FPA Signs Realizing the Economic Opportunities and Value of Expanding Recycling (RECOVER) Act Coalition Letter

As members of industries working to improve our nation’s recycling systems, we implore you to include H.R. 5115 – the Realizing the Economic Opportunities and Value of Expanding Recycling (RECOVER) Act - in any infrastructure package Congress considers either in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or separately and to invest further. Our nation and economy have taken a hard hit in recent weeks as the nation responds to and recovers from the impact of this international crisis. The recycling industry has not been spared from these hardships. Many localities have reduced/eliminated recycling collection or suspended enforcement of bottle deposit laws, greatly reducing a much-needed manufacturing feedstock. We must keep recycling operating in this country, as recycling is an essential service and consumers are demanding products with more recycled content. In order to meet the demands of this crisis, we need investment now.