Massachusetts is slated to change into the first state in the nation to ban state companies from buying single-use plastic bottles, Democratic Gov. Maura Healey introduced at a local weather change occasion.
“In government, we have an obligation to stop contributing to this damage and chart a better path forward,” Healey stated Monday in New York City, in accordance to the Boston Globe. “So we are proud to become the first state to adopt a procurement ban on single-use plastic bottles.”
Healey delivered a keynote speech Monday for the Clinton Global Initiative throughout New York’s “Climate Week” and introduced she can be signing an govt order later this week banning state companies from buying single-use plastic bottles. The governor stated the plan is meant to assist defend oceans and the local weather.
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey delivers her inaugural deal with on the Statehouse moments after being sworn into workplace, Jan. 5, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
“We know that plastic waste, plastic production are among the leading threats to our oceans, our climate and environmental justice. In government, we have an obligation – we also have an opportunity – to not only stop contributing to this damage, but to chart a better path forward,” Healey stated.
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“In our coastal state, we know climate change is our biggest threat. We also believe that taking action is our greatest opportunity, an opportunity to secure a safe, prosperous and sustainable future.”
Americans use roughly 50 billion single-serve plastic water bottles per 12 months, with an estimated 29% truly being recycled, NBC Boston reported citing the Sierra Club.
Plastic water bottle floating in Pacific off Santa Monica, California. (Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group through Getty Images)
Some Massachusetts cities, corresponding to Concord, have already banned single-use plastic bottles and single-use plastic buying baggage in shops.
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With Healey’s signature, the Bay State will change into the first in the nation to outright ban the ingesting bottles for state companies. Some in the legislature beforehand tried to go payments that will limit the bottles for state companies, however the laws was held up in committees with out ever touchdown in entrance of lawmakers for a vote, NBC Boston reported.
Climate activists attend a rally to finish fossil fuels, in New York, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
Healey has been in workplace lower than a 12 months, and detailed on the Clinton Global Initiative – which is often attended by international and nationwide local weather activists – that her administration will instruct state companies to set up biodiversity conservation objectives for 2030, 2040 and 2050.
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She is predicted to signal the chief order on Thursday, when she’s going to clarify the ban in extra element, the Boston Globe reported. The ban will take fast impact.
