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New York Governor proposes stricter limits on chemicals in packaging

New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposes limiting PFAS, heavy metals, and phthalates in all packaging to 100 ppm by weight by 2024; also urges extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging; at least six other states considering packaging EPR legislation; state-owned or contracted foodservice facilities in California must now use food packaging that is reusable, recyclable, or compostable

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Book about reuse

Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative launches book about reuse; outlines reuse framework, identifies 6 major benefits of reuse to business and consumers, gives 69 reuse examples

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EPHA envisions policy making healthy, sustainable food the default

European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) publishes position paper on the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy; supports creating a European public health vision including One Health concept, and that analyzes the health costs of non-action; highlights ways food system, including chemicals, affects Europeans’ health; states health impacts from chemicals “insufficiently quantified”