Governor Signs Repeal of Newspaper Recycling Requirement

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by: Diane Graff | The Courier

Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law Assembly Bill 11, repealing an outdated requirement that has been troublesome for newspaper publishers. 

The law eliminates the newspaper recycling fee, as well as the minimum percentage requirement of post-consumer waste content in newsprint, which has become a burden to Wisconsin publishers due to the fact that recycled newsprint is either incredibly expensive or simply unavailable.

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