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Links
- Vote Yes on 2 (from MA Sierra Club)
- MassPIRG bottle bill page
- Massachusetts General Court
- Other bottle bill campaigns
Massachusetts
2015 House Docket 2821
Bill Number and Name | House Docket 2821; An Act reducing packaging waste in the commonwealth |
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Primary Sponsor | Representative Paul McMurtry |
Description
Intended to reduce packaging waste throughout Massachusetts. The bill will seek to mitigate packaging waste and the cost of packaging management by requiring producer-funded end-of-life management for packaging material through a Packaging Reduction and Recovery Fee. The program and associated fee, if passed, would be implemented starting January 2017.
Updated
March 18, 2015
