For nearly two decades, the House Recycling Caucus has been a bipartisan leader in bringing attention to the role of recycling in advancing the American economy and protecting our environment. The Recycling Partnership (The Partnership) celebrates the relaunch of the House Recycling Caucus and sincerely thanks Co-Chairs Stevens, Joyce, Pingree, and Miller-Meeks for their dedication to building a better recycling system.
“The House Recycling Caucus has been a champion for recycling’s ability to deliver results for communities across the nation: big, small, rural, urban, and everyone in between,” said Anthony Tusino, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs at The Partnership. “It’s clear, though, that we need to do more. Fully investing in recycling could deliver 200,000 new jobs, save taxpayers $9.4 billion, and keep $8.8 billion worth of materials in our economy. We look forward to working with the bipartisan Recycling Caucus leadership to advance better recycling policy in the 119th Congress, including incentivizing new investments, leveraging federal funding for communities, and taking steps to achieving the nation’s 2030 recycling goal.”
During the 119th Congress, The Partnership is committed to two opportunities. First, supporting the passage of the STEWARD Act (S.351), legislation that would bring funding to communities often out of reach of recycling services and compile a full accounting of the nation’s recycling and composting practices. Second, support and build endorsement for the CIRCLE Act (H.R.4466), a recycling infrastructure investment tax credit that was built to incentivize new investments across the nation that would return materials to the manufacturing supply chain and build new jobs across the country while working to keep materials out of landfills and our environment.
The press release announcing the relaunch of the House Recycling Caucus can be found here.