Having just read your article about the Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (who comes up with these names?), I would say I support the efforts to reduce plastic waste and especially single-use food containers.

However, as usual for politicians, it is being sold to the public as a cost that the producers need to absorb. Make no mistake, that is not what will happen. Those costs will be passed on to the consumers.

As is the case, unfortunately, with most green initiatives, it costs money to implement, and that money either comes in the form of taxes for government programs or higher costs for consumers.

The next question is: Where does all that recycled plastic end up? Because of the economics and  inefficiencies of recycling, sometimes the best place is just sequestered in a land fill.

Chris Adams
Ashland