Bill > S3944

This bill amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the production and use of certain single-use plastic products and packaging, improve the responsibility of producers in the design, collection, reuse, recycling, and disposal of their consumer products and packaging, and prevent pollution from consumer products and packaging from entering into animal and human food chains and waterways. Key provisions include: - Requiring producers of covered products and beverage containers to participate in a Producer Responsibility Organization that will establish a Product Stewardship Program to collect, recycle, and properly manage these items. Smaller producers and those producing limited quantities are exempt. - Establishing national beverage container deposit and return programs, with standards for redemption centers and requirements for retailers to accept and provide refunds on returned containers. - Setting minimum recycling and composting performance targets for covered products and beverage containers, with escalating goals over time. - Prohibiting the sale of certain single-use plastic products like carryout bags, plastic utensils, and straws, with some exceptions. - Directing the EPA to study and take action on plastic tobacco filters and electronic cigarettes. - Requiring covered products and beverage containers to meet minimum recycled content standards, with increasing percentages over time. - Establishing design requirements and labeling standards to improve recyclability, compostability, and reusability of covered products and containers. - Restricting the export of certain plastic waste materials.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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