The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee has recently endorsed the Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act, which aims to improve textile recycling infrastructure and data collection.
The STEWARD Act was championed by chairman Shelley Moore Capito, ranking member Sheldon Whitehouse, and Senator John Boozman. Having secured unanimous committee approval on 5 February, the legislation aims to monitor textile waste in conjunction with other materials.
Commending the committee, American Circular Textiles (ACT) emphasized the historical neglect of textiles in federal recycling initiatives and expressed optimism about the committee鈥檚 acknowledgment of the necessity for enhanced data collection.
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Author: Jangoulun Singsit, Just Style
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