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Committee trims membership and adds tires to recycling study committee, approves bill as amended

Natural Resources and the Environment · February 20, 2026
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Summary

The Natural Resources committee amended a Senate study committee bill on recycling (LC650027) to cut appointees from eight to five, remove nonlegislative seats and add tires to the list of recyclable commodities, then voted to pass the measure as amended.

The Natural Resources and the Environment committee amended and approved a Senate study committee bill on recycling aimed at recapturing waste and improving recycling policy in Georgia.

The bill author described the study committee’s goal as finding ways “to recapture some of that” waste and said "Georgians throw away about a $100,000,000 every year." The author…

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