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# Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2023 This comprehensive legislation aims to reduce plastic waste and pollution through producer responsibility programs, single-use product restrictions, and environmental protections. Here's what it does: **Extended Producer Responsibility (Title I):** Starting February 2025, manufacturers of beverage containers and packaged products must participate in Producer Responsibility Organizations and achieve specific performance targets. By 2033, all covered products must be reusable, recyclable, or compostable. Organizations must meet recycling rates of 50% by 2030, 65% by 2040, and 75% by 2050. Producers must reduce single-use plastic by 25% by 2032 and 50% by 2050. A national beverage container deposit system requires at least a $0.10 refund value. The legislation establishes a Reduction and Litter Cleanup Trust Fund financed through producer fees and penalties. **Single-Use Product Bans (Title II):** Beginning in 2024-2025, the bill prohibits single-use plastic bags, polystyrene foam food containers, plastic utensils, and black plastic food service products. Lodging establishments cannot provide small plastic bottles of personal care products. The legislation funds grant programs to expand reusable container infrastructure at airports, train stations, and in communities, with $20 million authorized through 2028. **Community Protections (Title II):** The "Protecting Communities from Plastics Act" establishes a temporary permitting moratorium on new plastic production facilities and requires environmental justice assessments for proposed facilities near vulnerable communities. It mandates stricter air and water pollution standards for petrochemical and plastic manufacturing facilities and requires community consultation before permit approval. **Waste Export Restrictions (Title III):** The bill prohibits exporting plastic waste to non-OECD countries and restricts exports to OECD nations unless properly sorted and contaminant-free. The legislation affects plastic manufacturers, retailers, food service businesses, producers of beverages and packaged goods, lodging establishments, and communities near plastic production facilities. Small businesses with less than $1 million in annual revenue receive exemptions from some requirements.

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