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Witnesses urge federal investment to expand recycling access, strengthen data and reach multifamily and rural households
Summary
Witnesses described access gaps—one said about 73% of U.S. households have curbside recycling—and urged use of IIJA grants, SWIFR funding, RIAA pilots and EPR to expand service to apartments, rural areas and underserved communities.
Witnesses told the subcommittee that improving collection, labeling and market demand are essential to raising recycling rates and bringing feedstocks to domestic manufacturers.
Keith Harrison, founder and CEO of The Recycling Partnership, said the nation has “not invested in The US system to really level up the recycling rate” and detailed five components of a healthy system: design, capture (access), participation, recovery infrastructure and end markets. She said, “Only 73% of our nation's…
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