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America Recycles

Status Report: Framework for Advancing the U.S. Recycling System

Following the 2018 America Recycles Summit, EPA worked with the 44 other organizations that signed the America Recycles Pledge in November 2018 to form four workgroups that aligned with the four critical action areas.

In its coordination and facilitation role, EPA developed this status report, which represents the collective thinking and ideas of the America Recycles Workgroup members through June 2019. Also included as an appendix are the actions EPA intends to take to support the action areas, as of June 2019. EPA will update the status of the America Recycles Workgroup activities, as well as any additional activities the Agency plans to undertake in support of the effort, as new information becomes available.

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