WSRA Fall Policy Forum December 5, 2018 Representative Strom Peterson

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WSRA Fall Policy Forum December 5, 2018 Representative Strom Peterson Reusable Bag Bill WSRA Fall Policy Forum December 5, 2018 Representative Strom Peterson

To address single-use plastics: Reusable Bag Bill

Timothy Quinn (May 18, 2010: An Environmental Overview of the Puget Sound Ecosystem

“…a surprising amount of human debris: including more than 20 plastic bags, small towels, surgical gloves, sweat pants, plastic pieces, duct tape, and….” Timothy Quinn (May 18, 2010: An Environmental Overview of the Puget Sound Ecosystem

24 WA Reusable Bag Ordinances Edmonds (2009) Seattle (2011) Bellingham (2011) Mukilteo (2011) Bainbridge Island (2012) Port Townsend (2012) Issaquah (2013) Shoreline (2013) Thurston Co-unincp (2013) Tumwater (2013) Olympia (2013) Lacey (2014) Lake Forest Park (2018) Mercer Island (2014) Kirkland (2015) Ellensburg (2016) San Juan Co-unincp (2016) Tacoma (2016) Friday Harbor (2017) Quil Ceda Village (2017) Port Angeles (2018) La Conner (2018) Kenmore (2018) North Bend (2018) LAST NIGHT! Everett (?) VOTING TONIGHT

Features

No thin plastic carry-home bags www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Plastic-bags-banned-in-Seattle-2412950.php

Goal: Bring your own bag

Continue to allow paper bags with a 10 cents pass-through charge

Exempts bags that address: Newspaper Privacy Produce Dampness/ contamination Dry cleaning

EBT/WIC/TANF exempt

Education/Outreach

Green and Brown-tinted plastic bags banned Compostable bags allowed Must be correctly labeled Must be tinted green or brown

Enforcement: primarily complaint-based Noncompliance is considered a civil class 1 civil infraction under chapter 7.80 RCW

Benefits

Community © Copyright Graham Horn - Creative Commons License.

Commercial compost http://funtobebad.blogspot.com/2018/01/bravo-british-supermarket-goodbye.html

Bale contamination Local haulers and recycling companies would continue current operations and would receive financial support to handle the plastic items. New local jobs in Washington would be created because the program would be incentivized to upgrade equipment and build new facilities here to process and re-manufacture plastics, rather than sending contaminated bales to other countries.

MRF operations Image: video B roll https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161219/lincoln-square/plastic-bag-recycling-blue-cart-waste-management

Wildlife

Stormdrain system http://www.littleelm.org/1265/Stormwater-Management

Thank you