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United States Senate Environment & Public Works Committee HearingBefore a standing room only crowd, a hearing on the progress of national recycling efforts was held yesterday by the Senate environment & Public Works Committee. The hearing was chaired by Sen. Jeffords (I-VT), and though the committee was scheduled as a full committee hearing, the only other committee member in attendance was Sen. Carper (D-DE). The committee evaluated two areas of recycling during the hearing. First, it assessed what the federal government has done to ensure the federal procurement of recycled-content products, and what needs to be done to improve these efforts. Second, the committee evaluated the concept of producer responsibility, specifically in relation to the beverage industry. Testifying before the committee on the issue of beverage producer
responsibility were the following individuals: Darryl Young (Director
of CA Dept. of Conservation), Ed Boisson (Boisson & Associates
and Project Manager of the BEAR report), and Kevin Dietly (Northbridge
Environmental Management Consultants). The statements of Mr. Young
and Mr. Boisson articulated the need for financial incentives
to increase recycling of beverage containers and acknowledged
the superiority of deposit programs over curbside recycling programs
in terms of ability to attain high recycling rates. Mr. Dietly,
a lobbyist and consultant for the National Soft Drink Association
(NSDA) and other beverage and retail trade associations, spoke
against deposit systems You can read the statements of Sen. Jeffords and each of the hearing witnesses online at: http://www.senate.gov/~epw/stm1_107.htm#07-11-02.
James M. Jeffords, Vermont (Chairman) **************************************** TEL: 703.276.9800 http://www.container-recycling.org |
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