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The Plastics Industry Association did not respond to Grists request for comment.
At least20 stateshave passed such deregulation laws.
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They also recommended that all existing facilities be subject to full environmental impact assessments from the EPA.
On the international stage, countries are in the midst of negotiating ahistoric treatyon plastics.
Instead, she urged them to consider the simpler strategy of significantly reducing plastic production.
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