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Long Title
AN ACT REGULATING THE PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION, SALE, PROVISION, USE, RECOVERY, COLLECTION, RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL OF PLASTIC BAGS
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Date filed
July 1, 2013
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00359 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT REGULATING THE PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION, SALE, PROVISION, USE, RECOVERY, COLLECTION, RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL OF PLASTIC BAGS | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to regulate the production, use, recycling and disposal of plastic bags and provide for the transition in the usage of ordinary polymer plastic bags to biodegradable plastic bags in every commercial establishment, encouragement of the use of reusable bags and the provision of recovery programs in returning used plastic bags. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : FORTUN, LAWRENCE LEMUEL H. | |
| DATE FILED : 2013-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Economic | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Noel (023 2013-10-21) | 2. Bagatsing (024 2013-10-22) |
| 3. Calalay (024 2013-10-22) | 4. Escudero (025 2013-11-18) |
| 5. Alcala (026 2013-11-19) | 6. Gomez (026 2013-11-19) |
| 7. Aumentado (041 2014-01-28) | 8. Acosta-Alba (042 2014-01-29) |
| 9. Sarmiento (M.) (049 2014-02-17) | 10. Uy (R.) (069 2014-06-09) |
| 11. Chipeco (062 2015-03-17) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY ON 2013-07-23 |
Abstract
Seeks to regulate the production, use, recycling and disposal of plastic bags and provide for the transition in the usage of ordinary polymer plastic bags to biodegradable plastic bags in every commercial establishment, encouragement of the use of reusable bags and the provision of recovery programs in returning used plastic bags.
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