The plastics crisis has received attention from lawmakers in state
capitals across the country. But, there's a fundamental split in many
states between groups arguing that industry needs to be at the table and
those who don't trust it to govern itself. That‘s triggered a political
battle in California, where a ballot initiative to tax plastic, ban
Styrofoam and set recycling targets has scared industry enough to get
them to negotiate a compromise bill. POLITICO’s Debra Khan reports.
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Debra Khan is the Deputy Sustainability Editor for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.
The plastics crisis has received attention from lawmakers in state capitals across the country. But, there's a fundamental split in many states between groups arguing that industry needs to be at the table and those who don't trust it to govern itself. That‘s triggered a political battle in California, where a ballot initiative to tax plastic, ban Styrofoam and set recycling targets has scared industry enough to get them to negotiate a compromise bill. POLITICO’s Debra Khan reports.
The plastics crisis has received attention from lawmakers in state capitals across the country. But, there's a fundamental split in many states between groups arguing that industry needs to be at the table and those who don't trust it to govern itself. That‘s triggered a political battle in California, where a ballot initiative to tax plastic, ban Styrofoam and set recycling targets has scared industry enough to get them to negotiate a compromise bill. POLITICO’s Debra Khan reports.
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Debra Khan is the Deputy Sustainability Editor for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.