Maine Becomes First US State to Make Corporations Pay for Recycling if They Don’t Use Sustainable Packaging
By putting the recycling costs on the producer rather than the consumer, Maine becomes the first U.S. state to hold companies responsible for the waste they create.
In putting what is essentially an import duty on packaging, Maine is telling companies there is a limit to the amount of reliance they can have on Mainers and municipalities to recycle their material.
