( ) -q-30- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “that as unworkable.” New Jersey is seeking to drastically reduce the amount of plastics and other packaging material that’s tossed out once a package is opened. [CutID: <Cuts> NEW-JERSEY-PLASTIC-house-q-THUam.mp3 Time: 30s Title: NEW-JERSEY-PLASTIC-house-q-THUam Out-cue: that as unworkable] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. California, Colorado, Oregon, Maine, and Minnesota […]
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New Jersey targets plastic packaging that fills landfills and pollutes
( ) -q-30- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “that as unworkable.”
New Jersey is seeking to drastically reduce the amount of plastics and other packaging material that’s tossed out once a package is opened.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. California, Colorado, Oregon, Maine, and Minnesota have already passed similar legislation.
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VERBATIM: Lots of packaging that keeps items safe during shipping routinely ends up in landfills or as environmental pollution. Among that packaging is bubble wrap, air-filled plastic pockets and even foam peanuts that easily spill all over the floor once a package is opened. A bill being taken up by the New Jersey legislature would require all such materials used in the state to be compostable or recyclable by 2034. Business groups oppose that as unworkable.