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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Check out this report if you are interested in what is being
discussed on the national scene for increasing recycled content in plastic goods and
packaging. </p>

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RECYCLED CONTENT IN PLASTICS</span></b></span><span class="gmail-m3343394123085941642eop" style=""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b></span></font><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></font></p>

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<p class="gmail-m3343394123085941642paragraph" style="margin:5pt 0in 0in 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <span class="gmail-m3343394123085941642normaltextrun">The latest report from the Ocean
Conservancy, <i>Recommendations for Recycled Content: Requirements for
Plastic Goods and Packaging</i>, makes the case for recycled content standards
at the national level for plastic products and packaging within the US. The
report, prepared through a collaboration with RRS, reviews the current plastic
recycling landscape and evaluates several policy scenarios and their
implications.</span><span class="gmail-m3343394123085941642eop"> </span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-m3343394123085941642paragraph" style="margin:5pt 0in 0in 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning:none;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m3343394123085941642normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> The study highlights the importance of pursuing supply-side policies, such as extended producer responsibility and beverage container deposits, in concert with demand side policy, like minimum recycled content standards. It provides an overview of the various policies that require minimum post-consumer recycled content levels, as well as recommendations for minimum post-consumer recycled content levels in federal policy.</span></span><span class="gmail-m3343394123085941642eop"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

<p class="gmail-m3343394123085941642paragraph" style="margin:5pt 0in 0in 0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning:none;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-m3343394123085941642normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> The study is available for free download on the Ocean Conservancy website: </span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://oceanconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RRS_OceanConReport_Feb2022_Final.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-m3343394123085941642normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">Recommendations for Recycled Content</span></span></a></span><span class="gmail-m3343394123085941642normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="gmail-m3343394123085941642eop"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>

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