RECYCLING related term(s) Ecology and Environment

Bills and resolutions

America Recycles Day: designate (see H. Res. 885), H4705 [17NO]

Business and industry: support Design for Recycling (DFR) initiatives that limit all types of waste by encouraging manufacturers to design products to have maximum number of recyclable components (see H. Res. 927), H5051 [4DE]

Dept. of Energy: study new technologies and opportunities for recycling spent nuclear fuel (see S. 3016), S7157 [16OC]

Dept. of the Interior: extend authorization for large-scale water recycling and reuse projects (see H.R. 6204), H4874 [20NO]

Ecology and environment: codify Executive Order 14208 entitled ‘‘Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws’’ (see H.R. 4421), H3315 [15JY]

EPA: control exports of electronic waste to ensure that such waste does not become source of counterfeit goods that may reenter U.S. military and civilian electronics supply chains (see H.R. 2998), H1623 [24AP]

——— establish pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility (see H.R. 2145), H1161 [14MR]

——— establish pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility and carry out certain activities to collect and disseminate data on U.S. recycling and composting programs (see S. 351), S524 [30JA]

——— improve recycling and composting programs (see H.R. 4109), H2922 [24JN]

——— prepare report on reuse and refill systems for various consumer products (see S. 2110), S3469 [18JN]

——— reauthorize funding for Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program (see H.R. 5846), H4558 [28OC]

——— require new washing machines sold or offered for sale in U.S. contain microfiber filtration system (see S. 2435), S4698 [24JY] (see H.R. 4694), H3644 [23JY]

FTC: establish standards for recyclable, compostable, and reusable claims on packaging for consumer products (see H.R. 6832), H6023 [17DE]

Plastic Pollution Action Month: designate (see S. Res. 320), S4336 [14JY]

Remanufacturing Day: designate (see H. Res. 350), H1624 [24AP]

Taxation: expand advanced manufacturing production credit to include recycled copper (see H.R. 6827), H6023 [17DE]

——— expand exclusion for certain conservation subsidies to include subsidies for water conservation or efficiency measures and storm water and waste-water management measures (see S. 857), S1579 [5MR] (see H.R. 1871), H1008 [5MR]

Remarks in Senate

EPA: establish pilot grant program to improve recycling accessibility and carry out certain activities to collect and disseminate data on U.S. recycling and composting programs (S. 351), S8395 [20NO]

——— prepare report on reuse and refill systems for various consumer products (S. 2110), S8398 [20NO]

Reports filed

Research for Environmental Uses and Sustainable Economies (REUSE) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2110), S7827 [29OC]

Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 351), S666 [5FE]

Texts of

S. 351, Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act, S8395 [20NO]

S. 2110, Research for Environmental Uses and Sustainable Economies (REUSE) Act, S8398 [20NO]

S. Res. 320, Plastic Pollution Action Month, S4338 [14JY]