The article discusses how a California congressional representative is trying to push for a $500 million program to improve waste management and recycling programs. He is suggesting that California implements a 1-cent fee on plastic packaging to fund waste and recycling programs. This is in the midst of a recycling crisis where China has decided to stop accepting most U.S. waste. Our state doesn’t have good enough recycling facilities to efficiently and effectively recycle plastics and this bill would resolve that issue. This would also mitigate the issue of recycling costing double or triple the cost of traditional waste landfilling.
This article brought up some really important topics most of which are occurring here in California. It was surprising to find out that recycling costs 2 to 3 times as much as traditional landfilling and it makes sense now why companies don’t want to recycle. This bill would significantly improve recycling programs and would be very beneficial for our environment. It was also interesting to find out that we ship so much plastic to China for them to deal with rather than ourselves. This is a serious issue and I am glad that someone in congress is stepping up to try to do something.
I think this bill is definitely a step forward for California. Even though recycling costs more, I think that the cost is worth helping the environment.
I think that waste management needs to be thought of on a more global scale. Sure, shipping our waste to China solves our problem, but it does not solve the global issue. What do you think needs to be done to get more people in congress to push for bills like this?
I like to what you wrote. however, i was kinda confused when you said that he made a step up. i would like to know the name of the representatives to give it more creditably to the article. over all i really like the article because i think is that this is a first step up for a big change in plastic.
The California representative who is trying to push the bill is Tony Cárdenas.