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Home  Advocacy  Congressional Recycling Caucus

Congressional Recycling Caucus

Caucus Purpose
The Congressional Recycling Caucus seeks to establish a vibrant, robust, bi-partisan Caucus that represents the recycling industry and creates a permanent, long-term way to educate legislators and promote recycling in the United States.

Caucus Mission
  • To promote recycling through education on Capitol Hill
  • To advance legislation that benefits recycling
  • To correct harmful regulatory impediments

Caucus Goals
  • To raise the recycling industry's visibility
    • To communicate the environmental and economic benefits of recycling
    • Scrap is Not Waste—Recycling is Not Disposal
    • Relationships between curbside collection and commercial recycling
    • Nature and operations of the recycling industry
  • To advance recycling legislation
    • To redefine the definition of solid waste: Scrap is Not Waste—Recycling is Not Disposal
    • To encourage voluntary design & manufacturing improvements—Design for Recycling®
    • To renew favorable tax treatment for business–Accelerated Depreciation
    • To promote Free and Fair Trade Practices
    • To help improve America's transportation infrastructure 

Caucus Members

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Senate Recycling Caucus
Co-Chairs
Tom Carper (D - Delaware)
Olympia Snowe (R - Maine)
Members
Max Baucus (D - Montana)
Barbara Boxer (D - California)
Richard Burr (R - North Carolina)
Saxby Chambliss (R - Georgia)
John Cornyn (R - Texas)
Pete Domenici (R - New Mexico)
Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa)
Johnny Isakson (R - Georgia)
John Kerry (D - Massachusetts)
Frank Lautenberg (D - New Jersey)
Joe Lieberman (I - Connecticut)
Blanche Lincoln (D - Arkansas)
Robert Menendez (D - New Jersey)
Mark Pryor (D - Arkansas)
Ken Salazar (D - Colorado)
Chuck Schumer (D - New York)
Gordon Smith (R - Oregon)
Arlen Specter (R - Pennsylvania)
Debbie Stabenow (D - Michigan)
Ron Wyden (D - Oregon)
 
House Recycling Caucus
Co-Chairs
Frank Pallone (D - New Jersey)
John Shimkus (R - Illinois)
Members
Robert Aderholt (R - Alabama)
Rob Andrews (D - New Jersey)
Micheal Arcuri (D - New York)
Spencer Bachus (R - Alabama)
Michelle Bachman (R-Minnesota)
Brian Baird (D - Washington)
Gresham Barrett (R - South Carolina)
John Barrow (D - Georgia)
Melissa Bean (D - Illinois)
Shelley Berkley (D - Nevada)
Judy Biggert (R - Illinois)
Rob Bishop (R - Utah)
Tim Bishop (D - New York)
Marsha Blackburn (R - Tennessee)
Earl Blumenauer (D - Oregon)
Leonard Boswell (D - Iowa)
Michael Burgess (R - Texas)
Lois Capps (D - California)
Russ Carnahan (D - Missouri)
Steven Chabot (R - Ohio)
Ben Chandler (D - Kentucky)
Tom Cole (R - Oklahoma)
Michael Conaway (R - Texas)
Jim Cooper (D - Tennessee)
Bud Cramer (D - Alabama)
Geoff Davis (R-Kentucky)
Lincoln Davis (D - Tennessee)
Diane DeGette (D - Colorado)
Charlie Dent (R-Pennsylvania)
Norm Dicks (D - Washington)
Lloyd Doggett (D - Texas)
Mike Doyle (D - Pennsylvania)
Chet Edwards (D - Texas)
Vernon Ehlers (R - Michigan)
Brad Ellsworth (D - Indiana)
Phil English (R - Pennsylvania)
Anna Eshoo (D - California)
Chaka Fattah (D - Pennsylvania)
Virginia Foxx (R - North Carolina)
Jim Gerlach (R - Pennsylvania)
Gabrielle Giffords (D - Arizona)
Alcee Hastings (D - Florida)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D - New York)
Gene Green (D - Texas)
Brian Higgins (D - New York)
Maurice Hinchey (D - New York)
Rush Holt (D - New Jersey)
Darlene Hooley (D - Oregon)
Bob Inglis (R - South Carolina)
Jay Inslee (D - Washington)
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D - Texas)
Peter King (R - New York)
James Langevin (D - Rhode Island)
Rick Larsen (D - Washington)
Steven LaTourette (R - Ohio)
Bob Latta (R-Ohio)
John Lewis (D - Georgia)
Ron Lewis (R - Kentucky)
Daniel Lipinski (D - Illinois)
Frank LoBiondo (R - New Jersey)
Thaddeus McCotter (R - Michigan)
Jim McDermott (D - Washington)
Jerry McNerney (D - California)
Jim Marshall (D - Georgia)
Jim Matheson (D - Utah)
Brad Miller (D - North Carolina)
George Miller (D - California)
Jim Moran (D - Virginia)
Tim Murphy (R - Pennsylvania)
Marilyn Musgrave (R - Colorado)
Grace Napolitano (D - California)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D - Washington, D.C.)
James Oberstar (D - Minnesota)
John Olver (D - Massachusetts)
John Peterson (R - Pennsylvania)
Tom Petri (Wisconsin)
Joe Pitts (R - Pennsylvania)
Todd Platts (R - Pennsylvania)
George Radanovich (R - California)
Mike Rogers (R - Michigan)
Peter Roskam (R - Illinois)
Mike Ross (D - Arkansas)
Ed Royce (R - California)
John Salazar (R - Colorado)
Heath Schuler (D - North Carolina)
Allyson Schwartz (D - Pennsylvania)
Chris Shays (R - Connecticut)
Bill Shuster (R - Pennsylvania)
Albio Sires (D - New Jersey)
Louise Slaughter (D - New York)
Adam Smith (D - Washington)
Hilda Solis (D - California)
John Spratt (D - South Carolina)
Cliff Stearns (R - Florida)
Tom Tancredo (R - Colorado)
Patrick Tiberi (R - Ohio)
Mark Udall (D - Colorado)
Fred Upton (R - Michigan)
Chris Van Hollen (D - Maryland)
Pete Visclosky (D - Indiana)
Greg Walden (R - Oregon)
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D - Florida)
Henry Waxman (D - California)
Jerry Weller (R - Illinois)
Robert Wexler (D - Florida)
Roger Wicker (R - Mississippi)
Heather Wilson (R - New Mexico)

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