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California’s Plastic recyclers form Responsible Recycling Opponents of the bills, including the American For-
Alliance est & Paper Association, the Association of Plastic
Recyclers, and The Recycling Partnership, argues
he Responsible Recycling Alliance (RRA), a coa- that the bills do not offer a more environmentally
lition of plastic recyclers, has been formed to friendly solution due to the offsets of reusable and
Toppose two pending bills in California’s State recycled paper bags. Roxanne Spiekerman from
Legislature, AB 2236 and SB 1053, which aim to ban PreZero US, one of the founding members of the
plastic film grocery bags. Instead of an outright RRA, highlights that canvas and sewn poly-woven or
ban, the RRA advocates for integrating these bags nonwoven polypropylene bags are currently not re-
into the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging cyclable by any existing method in the U.S.
Producer Responsibility Program, which was set up
by SB 54 in 2022. On the other hand, supporters of the bills, such as
California Climate Action, Oceana, and Zero Waste
If the legislation is passed, it would eliminate the op- USA, as well as the Solid Waste Association of North
tion for unwoven plastic bags at grocery stores, ef- America (SWANA) and Republic Services, emphasize
fectively removing the exemption for thicker plastic the importance of reducing plastic production for
film bags from the state’s single-use bag ban. The the sake of environmental and human health. The
ban could take effect in January 2026 and would members of RRA include EFS Plastics (Ontario), Mer-
also specify requirements for reusable and paper lin Plastics (British Columbia), and PreZero US (Cali-
bags to be sold in stores. fornia).

Source: - Recycling Today

Navi Mumbai: NMMC Cracks Down On

Single-Use Plastic, Fines Shops, Seizes

35 Kg of Banned Bags

he Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation and commercial establishments. Between July 1 and
(NMMC) has stepped up its efforts to eradicate July 7, NMMC executed a special campaign involv-
Tthe use of single-use plastic bags by vendors ing unannounced inspections and raids in various

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