Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Event Details

Status:: Completed
Event Date:: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Start Time:: 1:00 PM
Location:: A-1 and Virtual
Event Description: Plastics, Recycling, Waste Management, and Local Matters

The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will hold a hybrid public hearing to accept written and oral testimony on the below-listed legislation. This hearing will be chaired by Senate Chair Becca Rausch. Please be advised that the docket is subject to change by agreement of the Chairs.

Persons seeking to provide oral testimony, whether in person or remotely, are asked to pre-register by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2025, using this online form: https://forms.office.com/g/KYrNSWvdky. Persons seeking to testify remotely must pre-register by the stated deadline; further instructions on how to participate will be provided after registration. Oral testimony is limited to 3 minutes per person. Oral testimony from panels comprised of four (4) or more individuals is limited to 10 minutes total, to be distributed at the discretion of the panelists. Individuals and panels may testify only once, and testimony may cover multiple bills; all testimony must be completed within the stated time limits.

Written testimony does not require pre-registration and may be submitted via email to: JointCommittee.Environment@malegislature.gov. Written testimony should be submitted not later than two (2) weeks following the hearing date.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website: https://malegislature.gov/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly on the Committee page: https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J21/Hearings.

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit availability or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information, information about minors, or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness, or safety of the testifier or others.

The Committee strongly prefers that written testimony be submitted by email, as specified above. If email submission is not possible, written testimony may be submitted in hard copy to:

Senator Becca Rausch, Chair

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

State House Room 215

Boston, MA 02133

Questions regarding the hearing, legislation, or reasonable accommodations to ensure people with disabilities can participate fully in the committee process may be directed to Madelein McCormick with Chair Rausch at Madelein.McCormick@masenate.gov or 617-722-1555, or Jacob Newman with Chair Barber at Jacob.Newman@mahouse.gov.
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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources - 5-6-2025	5/6/2025 1:00 PM	04:20:08

Plastics, Recycling, Waste Management, and Local Matters 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
S.543	An Act to reduce the unnecessary use of plastic straws	Michael J. Barrett
S.550	An Act relative to solar and battery decommissioning and recycling	Joanne M. Comerford
S.554	An Act to reduce plastic packaging waste	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.556	An Act establishing a lithium-ion battery stewardship program	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.570	An Act establishing a waste reduction needs assessment in the commonwealth	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.571	An Act to reduce waste and recycling costs in the commonwealth	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.589	An Act protecting wastewater and sewerage systems through the labeling of non-flushable wipes	James B. Eldridge
S.590	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	James B. Eldridge
S.609	An Act prohibiting hotels from providing plastic-packaged toiletries	John F. Keenan
S.612	Resolve providing for an investigation and study of enhancing statewide recycling programs	Edward J. Kennedy
S.613	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to mattress recycling	Edward J. Kennedy
S.614	An Act to promote the future success of mattress recycling in the Commonwealth	Edward J. Kennedy
S.621	An Act to reduce solid waste, increase recycling and generate municipal cost savings	Jason M. Lewis
S.624	An Act to consider the safety of artificial grass and turf surfaces	Jason M. Lewis
S.629	An Act to reduce polystyrene in the environment	Jason M. Lewis
S.630	An Act to reduce single-use plastics from the environment	Jason M. Lewis
S.643	An Act defining recyclable beverage containers	Michael O. Moore
S.647	An Act relative to paint recycling	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.653	An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.654	An Act to reduce plastics	Rebecca L. Rausch
H.886	An Act relative to paint recycling	James Arciero
H.889	An Act relative to boat wrap recycling	Jennifer Balinsky Armini
H.904	An Act relative to solar and battery decommissioning and recycling	Natalie M. Blais
H.908	An Act to "Skip the Stuff" to reduce restaurant waste	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.910	An Act to prevent the release of black plastic into the environment	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.911	An Act relative to truth in labeling of recyclable and compostable goods	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.912	An Act to reduce polystyrene in the environment	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.913	An Act to create fees for single use beverage containers	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.914	An Act to create fees for single use disposable food containers	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.916	An Act to reduce single use plastics in the environment	Michelle L. Ciccolo
H.917	An Act reducing packaging waste	Mike Connolly
H.925	An Act to increase access to recycling	Michael S. Day
H.926	An Act to save recycling costs in the commonwealth	Michael S. Day
H.933	An Act relative to plastic bag reduction	Mindy Domb
H.945	An Act protecting wastewater and sewerage systems through the labeling of non-flushable wipes	Sean Garballey
H.964	An Act promoting responsible end-of-life management for electric and hybrid vehicle batteries	Richard M. Haggerty
H.968	An Act establishing a lithium-ion battery stewardship program	Kate Hogan
H.969	An Act relative to waste disposal	Steven S. Howitt
H.974	An Act relative to solar panel recycling	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.996	An Act relative to helium balloons	Hadley Luddy
H.1015	An Act to require producer responsibility for collection, reuse and recycling of discarded electronic products	Steven Owens
H.1019	An Act relative to the reduction of plastics	Edward R. Philips
H.1023	An Act to establish a mattress recycling program in the Commonwealth	Edward R. Philips
H.1024	An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon	Edward R. Philips
H.1034	An Act restricting distribution of single-use plastic straws	David M. Rogers
H.1035	An Act to improve plastic bottles and their recycling	David M. Rogers
H.1036	An Act to incentivize the reduction of residential waste disposal	David M. Rogers
H.1038	An Act relative to enhancing circularity in recycling	Jeffrey N. Roy
H.3985	An Act relative to promoting the future success of mattress recycling in the Commonwealth	Andres X. Vargas
H.4009	An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer services to a certain parcel of land in the town of Sharon	Edward R. Philips

Present (9)

Christine P. Barber (HOU)

Jennifer Balinsky Armini (HOU)

John R. Gaskey (HOU)

Tara T. Hong (HOU)

Margaret R. Scarsdale (HOU)

Dawne Shand (HOU)

Kenneth P. Sweezey (HOU)

Mark D. Sylvia (HOU)

Jonathan D. Zlotnik (HOU)

Absent (2)

Simon Cataldo (HOU) *

Kristin E. Kassner (HOU) *

	Document
	H.886 Bill Summary
	H.889 Bill Summary
	H.904 Bill Summary
	H.908 Bill Summary
	H.910 Bill Summary
	H.911 Bill Summary
	H.912 Bill Summary
	H.913 Bill Summary
	H.914 Bill Summary
	H.916 Bill Summary
	H.917 Bill Summary
	H.925 Bill Summary
	H.926 Bill Summary
	H.933 Bill Summary
	H.945 Bill Summary
	H.964 Bill Summary
	H.968 Bill Summary
	H.969 Bill Summary
	H.974 Bill Summary
	H.996 Bill Summary
	H.1015 Bill Summary
	H.1019 Bill Summary
	H.1023 Bill Summary
	H.1024 Bill Summary
	H.1034 Bill Summary
	H.1035 Bill Summary
	H.1036 Bill Summary
	H.1038 Bill Summary
	H.3985 Bill Summary
	H.4009 Bill Summary

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