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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley
Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works
(EPW) Committee, today participated in a hearing on the importance of recycling
for a more sustainable future.
HIGHLIGHTS:
CHINA’S IMPACT: “I mentioned in my opening
statement that China changed its policy towards accepting materials from our
country. I’m wondering, has the market already responded to this? What are you
seeing in terms of making our system more resilient? What kind of impacts does
it have?”
RECYCLING IN RURAL AREAS: “I’m from a rural state,
West Virginia. I live in the capital city. We’ve had recycling bins here and
there, but it’s unsustainable for the municipality. They can’t afford it. They
don’t have the manpower, the funds to be able to transport and figure out what
to do with this. I would imagine in rural America this is a huge problem. What
kind of solutions have you seen? Is it a hub-and-spoke kind of solution? What
are your members seeing?”
EMERGING RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES: “You’ve obviously had great
success with your Juno technology. We’ve heard a lot about plastics and the low
numbers. What are lessons learned from what you’ve been able to do and—hearing
the testimony today and the concern from members—what would you say could be
correlated to a more successful and efficient plastics recycling?”
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