Clean Water Action California Director Miriam Gordon testifies successfully for Natural Resources Committee

On April 27, Clean Water Action helped make significant progress towards banning polystyrene in food packaging when the State Assembly Committee on Natural Resources (NRC) voted to refer AB 1358 (Hill, Nava, Brownley, Monning) to the Committee on Appropriations, after which it will be brought to the floor for a vote. The NRC, chaired by Nancy Skinner (D), voted 6-3 along party lines to pass the bill. As sponsor of the bill, CWA was key to its moving out of the committee as Miriam Gordon, Director of CWA/California, gave supporting testimony to the NRC, underscoring the devastating environmental impact of polystyrene and countering industry testimony that the passage of AB 1358 will result in the loss of jobs.

Next, the bill comes up for a vote in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, and you can help by becoming part of the Ban The Foam campaign. The plastics industry is spending $2.5 million dollars this year promoting plastics and fighting legislation that prevents marine debris and targets plastic packaging as a primary culprit.. Your representatives need to hear from you! Contact your state legislators and tell them that you support AB 1358 to Ban The Foam and support safer more sustainable take-out food packaging.