Congress Unveils Plastic Pollution Act of 2020 - U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) Soundbite

Soundbite by U.S. Representative Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee).

Senator Tom Udall (D-New Mexico), Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-California), and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) host a press event to unveil their landmark Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020.

The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act advances comprehensive solutions to reduce single-use plastic and packaging from all material types, builds a national recycling/composting/reusable infrastructure and saves local and municipal governments billions of dollars per year. The bill will shift the burden of managing product and packaging waste from local and municipal governments to the producers of single-use products and packaging.