Fashion industry waste is drastically contributing to climate change
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Recycling & compost
Nearly all of America’s trash could be composted and recycled. But we’ve got a lot of work to do to get there.
Most of us put our recyclables out for collection. But it’s going to take more than individual action to deal with our trash problem. Only 24% of our trash actually gets recycled, and only 9% gets composted. We can do better. Together we can share information, resources and push our leaders to build a better recycling and composting system.
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Testimony In Favor of Extended Producer Responsibility (S426) to the Senate Environment Committee
It is no secret that we have a waste problem in New Jersey and the country - in fact, the U.S. throws out enough plastic approximately every 11 hours to fill MetLife Stadium, and that amount is increasing. We share the goal of solving our waste problem and turning back the tide on packaging pollution. Producer responsibility is a critical tool in achieving a zero-waste future. We would like to see a full producer responsibility model be considered in New Jersey, in which producers are responsible for the full cost of the system, everything from product design, to collection, to processing.
Gov. Murphy Signs Recycled Content for Plastics Bill Into Law
Amidst a flurry of bills, Gov. Murphy signed into law legislation to increase the recycled content of plastics and other products gradually to up to 50% recycled content. The bill would require increasing post-consumer recycled content in a variety of packaging products including plastic containers, plastic beverage containers, plastic & paper bags, plastic trash bags & glass containers. On Monday, the New Jersey Assembly voted 48-23-3 and the New Jersey Senate voted 22-15 to approve the Recycled Content bill (S2515/A4676) on the last day of the legislative session
Gov. Murphy signs recycled content bill into law
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law that increases the recycled content of plastics and other products. The bill requires increasing the percentage of post-consumer recycled content gradually to up to 50% in a variety of packaging products, including plastic containers, plastic beverage containers, plastic and paper bags, plastic trash bags and glass containers.
New Jersey Governor signs recycled content bill into law
"New Jersey’s communities, shorelines, and parks are facing a severe plastic pollution crisis. Of course, we can’t recycle our way out of this crisis. We need to use less virgin plastic, and this recycled content bill will set a national standard that will move us toward using more recycled content – and not virgin plastic – for plastic containers."
Bill To Increase Post-Consumer Recycled Content for Plastics Passes! Assembly Votes 48-23-3 & Senate Votes 22-15 on Session’s Last Voting Day
The New Jersey Assembly voted 48-23-3 and the New Jersey Senate voted 22-15 to approve the Recycled Content bill (S2515/A4676) on the final day of the legislative session. The bill would require increasing post-consumer recycled content in a variety of packaging products including plastic containers, plastic beverage containers, plastic & paper bags, plastic trash bags & glass containers. The legislation now goes to Gov. Murphy who will have 7 days to decide the bill’s fate.