PRINTER'S NO. 3465
No. 447 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, REBER, GEORGE, HARHART, LYNCH, PLATTS,
HUTCHINSON, PETRONE, DeLUCA, MASLAND, ROSS, L. I. COHEN,
CIVERA, BELARDI, BARD, ITKIN, CAPPABIANCA, M. COHEN,
GIGLIOTTI, PESCI, HALUSKA, GORDNER, READSHAW, LAUGHLIN,
MAITLAND, WALKO, HERSHEY, MELIO, MANDERINO, SATHER, SURRA,
BAKER, BELFANTI, McCALL, SHANER, PIPPY, B. SMITH, SANTONI,
GEIST, JOSEPHS, NAILOR, E. Z. TAYLOR, LEVDANSKY, STEIL,
YOUNGBLOOD, RUBLEY, BATTISTO, D. W. SNYDER, SAYLOR, ALLEN,
TIGUE, MARSICO, BROWNE, SAINATO, BOSCOLA, ORIE, TRELLO, BUNT,
GODSHALL, STEELMAN, A. H. WILLIAMS AND COY, APRIL 27, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 27, 1998
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Supporting a new Statewide recycling goal for all municipal
2 waste and source-separated recycled materials generated
3 within this Commonwealth.
4 WHEREAS, The success of Pennsylvania's recycling program has
5 made a valuable social, economic and environmental contribution
6 to this Commonwealth; and
7 WHEREAS, The public and private sectors have made
8 considerable progress in creating and supporting markets for
9 recyclable materials collected in Pennsylvania; and
10 WHEREAS, In 1988 the General Assembly established a recycling
11 goal of 25% to be reached by 1998; and
12 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania met this 25% recycling goal in 1997;
13 and
14 WHEREAS, Over 9 million citizens of this Commonwealth
1 participate in curbside and drop-off recycling programs; and
2 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth provides financial and technical
3 assistance to start local recycling programs and develop markets
4 for recyclables; and
5 WHEREAS, All 67 counties in this Commonwealth have developed
6 municipal waste management plans to assure waste disposal
7 capacity for the next ten years; and
8 WHEREAS, Of the communities mandated to recycle, 98% collect
9 more than the three materials required by law, and 42% of these
10 communities collect eight or more materials; and
11 WHEREAS, Lieutenant Governor Mark S. Schweiker, on October
12 21, 1997, announced the administration's goal of achieving a 35%
13 recycling rate Statewide by the end of the year 2002; and
14 WHEREAS, The Governor's Executive Council on Recycling
15 Development and Waste Reduction continues to maximize the
16 efforts of State government and Pennsylvania's recycling
17 industry; and
18 WHEREAS, More than 85 Pennsylvania manufacturers now produce
19 products with recycled content, and the processing and
20 production of recycled materials represents more than 4% of all
21 the manufacturing jobs in this Commonwealth; and
22 WHEREAS, This progress and commitment to successful recycling
23 and market development in Pennsylvania is continuing to meet the
24 needs of our citizens into the next century; and
25 WHEREAS, Recycling and waste reduction are integral to
26 meeting the waste management goals of this Commonwealth;
27 therefore be it
28 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
29 support the administration's goal that at least 35% of all
30 municipal and source-separated recyclable materials generated in
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1 this Commonwealth on and after January 1, 2003, be available to
2 the recycling markets.
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