[Pharmwaste] RE: Wisconsin adopts ban on microbeads

Ed Gottlieb EGottlieb at cityofithaca.org
Tue Jul 7 14:52:02 EDT 2015


For a review of bills currently being considered by Connecticut, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington:
http://ecowatch.com/2015/03/30/states-microbead-ban-bills/

Ed Gottlieb
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal
Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility
525 3rd Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
(607) 273-8381
fax: (607) 273-8433
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From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] on behalf of Bickford, Barbara J - DNR (Barb) [Barbara.Bickford at wisconsin.gov]
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 6:31 PM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Wisconsin adopts ban on microbeads


Wisconsin adopts ban on microbeads


Wisconsin is the seventh state to ban microbeads in personal care products.  On Wednesday, Governor Walker signed bipartisan legislation that bans the manufacturing of microbead products at the beginning of 2018 and their sale one year later.
http://news.yahoo.com/wisconsin-governor-walker-signs-bill-banning-microbeads-002857108--sector.html

Barb Bickford
Medical Waste Coordinator and Hydrogeologist
Waste and Materials Mgt/AWaRe Division
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
101 S. Webster St., PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921
Phone: 608-267-3548
Fax: 608-267-2768
barbara.bickford at wisconsin.gov


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