ISRI celebrates formation of congressional recycling caucuses.The Institute of Scrap Recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. Industries Inc. (ISRI ISRI Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries ISRI Institute for Software Research, International (Carnegie Mellon University) ISRI Information Science Research Institute ISRI Intelligent Systems Research Institute ), based in Washington, D.C., has claimed success with the formation of the Senate Recycling Caucus caucus: see convention. . In early June, co-chairs Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) and Thomas R. Carper Thomas Richard "Tom" Carper (born January 23 1947) is an American economist and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, a member of the Democratic Party, a five-term U. S. (D-Delaware) circulated a "Dear Colleague" letter to fellow senators inviting them to join the newly formed Senate Recycling Caucus. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a press release from ISRI, "The letter promotes concepts identical to the primary objectives of ISRI's Government Relations efforts: improving the quality and quantity of recyclable materials, developing new markets for recycled products, Design for Recycling and capitalizing on the energy savings achieved through the use of recycled materials." The House Recycling Caucus, formed earlier this year, is co-chaired by Rep. Paul Gillmor Paul Eugene Gillmor (February 1 1939 – c. September 5 2007) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. Representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death. (R-Ohio) and Rep. Frank Pallone Frank Pallone Jr. (born October 30, 1951 in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American Democratic politician, who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives where he represents New Jersey's 6th district ( map). (D-New Jersey). ISRI President Robin Wiener says, "Earlier this year, ISRI celebrated the successful creation of the House Recycling Caucus. With the distribution of this letter in the Senate, we can now celebrate success throughout Congress." She adds, "We worked with the co-chairs to establish these caucuses as a means to provide a more formal structure to educate members of Congress about recycling at all levels, to promote both consumer and industrial recycling and to help our representatives develop legislation that improves our environment, reduces energy use and expands the marketplace for U.S. recycled products, including scrap metal, paper, plastic, glass, textiles, rubber and electronics." Weiner continues, "We saw the need to educate members of Congress--to let them know that scrap is not waste, but a valuable commodity and a $30 billion-plus industry essential to the U.S. and the world economy." She adds, "We are thrilled with the response of Congress to this effort and are grateful for the leadership of Senators Snowe and Carper." In July, ISRI held a congressional fly-in, bringing members to Washington to meet with their senators and representatives to urge them to join their respective recycling caucuses. |
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