E.A. Crunden@eacrunden reports for WasteDive
Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) is supporting an amendment to a bill in Maine (LD 102) that would set minimum post-consumer recycled (PCR) content requirements for plastic beverage containers sold in the state. The amendment NWNA is backing calls for altering targets to begin at 25% by April 2025 and increase to 30% by April 2030. Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) is supporting an amendment to a bill in Maine (LD 102) that would set minimum post-consumer recycled (PCR) content requirements for plastic beverage containers sold in the state. The amendment NWNA is backing calls for altering targets to begin at 25% by April 2025 and increase to 30% by April 2030. Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) is supporting an amendment to a bill in Maine (LD 102) that would set minimum post-consumer recycled (PCR) content requirements for plastic beverage containers sold in the state. The amendment NWNA is backing calls for altering targets to begin at 25% by April 2025 and increase to 30% by April 2030.
The original bill called for these containers to have 15% PCR by 2022, increasing to 25% by 2024. Other notable changes include an exemption for small manufacturers and the removal of language setting requirements for plastic caps.
Recycling equipment company Tomra has endorsed the new language, along with the National Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), Conservation Law Foundation and other environmental groups.
“Recycled content legislation supports plastic recycling markets because it creates more demand than would otherwise be created because of the relatively low-cost of virgin plastic,” said NCRM’s Sustainable Maine Director Sarah Nichols in a statement to Waste Dive.
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