"Because I am probably the only person up here who has actually visited a chemical recycling site."
"We need strong, some call it extended producer responsibility, I call it packaging reduction and re-use requirements."
"Wouldn't it make more sense for us to support the producers by not having a 50 State pattern and actually having packing rules that support replacing plastics with corrugated cardboard or so forth, ra..."
"There is no way to get those microplastics out of the ocean, those that Senator Sullivan was concerned about and many of us are concerned about."
"I think it also becomes clear from the testimony that there is a whole lot of plastic that is absolutely unnecessary to have in our economy."
"And you mentioned recycling. Is your industry supportive of nationwide strategy such as a bottle recycling bill to try to greatly reduce the amounts of bottles?"
"But when you hear about plastics appearing in human breast milk, and when you are aware of the impacts of endocrine disruptors as chemicals, do you have any concerns at all about the impact of plastic..."
"Certainly my door is open. I would like to work with you all."
"Absolutely, I am concerned about these things."
"I think we may have heard breaking news from Mr. Seaholm on a national bottle bill. We need a national bottle bill."
"Are you going on to say Oregon is one of the highest recyclers of bottles?"
"I will tell you, in Oregon it is much harder to return to stores now."