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Plastic production also releases greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants that disproportionately affect marginalized communities.
The new bill, however, sets more specific targets for source reduction.
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But there are other ways for the bill to make an impact.
Merkley has been exploring aseparate bottle deposit billthat could draw from the Break Free proposal.
Its time for them to get on board, she said.
This story has been updated to clarify that Senator Jeff Merkley was the lead author of the new bill.
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