3.0.0 3944 2023-01-11T13:46:15Z 2023-01-11T13:46:15Z Senate S 2020-06-11 116 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-11T17:23:35Z Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020 116 5845 HR 2020-02-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Related bill CRS Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020 116 3263 S 2020-02-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2020-06-11 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2020-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N Environmental Protection Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advanced technology and technological innovations Advisory bodies Air quality Alcoholic beverages Alternative and renewable resources Aquatic ecology Business records Child health Civil actions and liability Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Ecology Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental health Environmental regulatory procedures Food industry and services Food supply, safety, and labeling Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Indian lands and resources rights Industrial facilities Inflation and prices Intergovernmental relations International organizations and cooperation Licensing and registrations Manufacturing Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Marketing and advertising Materials Navigation, waterways, harbors Oil and gas Performance measurement Pollution liability Public-private cooperation Racial and ethnic relations Retail and wholesale trades Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Solid waste and recycling State and local government operations State and local taxation Tax-exempt organizations Trade restrictions User charges and fees Water quality Water use and supply Worker safety and health Environmental Protection 00 2020-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-16T13:54:23Z Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020

This bill sets forth requirements related to waste and recycling collection systems for a variety of products and materials, including plastics.

The bill makes certain producers of products (e.g., packaging, paper, single-use products, beverage containers, or food service products) fiscally responsible for collecting, managing, and recycling or composting the products after consumer use. In addition, the bill establishes (1) minimum percentages of products that must be reused, recycled, or composted; and (2) an increasing percentage of recycled content that must be contained in beverage containers.

Beginning on January 1, 2022, the bill phases out a variety of single-use products, such as plastic utensils. The bill also sets forth provisions to encourage the reduction of single-use products, including by establishing programs to refund consumers for returning beverage containers.

The bill creates a temporary moratorium on new or expanded permits for facilities that manufacture plastics until regulations are updated to address pollution from the facilities.

The Environmental Protection Agency must publish guidelines for a national standardized labeling system for recycling and composting receptacles. Producers must include labels on their products that are easy to read and indicate whether the products are recyclable, compostable, or reusable.

Finally, the bill establishes limitations on the export of plastic waste to other countries.

]]> Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020 Display Title Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the production and use of certain single-use plastic products and packaging, to improve the responsibility of producers in the design, collection, reuse, recycling, and disposal of their consumer products and packaging, to prevent pollution from consumer products and packaging from entering into animal and human food chains and waterways, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3944is/xml/BILLS-116s3944is.xml 2020-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.