NASEM Presses EPA To Address ‘Insufficient’ Municipal Recycling Markets

Members of a National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) panel examining paths to boost municipal recycling are concerned that the market for recycled goods is insufficient to drive the practice and are questioning EPA officials on ways to ease costs of its program and target benefits to environmental justice (EJ) communities. “I think for economists it's not all about market prices and quantities. The markets currently for recycling are insufficient, and they don't take into account social costs...