SACRAMENTO – (INT) – A proposed law could offer the most comprehensive framework in the nation to curb the single-use plastics and packaging waste crisis.

AB 1080 requires that manufacturers transition their products from wasteful, harmful single-use packaging and the top ten most littered single-use plastic items to reusable, compostable, and/or recyclable models.

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) says it creates timelines to make changes, requiring an overall waste reduction of such items by 75 percent by the year 2030.

Story Date: September 8, 2019