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Department of the Environment – Office of Recycling – Recycling Market Development

Sponsor: Dana Stein (District 11B)Committee: Environment and TransportationSubject: EnvironmentStatus: First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Office of Recycling in the Department of the Environment to promote the development of markets for recycled materials and recycled products in the State in a certain manner; requiring that the annual Maryland solid waste management and diversion report be submitted to the General Assembly by September 1, 2021, and each year thereafter, and include certain activities; requiring the Office to coordinate certain activities with certain entities; requiring certain departments to report certain information to the Office; etc.

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Testimony (11)

MGA witness list
FAV 10FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendments
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVConner, CharleslobbyistBaltimore CountyWritten (PDF)
FAVLafferty, SteveBaltimore CountyPosition only
FAVThomas-Wilhite, CarmeraChesapeake Bay FoundationWritten (PDF)
FAVButler, AlexMACoOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKeller, RichardMD Recycling NetworkOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHoustle, PeterMaryland Recycling NetworkWritten (PDF)
FAVKasemeyer, PamNWRAOral + Written (PDF)
FAVWright, BrandonlobbyistNWRAPosition only
FAVDelegate Stein, Delegate SteinlegislatorIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVstegman, matthewlobbyistIndividualWritten (PDF)
FWAABBOTT, TYLERMDEWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVConner, CharlesBaltimore CountyRegistered for: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery, Inc.; Center for Hope, Inc.; American Association of Nurse Practitioners; Chesapeake Utilities Corporation; Diageo; Maryland Family Network
FAVWright, BrandonNWRARegistered for: Oak Grove Strategies
FAVstegman, matthewRegistered for: Chesapeake Bay Foundation