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Environment – Products and Packaging – Labeling, Marketing, and Advertising for Recycling

Sponsor: Delegate LoveCommittee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: Hearing 2/22 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Altering certain plastic resin labeling requirements for rigid plastic containers and plastic bottles to require the 'chasing arrows' symbol; altering the capacity of the plastic bottles to which the plastic resin labeling requirements apply; establishing plastic resin labeling requirements for plastic bags; prohibiting the display of a certain symbol on plastic bags, plastic bottles, and rigid plastic containers if the bags, bottles, and containers do not meet certain requirements; prohibiting certain environmental marketing claims; etc.

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Testimony (32)

MGA witness list
FAV 16FavorableFWA 6Favorable with amendmentsUNF 8UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGreenberg, JoshuaBaltimore CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVWilkinson, nanciCedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice MinistryPosition only
FAVMcGilvray, LaurieClimate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVHunter, CaseylobbyistCommon Cause MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBartlett, OliviaDoTheMostGoodPosition only
FAVPlante, CeciliaMaryland Legislative CoalitionWritten (PDF)
FAVScarr, EmilylobbyistMaryland PIRGOral + Written (PDF)
FAVNicholas, BetsyPotomac Riverkeeper NetworkPosition only
FAVAlbero, JenniferWicomico County Solid WasteOral + Written (PDF)
FAVArndt, DaveIndividualPosition only
FAVDelegate Love, Delegate LovelegislatorIndividualOral
FAVFeighner, LizIndividualPosition only
FAVLove, SaraIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVRanson, EmilylobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSanborn, HeidiIndividualOral
FAVWolf, MartinIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
UNFFelton, DanAMERIPENWritten (PDF)
UNFGeorgianni, BrennanAmerican Cleaning InstituteWritten (PDF)
UNFCosta, GregConsumer Brands AssociationOral
UNFMcLuckie, JohnlobbyistConsumer Healthcare Products AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFPrice, SarahlobbyistMaryland Retailers AssociationOral
UNFFortunato, DaniellePlastics Industry AssociationWritten (PDF)
UNFO'Halloran, MikeIndividualPosition only
UNFValentino, EllenIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAStraughn, KarenConsumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney GeneralWritten (PDF)
FWADillon, CindyMD Sierra ClubOral
FWAHoustle, PeterMaryland Recycling NetworkWritten (PDF)
FWAMiller, ChazMaryland Recycling NetworkOral + Written (PDF)
FWAAinsworth, MarthaMaryland Sierra ClubWritten (PDF)
FWAwilson, shariTrash Free MarylandOral + Written (PDF)
INFORobertson, EllenMaryland Department of General ServicesWritten (PDF)
INFOAbbott, TylerMaryland Department of the EnvironmentWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVHunter, CaseyCommon Cause MarylandRegistered for: League of Women Voters of Maryland
FAVScarr, EmilyMaryland PIRGRegistered for: Maryland PIRG Citizen Lobby
FAVRanson, EmilyRegistered for: Clean Water Action
UNFMcLuckie, JohnConsumer Healthcare Products AssociationRegistered for: Consumer Healthcare Products Association
UNFPrice, SarahMaryland Retailers AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Retailers Alliance; Maryland Retailers Association