H.R. 1034 · 115th Congress
Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017
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This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to award grants to local governments for developing solid waste prevention, reuse, and recycling tactics and operations. Applicants must set specific waste prevention, reuse, recycling, composting, or public education goals that will bring communities closer to zero waste.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 14, 2017
Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to award grants to local governments for developing solid waste prevention, reuse, and recycling tactics and operations. Applicants must set specific waste prevention, reuse, recycling, composting, or public education goals that will bring communities closer to zero waste. Zero waste is a goal to guide people towards emulating sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use.
The EPA must convene an annual conference for grantees and other stakeholders to learn about moving toward a zero waste goal.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017
Latest action (Feb 17, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 14, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.