A public-private partnership researching, designing, implementing, evaluating, and promoting producer responsibility laws and voluntary programs that solve recycling and waste management issues to create a circular economy.
The Container Recycling Institute’s projects at bottlebill.org and container-recycling.org document active and proposed bottle bills in the US and abroad.
The 2017 report from the Northeast Recycling Council catalogs disposal bans and mandatory recycling laws across all 50 states.
Would require manufacturers to make available sufficient service literature and functional parts to owners of the equipment, repair facilities, and service dealers.
Would have required manufacturers to make available parts and repair information to owners and independent repair providers in the same manner as they make these resources available to their authorized repair providers presently.
Repair.org promotes legislative efforts to enshrine the right to repair in state and federal law. They have published a model state right to repair law.
Reauthorizes a Recycling Sales Tax Exemption; reauthorizes the Recycling Market Development Zone Program; and establishes a “Statewide Commission on Recycling Markets and Curbside Recycling.”
Ends the requirement that temporary food facilities at community events provide single-use foodware and makes clear for restaurants that they may serve food and beverages in consumer-provided reusable containers.
Most grocery stores, retail stores with a pharmacy, convenience stores, food marts, and liquor stores will no longer be able to provide single-use plastic carryout bags to their customers.
Would require all single-use plastic packaging and products be reduced or recycled by 75 percent by 2030; require all single-use packaging and products be recyclable or compostable on and after 2030; and more.