OLYMPIA – More the 1,400 people signed in to support legislation aimed at modernizing Washington state’s recycling system on Tuesday during a hearing before the Senate Environment, Energy and Technology Committee. Senate Bill 5154, sponsored by Sen. Christine Rolfes (D-Bainbridge Island), would establish a program to increase Washington recycling rates and incentivize companies to reduce packaging and switch remaining packaging to reusable, compostable, or recyclable alternatives. Known as the WRAP Act (Washington Recycling and Packaging Act), the legislation would:
- Require producers of consumer packaging and paper products to join or register with the Department of Ecology as a producer responsibility organization to increase the recycling and reuse rates of these products;
- establish minimum postconsumer recycled content requirements for thermoform plastic containers, ...Read More