HB67

HB67 **Sponsors**: NSharrotta, Republican, Delaware STrecarichi, Republican, Georgia

**Issue category:** Environment and Health **Bill Title:** Recycling Promotion Act of 2011

**Purpose** This bill is trying to decrease the amount of garbage, and save resources by making more people recycle in the United States. **Eligibility** This bill will apply to New York City, one of the most highly populated areas in the United States, to test out this plan and see if it works.

**Terms and Benefits** 1. The government will talk to the refuse collectors who collect the garbage in public places in New York City about collecting recycling bins instead of garbage cans to see if this will work for them. They will now be taking recycled items to a recycling center. 2. A recycling center will be built in New York City so that there is a local place to take the recycled items. The recycled items that are processed in the recycling center can be reused. This will save resources, and money to help pay for the project. 3. Plastic recycling bins will be provided in addition to the current garbage cans. Workers at the recycling center will separate the items recycled by citizens so that they can be recycled. If this is seen as a good idea in other places, those places could begin using this system.

**Fiscal Impact** A recycling center needs to be built, which costs about $13,000,000 to build. Recycling bins are needed to replace garbage cans, which would cost about $7,000 in total.

Total cost: $13,007,000 In order to get money for this bill we will take money from bills that aren't really useful anymore and put this money towards our bill. The money saved from recycling will also go toward this bill.