Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT DECLARING AS UNLAWFUL THE USE OF POLYCARBON PLASTICS, STYROFOAM AND OTHER SYNTHETIC MATERIALS HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ESTABLISHING A CRITERION FOR THE ENDORSEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Date filed
July 6, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 730, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT DECLARING AS UNLAWFUL THE USE OF POLYCARBON PLASTICS, STYROFOAM AND OTHER SYNTHETIC MATERIALS HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ESTABLISHING A CRITERION FOR THE ENDORSEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY CONSUMER PRODUCTS | |
| ABSTRACT : Rationale: Styrofoam, the most common synthetic material in popular use by fastfood chains and product packagers, is not as benign as we have long thought it to be. Left undisposed, it continually releases chlorofluorocar bons, more commonly refersto as CFCs into the atmosphere. Choloflourocarb ons are the same elements found in aerosol propellants and freon refrigerants, that have been conclusively linked to the thinning of the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : VILLAR, CYNTHIA A. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-06 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Jaraula (011 ) | 2. Monfort (012 ) |
| 3. Zialcita (022 ) | 4. Echiverri (031 ) |
| 5. Syjuco (041 ) | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY ON 2001-07-24 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON TRADE AND INDUSTRY |
Abstract
"Rationale: Styrofoam, the most common synthetic material in popular use by fastfood chains and product packagers, is not as benign as we have long thought it to be. Left undisposed, it continually releases chlorofluorocar bons, more commonly refersto as CFCs into the atmosphere. Choloflourocarb ons are the same elements found in aerosol propellants and freon refrigerants, that have been conclusively linked to the thinning of the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere."
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