Maryland SB 901 (Packaging and Paper Products Producer Responsibility)

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• Law or Bill

  Global Plastics Treaty (UN negotiations)

  International | Negotiations resuming; next formal session expected March 2027

  A legally binding treaty on plastic pollution across its full life cycle, under negotiation since 2022.

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• Law or Bill

  Texas: no statewide bag law

  Texas, USA | Local bag bans preempted since 2018

  Context for our Dallas network: in 2018 the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Laredo’s bag ban was preempted by state law, which ended local bag bans across Texas.

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  Maine LD 1541 (Stewardship Program for Packaging)

  Maine, USA | In implementation; stewardship organization still being selected

  First US packaging EPR law (2021), reimbursing municipalities for recycling costs.

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• Law or Bill

  US Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015

  United States | Law since December 2015

  Federal ban on plastic microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics, prompted by research that included 5 Gyres’ Great Lakes sampling.

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