Legislative Budget & Finance Committee Meets June 30 To Release Study Of Single Use Container Bans/Fees

The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee is scheduled to meet on June 30 to release a report on the environmental impact of regulating single-use plastics, reusable plastics, auxiliary containers, wrappings and polystyrene containers.

The study is one of two required by amendments to the Fiscal Code in 2019 which also prohibited the adoption of bans or fees on single use plastic containers.  The ban was extended to July 1, 2021 in amendments to the Fiscal Code this year.

A companion study by the Independent Fiscal Office, also required to be released by July 1, is to evaluate the economic impact to the state, industry and consumers of  regulating single-use plastics, reusable plastics, auxiliary containers, wrappings and polystyrene containers.

The Committee meeting will be held via Zoom starting at 9:30 a.m.  It will also be available online at the Committee’s Facebook page.

Sen. Bob Mensch (R-Montgomery) serves as Chair of the Committee.

For more information and copies of the Committee report when available, visit the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee website.

[Posted: June 26, 2020]  PA Environment Digest