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CAC members promote Plastic Detox screening and warn about state plastics bill amendments
Summary
Members plan a screening of The Plastic Detox and discussed recent state-level changes to a plastics bill (referred to as PREA), noting many amendments, retention of chemical recycling, and removal of independent DEC oversight.
A council member described outreach plans around plastic pollution, including organizing a showing of the film The Plastic Detox with a panel discussion that could include local experts; the screening is intended to inform residents on health and environmental impacts.
The member also summarized legislative developments on a plastics bill called PREA, saying the bill has been substantially amended and that chemical recycling remains in the draft while independent oversight by the Department of Environmental Conservation was removed. "They did make over a 150 changes or amendments to the bill...And the most important 1 was chemical recycling, which is not true recycling," a committee member said, and expressed concern about the bill's prospects this session.
