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Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2023

H.R. 6053 Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA-2) In committee
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  1. Introduced Oct 25
  2. Committee Oct 25
  3. Passed House Next
  4. Passed Senate Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, Oct 25, 2023Next: House vote
1014d ago Jan 18, 2024: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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Summary

This bill amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce single-use plastic production and use, improve producer responsibility for product design and disposal, and prevent plastic pollution from entering food chains and waterways. It establishes extended producer responsibility for beverage containers and packaging, protects communities from plastics, and aims to keep plastic pellets out of waters.

Title I, Extended Responsibility for Beverage Containers and Packaging: This title adds a new subtitle to the Solid Waste Disposal Act creating an extended responsibility program for beverage containers and packaging. It defines terms like 'beverage', 'beverage container', 'compostable', and 'covered product', and establishes an advisory committee.

Title II, Protecting Communities from Plastics: This title finds that plastics production harms the climate and environmental justice. It defines 'single-use plastic' and sets environmental justice protections for facilities that produce or process plastics. It requires a nationwide study on microplastics in food, a pilot program to remove microplastics from the environment, and directs the Department of Agriculture to reduce single-use plastics in agriculture through grants and conservation practices.

Title III, Plastic Pellet-Free Waters: This title requires the EPA Administrator to issue a final rule within 60 days prohibiting the discharge of plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials from certain facilities and point sources into wastewater and runoff, and to reflect these prohibitions in permits and performance standards.

Summary of the bill text as introduced in House (Oct 25, 2023), generated by SecBot from the official bill text; the Library of Congress summary is not yet published.

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