EPA Pushes For Further Recycling Improvement
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As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, the U.S. Environ- mental ProtectionAgency (EPA) has highlighted the progress the United States has made in recycling and outlined how it is working with its partners to address current challenges. According to the EPA, recycling benefits communities, the en- vironment and the American economy, accounting for nearly 757,000 jobs and $36.6 billion in annual wages. “Since EPA was founded in 1970, the U.S. recycling rate has risen from 10 percent to 35 percent, and we aim to push it even higher,”EPA Administrator AndrewWheeler said.“Later this year, EPA will establish new national recycling goals and take steps to support the recycling industry in new ways.” “Recycling is a tangible way that everyone, every day, can help protect human health and the environment,” EPA Of- fice of Land and Emergency Management Assistant Adminis- trator Peter Wright says.“The positive impacts on both our environment and economy are more important than ever.” When EPA was founded, the national recycling rate was less than 10 percent. Curbside recycling was not an option until 1980 when Woodbury, New Jersey, became the first city to offer collection at the curb.Today, recycling programs can be found across the country. Facing Challenges Despite this progress, the United States recycling system is facing a number of challenges.To combat some of these issues,Wheeler hosted the first America Recycles Day Sum- mit in November 2018.The summit brought together stake- holders from across the United States recycling system to join EPA in signing theAmerica Recycles Pledge and identify four action areas: • promote education and outreach;
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• enhance materials management infrastructure; • strengthen secondary material markets; and • enhance measurement.
Last year, at the 2019 America Recycles Day Summit, EPA released the National Framework for Advancing the U.S. Re- cycling System, andWheeler announced that EPA would es- tablish a national recycling goal in 2020. EPA and the now more than 200 America Recycles Pledge signers have made significant progress since first convening in 2018, EPA said. Keeping A Pledge Over the past year, EPA has been continuing to work with the pledge signers to develop a “virtual clearinghouse” to assist municipalities and local governments in finding recy- cling resources in one centralized place.The America Recy- cles network has also developed a map of the United States recycling system to help set national recycling goals. EPA has hosted recycling market development workshops, is- sued public service announcements encouraging recycling “right” during COVID-19 and published a Federal Register notice seeking comment on the federal government’s “buy recycled”program,under the authority of EPA’s Comprehen- sive Procurement Guidelines (CPG).
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