Jennie Romer has been ubiquitous in many pivotal moments of modern plastics policy.
From helping to craft San Francisco s landmark plastic bag ban ordinance, to moving to New York City to help pass a similar local policy, to helping introduce the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act s original sponsors, Romer has been a key player throughout. As the founder of PlasticBagLaws.org, she s become an expert on plastics policy fights and participated in the development of numerous other laws over the years. Since joining the Surfrider Foundation in 2019, Romer has continued that work, helping to track more than 1,000 plastic reduction laws around the country.
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April 30, 2021
In Maryland, reducing plastic waste and finding climate solutions have broad support among Marylanders. From plastic foam and bag bans to clean energy and emissions reduction goals, counties, the state legislature and the Hogan administration are making climate and plastic waste priorities. But as Maryland and the country move away from single-use plastic and choses clean energy over burning coal, oil and gas, the plastics industry has started selling a dangerous new idea to protect their profits.
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They call it chemical recycling or advanced recycling but it isn t actually recycling at all.
When we think of recycling, we think of turning would-be waste into new products instead of letting it pile up in our waterways, landfills and incinerators where it pollutes our planet.