Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025

This bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency to create a pilot program, within 18 months, that gives competitive grants to states, local governments, Indian Tribes, and public-private partnerships to improve access to recycling. Grants of $500,000 to $15 million could pay for more transfer stations, expanded curbside recycling, and partnerships to lower the cost of collecting and moving recyclables, but not for recycling education programs. At least 70 percent of funds would go to communities that lack full recycling services, with priority for places that have no more than one materials recovery facility within 75 miles. The bill would authorize $30 million per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 and require a report to Congress on the program.

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Sponsors

• Mariannette Miller-Meeks Republican sponsor
• 30 cosponsors