Current Issues

The Government Affairs section of SMARTTalk addresses issues of interest to SMART. Please click on the links below for information on a particular topic:

• Recycle Your Textiles and Clothing Flyer
  
  
• SMART Textile Recycling Checklist for Communities
  
  
• SMART Transparency Policy Regarding Clothing Donation Boxes
  
  
• FTC Green Marketing Guidelines
  
  
• Repealing Ocean Shipper Antitrust Immunity
  
  
• Lacey Act
  
  
• OSHA Combustible Dust Standard
  
  
• OSHA Muscoskeletal Disorders (MSD) Rule
  
  
• Employee Free Choice Act (a.k.a "card check")
  
  
• Proposed FTZ Regulation Changes
  
  
• Industry Trade Data
  
  
• SMART Coalitions
  
  
• SMART Position on Trade Bans
  
  
• EPA Wiper Rule
  
  
• U.S. Customs Service Interpretation of HTS Code 6309.00
  
  
• Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA)