The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted unanimously to send a bipartisan recycling and composting bill to the floor.
The panel voted 45-0 in favor of the “Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act,” H.R. 2145, one week after the Environment Subcommittee voted to advance the bill.
The legislation, led by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), would establish an EPA pilot program with two main goals: Dole out grants to rural communities to help expand curbside collection and processing infrastructure, and give EPA the authority it needs to collect data about recycling rates.
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The Senate passed its version of the bill, S.351, in December.
