Establishes School Plastics Upcycling Grant Program in DEP to provide proportional awards to eligible schools based on pro rata share of plastics collected, by each school, for upcycling purposes; appropriates $5 million.

Summary

The bill sets up a School Plastics Upcycling Grant Program within the Department of Environmental Protection. Eligible public and private K‑12 schools receive grant money proportional to the amount of plastic they collected the previous year, which they can use to buy furniture made from that plastic. The program is funded with a one‑time appropriation of $5 million.

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