[background noises] i am pleas to call todays hearing to order. I want to thank you all for joining senator capitol and me too explore topics and that is recycling. Specifically we are here to discuss the sustainability policy called extended producer responsibility and how these programs can improve recycling infrastructure and recycling practices. So what exactly is responsibility extended responsibility establishes a system in which financial responsibility for products through the end of their life is ifo producers of those. And how to extendol worker . Well, states or countries adopt policies that may require producers to pay a fee that is associated with their goods to a producer whose responsibility organization. And then these organizations can use the revenues for the expansion of recycling infrastructure. And for consumer education. Consumer packaging materials like plastic, like cardboard or aluminum theory as we know greatly the respect materials such as paper have more via
Hearing is just under an hour and a half. [background noises] [background noises] pleased to call todays hearing to order. I want to thank you all for joining senator capitol and me too explore one of our favorite topics and that is recycling. Specifically we are here to discuss the sustainability policy called extended producer responsibility and how these programs can improve recycling infrastructure and recycling practices. So what exactly is responsibility extended establishes a system in which financial responsibility for products through the end of their life is shifted upstream to producers of those. Andjt how to extend policies worker . Well, states or countries adopt policies that may requi producers to pay a fee that is associated with their goods to a producer whose responsibility organization. And then these organizations can use the revenues for the expansion of recycling infrastructure. And for education. Consumer packaging materials like plastic like cardboard or aluminu
The special primetime hour of morning joe with two days until the midterm elections. Early voting has already started, and now it is a final sprint to the finish. Trying to take control of the house and senate, and the future of president agendas. The issues that are driving the vote, it abortion, crime, how much power trump republicans still wield over the gop. In many ways, democracy itself is on the ballot with Election Deniers in multiple states poised to could take control over the next president ial race is being determined. Were digging into all of it with reports from key battlegrounds with an allstar political panel. Along with joe, lori, and me, we have Nbc News National Correspondent and Executive Editor of the weekend. John heilemann, he is cohost of showtime, former u. S. Senator now on nbc news and msnbc news political analyst. Claire mccaskill, the host of the msnbc of politicsnation, and president at the National Action network. And former White House Press secretary je
Out there for some. Its wednesday, the 8th of may. Our main story. The parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. In an open letter, they say theyre disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force Tech Companies to make their platforms safer. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. I want to know what theyve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. Its really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. Brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. We showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. Had you, um. Had you seen conten
Stop as she was on her way to make the 45. Police say she was hit by a car on tuesday. She wasnt found there until the next day. Traffic records indicate nearly 60 people have been hit on this stretch of road over the last decade. And so many people are going to miss her. Marlee delaney, known as molly to her friends, was leaving emily odes oakland home on Tuesday Morning to take a bus. She was meeting another friend, shirley, at the airport, and then this one was a long planned trip with her childhood friend, shirley to spend four days in San Francisco. But when she didnt arrive, shirley called coco delaney, mollys daughter. So thats when she called me to tell me that she was missing. She was last seen leaving owens house at 726 in the morning. She texted shirley at 739, attempting to catch the 746 bus. I looked up. I looked down. I didnt see any debris or suitcases or anything. When the car hit her, it hit her so hard that it knocked her back and down into this ravine against the fen