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Missoula to Legislature: Let cities decide rules around plastics
With overwhelming public support, members of the Missoula City Council on Monday gave final approval to a resolution urging the state Legislature to hand back local control on a number of issues, including a community’s authority to regulate plastic.
The primary interest lies around single-uses plastics such as straws, stirrers, polystyrene containers and bags. Other states have regulated such plastics but under House Bill 407, adopted by the Legislature two years ago, Missoula and other interested Montana cities cannot.
“HB 407 is a ban on specific things they (the Legislature) don’t want us to make decisions on,” said Lee Brown, a 25-year high-school teacher from Missoula. “We’re asking to give local control to communities so they have the ability to maintain a clean and healthful environment in the state of Montana for future generations.”
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A breakthrough plastic upcycling process
A recent study opens up the possibility of converting polyethylene plastic into higher-value products
Spotted: As the world grapples with the growing problem of plastic pollution, there is an urgent need for better options for extracting the energy and molecular value from waste plastics. Conventional plastic recycling methods only result in low-value plastic molecules, providing little incentive to recycle. However, new technologies are emerging that have the potential to transform waste plastics into valuable resources.
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