California Passes Sweeping Measure to Reduce Single-Use Plastics

California Passes Sweeping Measure to Reduce Single-Use Plastics
A seagull pecks at a discarded surgical gown in a trash pit at Recology in San Francisco, California, on April 2, 2021. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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California has passed a sweeping measure to significantly reduce single-use plastics and drastically boost plastic recycling rates, setting up the toughest plastics reduction requirements in the nation.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed the measure on Thursday afternoon.

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