[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 350 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 350

    Designating April 1994 as ``National Buy Recycled Materials and 
                           Products Month''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 1994

 Mr. Moran (for himself, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Klein, and Mr. Waxman) 
 introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Designating April 1994 as ``National Buy Recycled Materials and 
                           Products Month''.

Whereas the use of recycled materials saves the Nation's natural resources and 
        reduces costs;
Whereas the government and people of the United States should be encouraged to 
        participate in educational and legislative endeavors that promote waste 
        separation methods, community-based recycling programs, and expanded 
        utilization of materials recovered from recycled products;
Whereas recycling can save energy and avoid the pollution created by extracting 
        resources from the natural environment;
Whereas the generation of hazardous and solid wastes must be reduced, and as 
        much remaining waste as possible must be recycled, to protect human 
        health and the environment and to minimize problems concerning waste 
        treatment and waste disposal capacity;
Whereas recycling is the most environmentally sound method of managing municipal 
        solid waste, and often is less expensive than other means of managing 
        such waste;
Whereas recycling reduces both the demand on limited landfill capacity and the 
        amount of solid waste intended for incineration;
Whereas the success of source reduction and recycling programs depends on the 
        participation of an informed public;
Whereas recycling has expanded so that \1/3\ of all Americans participate in 
        curbside recycling programs, and increasing numbers of businesses are 
        recognizing the economic advantages of recycling;
Whereas recycling efforts have improved across the United States, from an 
        overall recycling rate of approximately 10 percent in 1986 to a rate of 
        approximately 17 percent in 1990;
Whereas the Nation still needs to increase both the use of recycled materials in 
        new consumer products and the purchase of recycled products;
Whereas many consumer products are now manufactured using recycled materials;
Whereas the Nation must now focus on using recycled materials in packaging and 
        manufacturing;
Whereas consumers should be encouraged to purchase products that are 
        manufactured or packaged using recycled materials;
Whereas, in order to maintain the economic viability of recycling programs and 
        the economic incentive to recycle at the Federal, State, and local 
        levels, there must be an adequate market for recycled materials and a 
        demand for products made from recycled materials;
Whereas Federal, State, and local governments should encourage the growth of 
        markets for materials recovered from recyclable goods, particularly 
        through such governments' own increased procurement of recycled 
        products;
Whereas Earth Day, which occurs in April, is celebrated in the United States as 
        an annual observance of the Nation's environmental spirit and its 
        commitment to the renewal of the planet through global ideals and local 
        actions; and
Whereas it is appropriate to observe Earth Day through a national commitment to 
        recycling and to the use of recycled materials, by conserving natural 
        resources, reducing hazardous and solid wastes, and increasing 
        government support for and public awareness of recycling efforts: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That April 1994 is designated 
as ``National Buy Recycled Materials and Products Month'', and the 
President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling 
on the people of the United States to observe the month with 
appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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