Biden EPA Eyes Recycling Strategy Through Environmental Justice Lens

The Biden EPA is preparing to release a National Recycling Strategy later this fall that will go beyond a Trump-era proposal and reflect a broader vision of addressing the societal impacts of not recycling, including environmental justice and climate change, EPA waste chief nominee Carlton Waterhouse said Oct. 12. The Trump administration released a draft National Recycling Strategy a year ago that called for reducing contamination in the recycling stream, increasing efficiency at recycling facilities and improving markets for recycled...