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Topic: plastic waste

Blue recycling bins in Palo Alto, California

Wednesday, 7/15, 08:00 PM

A federal judge blocks California's recycling-label law on free-speech grounds

A federal judge has blocked California from enforcing SB 343, its 'truth in recycling' law limiting the chasing-arrows symbol to genuinely recyclable products, ruling that it likely violates the First Amendment and is too vague.
The decision halts the measure months before it was to take effect.

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