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Keep plastic out of our ocean and protect wildlife Protect our health and drinking water Support clean, healthy, waste-free communities and reduce inequitable impacts of plastic pollution Curb climate change Increase recycling and reduce unneeded plastic trash Require plastic producers to pay for the damage they’ve caused

Require plastic producers to pay for the damage they’ve caused

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California communities pay over $420 million a year to clean up and prevent unnecessary plastic pollution from entering our rivers, beaches, and ocean. This ballot measure establishes a fee on producers of up to one penny per piece of single-use plastic packaging and foodware, so that plastic producers--not California residents--pay the cost of recycling their products that become trash. This initiative also prohibits plastic producers from passing the fee on to consumers.