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Rep. Don O’Brien introduces short-form bill to require compostable produce PLU stickers
Summary
Representative Don O’Brien introduced short-form bill H478 to require price lookup (PLU) stickers on produce be compostable; committee members discussed technical limits, retailer pushback, and whether stickers are always necessary.
Representative Don O’Brien, Benton Ridge, House Agriculture Committee, introduced a short-form bill, H478, to require price-lookup (PLU) stickers on produce to be compostable.
O’Brien told the committee he filed the measure partly out of frustration with noncompostable sticker material and adhesives, saying, “I am introducing the short form bill h 4 78. It's an acroleating to requiring price lookup stickers on produce be compostable.” He described PLU stickers as “essentially a forever plastic stuck to our produce” and urged the committee to explore compostable alternatives used elsewhere.
Why it matters: Vermont and some other jurisdictions require separation or composting of food scraps; noncompostable stickers can contaminate those streams…
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