Zero Waste Development and Expansion Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 2/17/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- 2017-02-14Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 2017-02-14Introduced in House
- 2017-02-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-14 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (13)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Mike Quigley (D-IL)
- Matt Cartwright (D-PA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
Subjects
- Air quality
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Environmental health
- Environmental technology
- Infrastructure development
- Manufacturing
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
- Water quality
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