expands, refineries and production facilities tend to set up stores in a community of colors that are mostly left behind. According to the report, more than 90% of the climate pollution from the plastics industry occurs in 18 communities along the Gulf, primarily inhabited by low-income residents and people of color.
"California does not tolerate plastic waste that fills our waterways and makes breathing difficult," Newsom said. "We hold the pollutants accountable and cut plastic at the source."
The new law is a clear victory for the climate, environment and communities surrounding plastic facilities, but plastic. Industry leaders don't support it.
"The Plastics Industry Association is ultimately disappointed that it cannot support today's signed Senate Bill 54," said Matt Seaholm, President and CEO of the Plastics Industry Association. Said in. "The plastics industry continued to focus on the final compromise that we could lag behind and supported a cyclical approach to eliminating plastic waste. Unfortunately, the bill was achieved.
An important measure of the law requires plastic producers to pay the state $ 500 million annually for 10 years from 2027, which is the reduction of plastic pollution in California. Collected in the fund. The fund will then focus on "mitigating the environmental impact of plastics," the law said.
"In this era of extreme polarization, California was able to show that it could pass a strong environmental bill with the help of a bipartisan linking the environmental and business communities." Said. "With this new law, California continues its tradition of global environmental leadership."
