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Senate panel weighs Recycling Market Development Program and Texas Recycling Fund

3026297 · April 16, 2025
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Summary

Senate Bill 2689 would create a recycling market program, advisory council and a Texas Recycling Fund to support recycling infrastructure, research, education and grants; testimony showed broad stakeholder interest and concerns about voluntary vs. regulatory approaches.

Senate Bill 2689 would establish a recycling market development program at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), create a Recycling Market Advisory Council, and create the Texas Recycling Fund to award grants and loans to encourage recycling‑linked economic development.

Senator Kelly Hancock described the bill as implementing the 2021 TCEQ Recycling Market Development…

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