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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-136
THE RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESSIBILITY
ACT OF 2022
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. 3742]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 3742) to establish a pilot program to improve
recycling accessibility, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill
do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT
Communities in the United States face several barriers to access-
ing recycling and composting programs, with the primary barrier
being their location. Rural communities have different location-
based recycling and composting program challenges than urban or
suburban communities, such as limited access to curbside recycling
and composting programs or convenient drop-off programs. The
price of services also plays a role in precluding access to recycling
and composting programs. For example, some services require that
communities or households pay a fee in order to participate.
Objectives
The goal of this bill is to establish a new program to fund eligible
projects that will significantly improve underserved communities'
accessibility to recycling systems. That goal is reached through in-
vestments in infrastructure in underserved communities using a
hub-and-spoke model for recycling infrastructure development. This
model consists of centralized processing centers (hubs) that receive
recyclables from surrounding rural communities (spokes). This hub-
and-spoke model reduces the cost for communities to transport
recyclables and ensures sufficient material is processed at one hub
to make recycling financially viable.
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