According to a recent San Francisco Chronicle article, recycling in California is coming under attack by legislators who are debating AB1998, a bill that would dismantle the statewide plastic bag recycling infrastructure established just 4 years ago. The article argues that threatened by tough economic times, public confusion, uncertain markets for materials, this attack on recycling of all kinds of plastics, including trade show bags originates from shifting public policy on the issue.
The law currently in effect that legislators are trying to undo requires large grocers to offer recycling bins for single-use plastic bags. These bins can accept so much more than recyclable plastic bags: plastic dry cleaning bags, plastic bags used to deliver The Chronicle and countless other newspapers, as well as plastic wraps from bread, paper towels, cases of soda and other products. The list goes on and on.
As is, this is a remarkably simple and efficient recycling program. For instance, a Californian simply collects these bags and wraps, gathers them in a bag under the kitchen sink or in the garage and then drops them in a collection bin on the next shopping trip. California recyclers and other companies then turn these products into long-lasting decking products, city park benches and recycled plastic bags and wraps.
The law is working. While the EPA estimates about 13 percent of plastic bags are recycled, the amount is rapidly growing. More than 832 million pounds of bags and wraps were recycled in 2008, a 28 percent increase since 2005. Plastic bag recycling in Los Angeles County grew 62 percent from 2007 to 2009. This program is cost-effective, ecologically helpful and solutions oriented. The article asks, why would California pass a law encouraging normal and custom plastic bags recycling and then dismantle the program when it shows success? Recycling can conserve our planet’s resources, and is more than an exercise in free market capitalism – it’s a public good. A law that requires stores to offer recycling bins has far-reaching benefits for the store, consumer, and the environment in contributing to conserve our planet’s resources, something that is of paramount importance for generations to come.
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