Maine Becomes First to Make Packagers Help Pay Recycling Tab

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Companies that make boxes, some cans, and other packages will have to help pay for the municipal programs that recycle them in Maine, under a first-in-the-nation law.Gov. Janet T. Mills (D) on Monday signed L.D. 1541, An Act To Support and Improve Municipal Recycling Programs and Save Taxpayer Money, allowing Maine to beat out Oregon in the raceto successfully shift some recycling costs from state taxpayers to companies making products that end up in landfills or are recycled.1. Annual producer payments would be based on the amount and types of packaging material sold or distributed for sale in Maine, and other factors such as whether the packaging is“readily recyclable,” according to the new law.