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EPR Commission Backs Further Study of Plastics and Packaging, Urges Appropriation for Needs Assessment
Summary
After extended debate over whether to include printed paper, the commission approved a packaging and printed-paper recommendation and directed DEP/SWAC to pursue a needs assessment contingent on appropriation, with a suggested completion 'within two years of such appropriation.' Several commissioners stressed funding and timeline clarity; two agency seats abstained from the final vote.
The Massachusetts Extended Producer Responsibility Commission voted Dec. 9 to approve a revised recommendation on EPR for plastics and other packaging and to direct further study — contingent on sufficient funding — to determine the program’s scope and impacts.
Commissioners debated whether the statutory phrase "plastics and other packaging" should explicitly include printed paper (magazines, newspapers, cardboard and other paper packaging). Several commissioners argued that 'packaging and printed paper' is the industry-standard phrasing and that printed paper…
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