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Committee reviews bill to expand recycled‑content requirements for plastics
Summary
Staff briefed members on substitute HB 22‑71, which would add new product categories to Washington's post‑consumer recycled content (PCRC) requirements, require third‑party certification beginning in 2030, and raise penalties for noncompliance; supporters said it drives demand for recycled plastics while some manufacturers and trade groups urged coordination with recently enacted EPR implementation.
Committee staff summarized substitute House Bill 22‑71 as an expansion of Washington's post‑consumer recycled content (PCRC) law. The substitute would add new categories of rigid plastic packaging and film products, require registration and reporting, and, beginning in 2030, mandate third‑party certification of PCRC content. It would also increase…
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