REFUSE DISPOSAL related term(s) Recycled materials; Sewage Disposal

Articles and editorials

Local Girl Scout’s Gold Award Project Promotes Sustainable Farming Practices, E840 [11SE]

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]

Coal: establish framework for beneficial use of coal combustion residuals (see H.R. 4875), H3678 [5AU]

Crime: prohibit unlawful disposal in landfills or navigable waters of fetal remains resulting from abortion (see H.R. 686), H385 [23JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: designate composting as conservation practice and activity and provide grants and loan guarantees for composting facilities and programs (see H.R. 3272), H1942 [8MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorize use of expeditionary solid waste disposal systems and provide funding for solid waste disposal systems (see S. 2334), S4456 [17JY] (see H.R. 4526), H3474 [17JY]

Dept. of Energy: prioritize acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from decommissioned or decommissioning nuclear reactors in high population areas with high earthquake hazard (see H.R. 1012), H503 [5FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: use on-site regulated medical waste treatment systems at certain facilities (see H.R. 4217), H3031 [27JN]

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]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units—Temporary-Use Incinerators and Air Curtain Incinerators Used in Disaster Recovery’’ (see S.J. Res. 85), S6906 [1OC]

——— 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]

——— exclude certain units of facilities from definition of solid waste incineration unit (see H.R. 6566), H5559 [10DE]

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

——— 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]

Federal aid programs: provide additional assistance to rural water and waste disposal systems affected by coronavirus pandemic (see S. 783), S1428 [27FE]

National Park Service: encourage reduction of disposable plastic products in units of National Park System (see S. 1926), S3169 [2JN] (see H.R. 3604), H2367 [23MY]

NRC: prohibit from issuing certain licenses for storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste (see H.R. 6665), H5809 [11DE]

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

Public lands: construct roads along southern border, allow States to place temporary barriers, develop plan to reduce hazardous trash piles, and prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used to house inadmissible migrants (see H.R. 1820), H974 [4MR]

Space policy: establish demonstration program for active remediation of orbital debris and develop uniform orbital debris standard practices to support safe and sustainable orbital environment (see S. 1898), S3116 [22MY]

Taxation: exclude from gross income certain relief payments to victims of Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event (see H.R. 1179), H614 [10FE]

Remarks in House

Aurora, IL: anniversary of Fox Metro Water Reclamation District, E659 [10JY]

Cornwall Cleanup Crew (organization): tribute, H3536 [22JY]

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]

Reports filed

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