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Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be.
A federal judge blocked California's SB 343, a law restricting the use of the recycling symbol to products that meet specific recyclability criteria, ruling it likely violates the First Amendment. The judge found the law's requirements were 'unconstitutionally vague' and would suppress commercial speech by discouraging the symbol's use altogether.
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