Hi Everyone,
This is quite last minute (due tonight) but please see below for an opportunity to email comments to EPA supporting national building material reuse measurement/methodology. Submission is easy, just a short email supporting C&D/reuse and any other thoughts on what to include/exclude in material pathways for reuse beyond recycling, and also perhaps there's a connection to embodied carbon considerations through reuse - have at it!
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U.S. EPA is accepting public comments on the national recycling measurement methodology related to sources of recyclable materials, materials streams (C&D, textiles, electronics, etc.), material destinations, and materials pathways, including:
reuse, repair and refurbishment, donation, recycling, composting, animal feed, anaerobic digestion, landfill cover, pyrolysis, solvolysis, gasification, combustion, and more.
Your comments are truly appreciated and will be used to inform national Zero Waste measurement priorities.
Learn More: https://www.epa.gov/americarecycles/national-recycling-goal-recycling-rate-measurement-comment-period
Online Comments Due: March 8, 2021 (11:59 PM ET)
Please submit the comments to ORCRMeasurement@epa.gov and reference Docket EPA-HQ-OLEM-2020-0443
Note: Comments received will be posted online.
As background, you can see EPA’s current annual measurement reports and methodology here. The current national recycling rate measurement includes Municipal Solid Waste (excluding C&D) recycling and composting (excluding reuse) and classifies incineration and landfilling as disposal.
https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling