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Bill Text

A3552 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3552 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman LOUIS D. GREENWALD

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits sale, distribution, and import of certain 
products marketed as recyclable, unless DEP determines that products are widely 
recycled.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning the recyclability of certain 
products, supplementing P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) and P.L.1987, c.102 (C.13:1E-99.11 
et seq.), and amending P.L.1989, c.268.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� (New section)� a.� It 
shall be an unlawful practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et 
seq.) for any person to offer for sale, sell, distribute, or import into the State 
any product or packaging for which a deceptive or misleading claim about the 
recyclability of the product or packaging is made.

���� b.��� Except as provided in 
subsection c. of this section, a product or packaging that displays a chasing 
arrows symbol, a chasing arrows symbol surrounding a resin identification code, 
or any other symbol or statement indicating the product or packaging is 
recyclable, or otherwise directing the consumer to recycle the product or 
packaging, shall be considered a deceptive or misleading claim pursuant to this 
section, unless the product or packaging is considered recyclable in the State 
pursuant to section 2 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature 
as this bill) and is of a material type and form that routinely becomes 
feedstock used in the production of new products or packaging.

���� (1)� If a product or packaging 
has multiple material types, a chasing arrows symbol or statement indicating 
recyclability may be displayed on its external packaging if the external 
packaging is considered to be recyclable in the State pursuant to section 2 of 
P.L , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill), and if the chasing arrows symbol or statement makes 
clear, in the same or greater font size or symbol size, which other components 
of the product or packaging are not recyclable.

���� (2)� Displaying a chasing 
arrows symbol or any other statement indicating recyclability on packaging 
containing a consumable product shall, for the purposes of this section, be 
deemed to refer only to the packaging.

���� c.���� The provisions of this 
section shall not apply to:

���� (1)� any product or packaging 
that is manufactured up to 18 months after the date the Department of 
Environmental Protection publishes the first material characterization study 
required pursuant to section 2 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before 
the Legislature as this bill), or before January 1, 2024, whichever is later;

���� (2)� any product or packaging 
manufactured up to 18 months after the date the Department of Environmental 
Protection updates the material characterization study pursuant to section 2 of 
P.L.��� ,

c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before 
the Legislature as this bill), if the product or packaging satisfied or, for a 
new product or packaging, would have satisfied, the requirements to be 
considered recyclable in the State before the publication of the updated study;

���� (3) the use of a chasing 
arrows symbol in combination with a clearly visible line placed at a 45-degree 
angle over the chasing arrows symbol to convey that an item is not recyclable;

���� (4) any product or packaging 
that is required by any federal or State law, rule, or regulation to display a 
chasing arrows symbol, including, but not limited to, Section 103(b)(1) of the 
federal Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act (42 U.S.C. 
Sec. 14322(b)(1));

���� (5)� text or symbols that 
direct a consumer to compost or properly dispose of any product or packaging 
through an organics recycling program; or

���� (6)� the use of a resin 
identification code placed inside a solid equilateral triangle.

���� d.��� For the purposes of this 
section:

���� "Consumable product" 
means a commodity that is intended to be used and not disposed of.

���� "Chasing arrows symbol" 
means an equilateral triangle, formed by three arrows curved at their 
midpoints, depicting a clockwise path, with a short gap separating the apex of 
each arrow from the base of the adjacent arrow. �"Chasing arrows symbol" 
also includes variants of that symbol that are likely to be interpreted by a 
consumer as an implication of recyclability, including, but not limited to, one 
or more arrows arranged in a circular pattern or around a globe.

���� 2.��� (New section)� a.� On or 
before January 1, 2024, in order to provide information to the public 
sufficient for evaluating whether a product or packaging is recyclable in the State 
and is of a material type and form th