NRC Helps Develop and Gains Support for Senate Resolution Reinforcing the Importance of Recycling to the US Economy

Senate Resolution 251 was introduced in the US Senate by Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). The resolution, which has been referred to the Environment & Public Works Committee, expresses support for improvement in the collection, processing and use of recyclable materials throughout the US and reinforces the importance of recycling to the US economy. It also highlights the environmental benefits of recycling. Along with others, the NRC helped provide language in the resolution shortly before it was finalized.   

Senators Carper and Snowe were joined in the introduction of this bill by 12 bipartisan cosponsors, including Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Max Baucus (D-MT), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Robert Casey (D-PA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jon Tester (D-MT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Coons (D-DE), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR).

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The Resolution was supported by the following Recycling Roundtable members:
Paper Recycling Coalition (PRC)
Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)
Steel Recycling Institute (SRI)
National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA)
The Aluminum Association
American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)
National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)

Other organizations supporting the resolution include:
National Recycling Coalition (NRC)
Recycling Organizations of North America
Environmental Paper Network (EPN)
Container Recycling Institute
International Bottled Water Association
Keep America Beautiful
Natural Resources Council of Maine - Augusta, ME
Sustainable Design Labs - San Francisco, CA
Green Press Initiative - Asheville, NC

State Recycling Organizations supporting the Resolution include:

Illinois Recycling Association
Virginia Recycling Association 
Iowa Recycling Association
The Kansas Organization of Recyclers
Colorado Association for Recycling and the 
Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania
State of Texas Alliance for Recycling 
Indiana Recycling Coalition
Michigan Recycling Coalition
Oklahoma Recycling Association
Association of Ohio Recyclers
Association of New Jersey Recyclers
Tennessee Recycling Coalition
Association of Oregon Recyclers
Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin
Carolina Recycling Association
New Mexico Recycling Coalition
Recycle Hawai`i
New York State Association of Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling
Missouri Recycling Association
Maryland Recycling Network
Nebraska State Recycling Association
Recycling Association of Minnesota 
Washington State Recycling Association

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