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

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\[Type here\] designing packaging for reuse and/or recycling at end of life, we also understand the need for creating packaging with the integrityneeded for safe shipping and handling. Packaging regulations and recycling regimes must consider and protect packaging innovations. Cleaning product manufacturers invest millions to improve current products as well as create new products. Consumer choices are sometimes driven by how a cleaning product is packaged. Moreover, a products packagingmay be just as much of a competitive advantage as the product itself. Protection of that information is part of maintaining the competitiveness of the product in the marketplace. * * * * * ACIs approach is to enableourmembership to drive improvements in sustainability across the industry and throughout the supplychain. The cleaning products industry strives to align with the following principles: Recognizes a responsibility to mitigate impacts associated with the creation, use, and disposal of our products Recognizes that it must look to minimize post-consumer waste by designing packaging for reuse and/or recycling at end-of-life Understands the scarcity of natural resources and a need to recover and reuse materials, including replacing virgin raw materials from non-renewable sources in packaging with those that can be sourced with recycled material or are renewable in nature Understands the amountof packaging, and especially the amountofsingle-use plastics, must be reduced, and the problem of plastic polluting the oceans seriously addressed Recognizes the need forshared funding sources, with commitmentsacross various industries, to ensure material recovery programs are effective, resourceful, tailored and directed to serve a direct benefit to society and the environment Will be an engagedpartner and support multi-stakeholder input andengagement Thank you for your attention and consideration of these comments. We urgethe Committee to consider ACIs critiqueof HB. 1316 against the decades long commitment our members have had to sustainability. For future reference, my contact information is (202) 662-2511 (direct dial) or via electronic mail at abrown@cleaninginstitute.org.