Issue Position: Reduce Waste & Improve Plastics Recycling
Issue Position
Issues: Environment
Plastic is also one of the most abundant pollutants on the planet. The health of our neighborhoods, highways, and public spaces demands we be vigilant and improve our waste management by more aggressively shifting into recycling and addressing the rampant use of single-use products and wasteful packaging.
As governor, I will work to eliminate plastics from our waste stream and will begin by banning single-use plastics like straws, styrofoam cups and bags by 2021. We will do this by fixing and if necessary building additional support for recycling, especially implementing a successful single-stream recycling protocol across the state. We must also better support our current bottle recycling program.
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