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ILLINOIS

Senate Bill 1597 Compostable Bags in Retail Establishments Act:聽Creates the Compostable Bags in Retail Establishments Act. Provides that no retail establishment in the State shall use or provide polyethylene or other non-compostable plastic film bags tinted green or brown for customers to bag products in stores, as carry out bags, or for home delivery. Provides that any film bags meeting the definition of compostable that retail establishments provide to customers for food or other products, such as vegetables bagged in stores prior to checkout, must be tinted green or brown and shall be clearly labeled “COMPOSTABLE”, including language following the Federal Trade Commission’s “Green Guides”. Provides that no film bag that retail establishments provide to customers to bag products in stores, as carry out bags, or for home delivery may be labeled with the term “biodegradable”, “degradable”, “decomposable”, or any similar terms, or in any way imply that the product will break down, fragment, biodegrade, or decompose in a landfill or other environment. Defines “carry out bag”, “compostable”, and “retail establishment”. Effective January 1, 2018.

Referred in August to Assignments Committee

HB2933: Amends the Department of Public Health Act and the School Code. Provides that school districts may serve students produce grown and harvested by students in school-owned or community gardens if the produce meets requirements adopted by rule by the Department of Public Health. Requires the requirements to include, but not be limited to, testing soil and water used in the growing of the produce for contaminants. Makes similar changes to the Article concerning the Chicago school district.
Passed September 15, 2017.

MASSACHUSETTS

HB 2944:聽For legislation to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to establish a solid waste council and to institute programs to reduce solid waste. Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.
Hearing held 10/24 in聽Joint Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee

NEW YORK

Assembly Bill 8611/NY State Food ServiceWare:聽Enacts the “food service waste reduction act”; provides for a prohibition on the use of certain disposable food service ware; provides definitions and sanctions.
Referred in September to the Environmental Conservation Committee.

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