2021-08-25 EMC agenda item 5-b(1) - HB1316_TESTIMONY_EEP_02-09-21_

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February 8, 2021 Scott Cassel Chief Executive Officer/Founder Representative Nicole E. Lowen, Chair Representative Lisa Marten, Vice Chair Board of Directors Hawaii House of Representatives Tom Metzner President Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection CT Dept. of Energy and State Capitol Environmental Protection 415 South Beretania Street Scott Klag Vice President Honolulu, HI 96813 Metro, OR Jennifer Semrau Treasurer WI Dept. of Natural Resources RE: Support for HB 1316, An act relating to packaging waste Mallory Anderson Hennepin County, MN Dear Chair Lowen, Vice Chair Marten, and Members of the Committee: Elena Bertocci ME Dept. of Environmental Protection Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony in support of HB 1316, Abby Boudouris which will create a packaging stewardship program for Hawaii with sustainable OR Dept. of Environmental Quality funding from producers. Jennifer Heaton-Jones Housatonic Resources Recovery HB 1316 will create a producer responsibility program for packaging throughout Authority, CT Hawaii. The bill contains many of the standard elements of successful programs, Jennifer Holliday including producer responsibility organizations (PROs), a stewardship Chittenden Solid Waste District, VT plan, PRO fees that incentivize environmental performance, annual reporting, Kate Kitchener performance targets, and accommodations for small producers. The bill assigns NY City Dept. of Sanitation full responsibility for the program to producers while allowing counties the Cathy Jamieson flexibility to collect materials if they choose. The bill also covers the cost of state VT Dept. of Environmental oversight and enforcement of the program. Conservation Andrew Radin Based on two decades of rigorous research and practice, the Product Onondaga County Resource Stewardship Institute (PSI) believes that HB 1316 is critical to save Hawaii Recovery Agency, NY residents millions of dollars in waste recycling and disposal costs while Joe Rotella dramatically increasing access to recycling across the state and relieving RI Resource Recovery Corporation counties of the significant financial burdens that they currently face in operating recycling programs. HB 1316 will create recycling jobs, reduce waste and Patrick Riley OK Dept. of Environmental Quality greenhouse gas emissions, and address the inequitable environmental and health impacts of our current waste system on vulnerable communities. Honorary Directors Sego Jackson Under the current system, low-income communities and communities of color Seattle Public Utilities, WA are disproportionately affected by the health and environmental impacts of Walter Willis increased landfilling, incineration, and litter. HB 1316 establishes a multi- Solid Waste Agency of Lake County, IL stakeholder advisory committee that provides for multi-stakeholder input into producer plans, and includes explicit environmental justice requirements to ensure equity in recycling collection, environmentally sound and socially just Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. | One Beacon Street, Suite 1500, Boston, MA 02108 Tel. 617.236.4855 | www.productstewardship.us | @productsteward PSI is an equal opportunity provider and employer