Californians
have earned the right for a better solution.
As written, AB 2236 and SB 1053 are anti-environmental bills.
Sadly, they will fill – not empty – landfills across California. The canvas and sewn poly-woven or non-woven polypropylene bags are not recyclable by any known method in the U.S., contain zero post-consumer content, and are typically imported from overseas.
We believe Californian’s can learn from past mistakes.
These bills take the wrong approach to driving toward our shared goal of great product circularity in an environmentally responsible manner and is decidedly negative for the environment as well as for the state’s recycling facilities and bag manufacturers and their respective Californian employees.
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The better approach that will accomplish the environmental protection goals we all share:
1.
Amend these current bills so that the 40% post-consumer resin (PCR) reusable plastic film grocery bags are integrated into the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), SB 54, legislation passed in 2022.
2.
Adding reusable plastic film grocery bags to SB 54 is the surest path to achieve the right long-term solution for recycling in California.
Doing so will:
Limit unnecessary increases in carbon emissions, water usage, and landfilling of discarded paper bags, canvas poly-woven bags, and non-woven bags.
Provide an easy-to-use way for Californians to collect the plastics they encounter every day—from dry cleaning bags to bread wrappers to so many others that are not included in curbside recycling—for eventual deposit in large collection bins providing the necessary volume to support plastic film recycling.
