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Committee advances producer‑responsibility and needs‑assessment bills amid sharp industry‑environment split
Summary
The committee released S-3398 (producer responsibility substitute) and S-3815 (needs-assessment) after lengthy testimony: environmental advocates urged EPR to reduce plastic pollution and fund local recycling, while packaging and manufacturing representatives reported definitional, feasibility and cost concerns with the current draft.
On Feb. 10 the Senate Energy and Environment Committee released a substitute to S-3398, a producer responsibility bill addressing packaging, and also released S-3815, a needs-assessment bill intended to inform Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy.
Environmental witnesses, including Judah Fink (Beyond Plastics) and Doug O’Malley (Environment New Jersey), urged the committee…
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