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Committee hears plastic pollution breakdown, recycling limits and reuse pilots; hearing filed
Summary
Officials from Recology, Public Works and the Department of Environment told the GAO Committee that plastic contamination and difficult-to-recycle film plastics create processing and market problems; the committee filed the hearing after public comment urging producer responsibility and consideration of a corporate-focused plastic tax.
Item 4 brought expert presentations and public comment on plastic recycling management and plastic pollution in San Francisco. Jamario Jackson of Recology explained how household sorting affects contamination of recycling streams, noted limits in processing small single-use and film plastics, and described the company's commitment to stop exports of low-grade plastics received after Jan. 1, 2021.
Recology summarized a material characterization (two-week sample…
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