Minnesota legislature passes packaging EPR bill with 'shared responsibility' model
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A new ‘Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act’, that is in the works, would require all in-state Minnesota packaging to be reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2032.
The rest, Koudelka says--- more than 3 million tons--- ends up in waste treatment facilities or landfills every year.
Extended producer responsibility laws have been adopted in four states–and a bill could make Minnesota the fifth.