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LC003293 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE AND RECOVERY | |
CORPORATION (RIRRC) TO CONDUCT A RECYCLING/WASTE AUDIT ON THE | |
RHODE ISLAND STATE HOUSE AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A WASTE | |
REDUCTION STRATEGY | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Carson, Kazarian, Cortvriend, Donovan, Caldwell, | |
Date Introduced: February 11, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources | |
1 | WHEREAS, In Rhode Island, the majority of waste management functions are vested in |
2 | two agencies: R.I. Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) and the Department of |
3 | Environmental Management (DEM). Resource Recovery’s major responsibility is developing and |
4 | operating facilities and programs for solid waste management and recycling; and |
5 | WHEREAS, A waste audit is a method/survey for analyzing a facility's waste stream. |
6 | The goal is to identify what is being thrown away, what is being recycled or diverted through |
7 | other means, and the amounts of each type (paper, plastic, food etc.) by weight or volume that are |
8 | produced within a given timeframe; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Waste audits can reveal costly, wasteful problems and verifies what is being |
10 | thrown away, and the associated costs monetarily and environmentally; now, therefore be it |
11 | RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
12 | respectfully requests the Rhode Island Resource and Recovery Corporation to conduct a |
13 | recycling/waste audit on the Rhode Island State House, provide recommendations for a waste |
14 | reduction strategy, and report back to the House on or before December 31, 2022; and be it |
15 | further |
16 | RESOLVED, That this House hereby further requests that the Executive Director of the |
17 | Joint Committee on Legislative Services in conjunction with RIRRC and the Division of Capital |
18 | Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) investigates the installation of water filling |
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1 | stations and the installation of electric car chargers in the State House parking lots, in order to |
2 | reduce the use of plastic water bottles and to meet the carbon emission goals of the Act on |
3 | Climate, and who would report back to the House on or before December 31, 2022; and be it |
4 | further |
5 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
6 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Governor of the State of Rhode Island, the |
7 | Executive Director of the Rhode Island Resource and Recovery Corporation, the Executive |
8 | Director of the Joint Committee on Legislative Services and the Division of Capital Asset |
9 | Management and Maintenance. |
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