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12/5/2024
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Plastic Bottle Waste Commission meets Monday
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STATE HOUSE – The Special Joint Legislative Commission to Study and Provide Recommendations to Protect Our Environment and Natural Resources from Plastic Bottle Waste will meet on Monday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. in the House Lounge of the State House.
The commission will hear testimony from the following individuals:
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J.P. Walsh, URI Graduate School of Oceanography
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Scott Breen, Sr. Vice President of Sustainability, Can Manufactures Institute
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Steve Alexander, CEO/President, Association of Plastic Recyclers
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Scott DeFife, President, Glass Packaging Institute
No public testimony will be taken at the meeting.
The commission is chaired by Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee (D-Dist. 33, South Kingstown, Narragansett) and Sen. Mark P. McKenney (D-Dist. 30, Warwick) and is tasked with creating a comprehensive study on the issues concerning current practices for the recycling of plastic bottles, miniature alcoholic beverage containers, and single-use plastic packaging and identifying pathways to improve the state's ability to address and recycle these materials.
The meeting may be televised by Capitol Television on Cox Communications, channels 15 and 61 for high definition; i3 Broadband (formerly Full Channel) on 15; and Verizon, on channel 34. It will be live streamed at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
For more information, contact:
Andrew Caruolo, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-6124
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