Prospects For EPA Recycling Bills Uncertain Following Senate Approval

August 3, 2022
Despite passing the Senate by unanimous consent, bipartisan legislation aimed at expanding access to recycling programs through EPA grants and closing data gaps on recycling faces an uncertain future in the House, where it has failed to gain public backing from key lawmakers and there are no plans currently to advance it. The pair of recycling bills, S. 3742 and S. 3743, moved quickly through the Senate, backed by the top Democrats and Republicans on the Environment and Public Works...


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