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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 669 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 450 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Cynthia Stone Creem |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to reduce plastic packaging waste. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Cynthia Stone CreemNorfolk and MiddlesexCarmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex2/10/2023Jason M. LewisFifth Middlesex2/17/2023John F. KeenanNorfolk and Plymouth3/5/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 669 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 450 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 450) of Cynthia Stone Creem, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Carmine Lawrence Gentile, Jason M. Lewis and John F. Keenan for legislation to establish the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sustainable Food Service Ware Act. Environment and Natural Resources. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 503 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act to reduce plastic packaging waste. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 21 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting the following section: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 68. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 “Biodegradable”, entirely made of organic materials such as wood, paper, bagasse or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6cellulose; or bioplastics that meet the American Society for Testing and Materials D7081 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7standard. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 “Compostable”, bioplastic materials certified to meet the American Society for Testing |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9and Materials standard D6400 or D6868. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 “Food establishment”, an operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11otherwise provides food for human consumption. This includes without limitation restaurants |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12and food trucks. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 “Recyclable”, material that can be sorted, cleansed, and reconstituted for the purpose of |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14using the altered form in the manufacture of a new product. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 “Reusable”, food service ware that can be used more than once in the same form by a |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16food establishment. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17 (b) All retail food establishments shall use food service ware that is biodegradable, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18compostable, recyclable, or reusable for any food prepared or packaged on premises. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19 (c) The department shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for the |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20enforcement of this section. |
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