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117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-137
THE RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING ACCOUNTABILITY
ACT
AUGUST 2, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. CARPER, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 3743]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 3743) to require the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency to carry out certain activities to im-
prove recycling and composting programs in the United States, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and rec-
ommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT
In the United States, recycling programs are challenged by a va-
riety of issues ranging from contamination and misleading labeling
to limited infrastructure and limited end-markets for recycled ma-
terials. With a national recycling rate of only 32 percent,1 there is
significant room to improve our recycling systems and better un-
derstanding them, increase circularity within the economy, and ul-
timately reduce waste. At the same time, composting of food and
other organic waste has emerged as a way to further promote sus-
tainability and fight climate change, though collection of recyclable
products and food and organic waste remains segmented across the
country. Improving access to recycling and composting services; col-
lecting data that federal, state and local governments can use to in-
form policy decisions; and supporting educational resources are all
ways to improve the current state of recycling and composting pro-
grams in the United States.
The United States lacks an accurate estimation of recycling and
composting system performance across the country and comprehen-
sive and accurate data about them. Improved data collection on the
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