FPA Signs Coalition Letter Highlighting Concerns on California’s SB 665

The following organizations, representing a diverse set of California business interests, are writing to express our concerns with SB 665 as drafted. SB 665 calls for the formation of a single-use plastics alternative working group comprised of representatives from various state agencies and boards, without other stakeholder representation. Within the last few years, the legislature has passed multiple bills that address single use packaging waste in the state, including requiring all packaging to be recyclable or compostable, establishing packaging reduction requirements and requiring the increased use of recycled material in new packaging. While we appreciate the on-going dialogue with Senator Allen and his staff, we continue to have questions about how this bill would be implemented.