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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Environment
Relating to: prohibiting the sale of a product in a plastic container if the container does not consist of a percentage of postconsumer waste by weight and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Johnsrud, Black, Cullen, Plouff, Freese, J. Lehman, Berceau, Hasenohrl, La Fave, Bock, Carpenter, Miller, Boyle and Pocan; cosponsored by Senators Clausing, Rosenzweig, Decker, Risser and Baumgart.
June 10, 1999 Referred to committee on Environment.
September 14, 1999 PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (8) Representatives Kedzie, Johnsrud, Vrakas, Powers, Black, Bock, Meyer and Sinicki.
Absent: (2) Representatives Hutchison and Foti.
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Representative DuWayne Johnsrud
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Representative Spencer Black
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Kate Cooper, Department of Natural Resources
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George P. Dreckmann, City of Madison
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Terry Mesch, Associated Recyclers of WI
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John Reindl
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Ed Huck, WI Alliance of Cities
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Bart Sexton, Oneida Co. and WI Solid Waste Association
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Tim Warren, Nat'l Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)
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Doug Johnson, WI Merchants Fed., Midwest Hardware Assoc., WI Consumer Packaging Council
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Genise Smith-Watkins, American Plastics Council
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Tony Driessen, American Plastics Council
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None.
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Senator Fred Risser
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Caryl Terrell, Sierra Club-John Muir Chapter
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Representative Marc Duff
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Jennie Windischmann, Nat'l Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)
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Bill Reid, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
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Martin Schreiber, WI Soft Drink Association
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Patrick Stevens, WI Manufacturers and Commerce
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Bill G. Smith, National Federation of Independent Business
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Paul Lucas, Philip Morris on behalf of Miller Brewing
March 30, 2000
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Dan Johnson
Committee Clerk