Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs into law the state’s Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, House Bill 21-1162, earlier this month. (Courtesy photo)
Colorado and local business owners, marketing directors and restaurant managers will need to rethink their plastic bag and Styrofoam container orders after the passage of a new Colorado law earlier this month that aims to reduce plastic pollution.
The Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, House Bill 21-1162, which was signed into law July 6, represents the second most comprehensive plastic pollution reduction measure in the nation only surpassed by Vermont, said Randy Moorman at Boulder-based Eco-Cycle, one of seven major groups that advocated for the new law for the past three years.
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