Oregon SB 582 (Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act)

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  Plastic Waste Makers Index

  Minderoo Foundation | Minderoo Foundation | 2021, updated 2023

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  US Save Our Seas 2.0 Act

  United States | Law since December 2020

  Federal law (2020) that strengthens marine debris response, funds research and supports international cooperation on ocean plastic.

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  A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans

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  Product Stewardship Institute

  Boston, Massachusetts, USA

  Tracks and helps design extended producer responsibility laws across US states, including packaging.

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