解决方案，明尼苏达州的包装废物和成本降低法案
为什么明尼苏达州的立法者急于为包装和纸制品制定EPR?
看到明尼苏达州的立法者专注于改善回收基础设施，电子竞技赌注的软件感到鼓舞. Recycling is a critical part of the U.S. paper industry. 电子竞技赌注的软件在改善纸张回收方面有成功的记录.
Our industry first set a goal to help improve paper recycling in the 1990s. The recycling rate has doubled since that time.
电子竞技赌注的软件还拥有回收系统的所有权. 十大菠菜软件 members own and operate 全国有100多个材料回收设施，其中包括明尼苏达州的两个. That’s where your recyclables are sorted and processed.
Recycled paper products are a key component of our circular value chain.
However, lawmakers are 急于实施《电子竞技赌注的软件》 不考虑纸张回收的后果.
What is Extended Producer Responsibility?
《电子竞技赌注的软件》(HF 3577/SF 3561)是一项对包装和纸制品实施延伸生产者责任(EPR)计划的立法.
EPR is a waste management strategy where brand owners, 生产商和材料制造商支付回收或处理投放市场的产品的报废成本.
EPR programs work well for hard-to-recycle materials like batteries and mattresses. They’re also effective when:
- Products are difficult to process
- Products have low recycling rates
- Healthy end markets do not exist
However, 在美国，这些问题并不适用于纸和纸质包装.S.
纸包装和印刷纸在明尼苏达州被广泛回收
81%
明尼苏达州的许多人都可以使用路边纸张回收计划
73%
have access to drop-off recycling for paper products
63%
or higher recycling rate since 2009
Paper is one of the most widely recycled materials in the U.S. 明尼苏达州人可以参加社区纸张回收计划.
More than 81% of Minnesotans 有路边回收项目接受纸包装和印刷品吗. 超过73%的人可以回收纸制品.
广泛接受循环再造的纸制品包括:
- Cardboard boxes
- Pizza boxes
- Office paper
- Magazines
- Paper bags
- Newspapers
- Food boxes like cereal and pasta
- Over-the-counter medicine boxes
- Milk and juice cartons
近几十年来，纸张回收率不断增加，并一直保持在高位.
In fact, 自2009年以来，纸张回收率每年达到或超过63%.
改善明尼苏达州的回收系统需要数据驱动的解决方案
一个州的废物和回收管理很复杂，原因如下:
- Geographic region
- Difference in waste management companies
- Materials processing facilities
- Housing type
这些以及其他因素，就是为什么像明尼苏达州这样的州需要了解当前的制度 before implementing an EPR program.
电子竞技赌注的软件支持并鼓励明尼苏达州的立法者完成需求评估 before considering an EPR program. 这将有助于他们实现改善回收系统的目标.
需求评估有可能考察一个州如何管理回收和废物的所有不同方面. They include a look at:
- 现有的回收、堆肥和处置基础设施
- Current costs of the existing infrastructure
- Access to curbside recycling
- The state of urban and rural recycling
- State compost standards
- 目前的回收率为纸张、塑料、金属、玻璃等材料
- What is and is not considered recyclable
- How much recyclable material goes to landfills
- Education efforts
This data helps states understand what’s working well within their recycling system. They also identify issues the state needs to work on in the future.
EPR programs are costly for states to implement. Using data from a needs assessment helps states focus their resources.
Minnesota would be in good company, too. 多个州已经在进行需求评估 确定回收及废物管理系统的最佳发展方向.
纸制品和印刷纸不属于明尼苏达州的EPR计划
EPR计划可以是提高低回收率材料回收的有效途径. But paper is already a highly and widely recycled material.
According to the EPA, 从城市固体废物流中回收的纸张重量比塑料多, glass, steel, and aluminum combined.
Paper recycling rates have continuously increased over recent decades and remain consistently high. 自2009年以来，纸张回收率每年达到或超过63%.
Printed papers like office and copy paper are already successfully recycled and turned into new products.
再生纸和包装被用来制作纸箱, boxes for food and medicine, tissue products like toilet paper and paper towels, as well as newspapers.
About 80% of U.S. paper mills use some recycled paper to make new and innovative products.
