A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study of the adverse effects that the pollution of the environment caused by discarding or dumping of plastics on land and in the waters have on the environment, including the effects on fish and wildlife, to make recommendations for eliminating or lessening such adverse effects, and to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to control the pollution of the environment caused by the discarding of plastics on the land and in water.
Plastic Waste Reduction Act of 1986 - Title I: Study of Plastic Pollution - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study and report to the Congress on the adverse effects on the environment of discarding and dumping plastics.
Title II: Regulation to Control Plastic Pollution - Requires packaging containers, within 18 months of enactment, to be made of a naturally degradable material which decomposes within a specified period.
Permits States or subdivisions to adopt more stringent standards. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, Commerce, EPA,, Marine Mammal Comm.
Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.
Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research, and Environment.
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Executive Comment Requested from EPA, OMB.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Marine Mammal Comm.