The Biden administration rejected advice from the investigative arm of Congress to tackle textile waste, a mounting issue with potential — albeit limited — bipartisan support.
The Government Accountability Office released a report Thursday that recommended six federal entities form an interagency coordinating group on textile “circularity,” which represents the goal to eliminate pollution from trashed products by reducing consumption and boosting recycling.
While they “generally agree with GAO’s findings and conclusions, we respectfully disagree with the recommendations to form an interagency coordinating group,” Kei Koizumi, special assistant to President Joe Biden and a principal deputy director for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, wrote in a letter on behalf of the six entities.
Those entities are OSTP, EPA, Department of Energy, State Department, National Science Foundation and the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology.
