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      <image:caption>In 2018 the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources reinterpreted key provisions of the Universal Recycling Law governing the management of discarded food.  Specifically, the Agency deviated from the legislative intent of the law to protect farm soil from pollution by negating the ‘source separation requirement’ and allowing for the use of mechanical depackaging technology to separate food from packaging.  The depackaging process can result in microplastics ending up in compost or methane digestate produced with this material, which then ends up in farm soils when it is applied.  Some packaging materials contain PFAS (forever chemicals) that could end up in soils as well.</image:caption>
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