Sent in by Steve Urse/Sierra Club
This bill will be conformed with the Senate bill down the road, but we need to get it passed in the House. This is the last week for regularly scheduled committee meetings in the House so it is great that the bill is on the agenda for Agriculture and Natural Resources on Thursday afternoon. The Chair is Rep. Trudi Williams. Please be sure to thank her for agendaing the bill and for supporting it.
We have recycling bills in both the House and Senate this year, so let’s help them along. The bill calls for Enterprise Florida to work with DEP to create a Recycling Business Assistance Center (RBAC). The RBAC is essential because collecting recyclables and stockpiling them does not do the job. The materials have to be processed and used to make new goods that can be sold. In this way, we will reduce the impact on our natural resources and save a great in deal of energy. After all, with recycled materials the paper, aluminum, glass, etc has already been obtained from virgin stock, processed, and transported to Florida’s communities. The RBAC will help develop recycling related businesses that will process the materials, remanufacture them, and sell the newly manufactured goods. All of this activity will create JOBS!
The bill also calls for reducing the amount of solid waste disposed of in landfills by 50% in 2012, 55% in 2014, 60% in 2016, 70% in 2018, and 75% in 2020.
If at all possible, please call instead of emailing because telephone calls are more personal and are harder to skip over or delete. But email if you can’t call. Thank You!
House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2010
Name District District City Local Phone Email
Leonard Bembry 10 Madison (850) 488-7870 leonard.bembry@myfloridahouse.gov
Debbie Boyd 11 High Springs (850) 488-9835 debbie.boyd@myfloridahouse.gov
Mary Brandenburg 89 Lake Worth (850) 488-0260 mary.brandenburg@myfloridahouse.gov
Dwight M. Bullard (D) 118 Miami (850) 488-5430 dwight.bullard@myfloridahouse.gov
Rachel Burgin 56 Tampa (850) 488-9910 rachel.burgin@myfloridahouse.gov
Steve Crisafulli 32 Merritt Island (850) 488-4669 steve.crisafulli@myfloridahouse.gov
Greg Evers 1 Milton (850) 488-8188 greg.evers@myfloridahouse.gov
Rich Glorioso 62 Plant City (850) 488-0807 rich.glorioso@myfloridahouse.gov
Bill Heller 52 St. Petersburg (850) 488-5719 bill.heller@myfloridahouse.gov
Paige Kreegel 72 Punta Gorda (850) 488-9175 paige.kreegel@myfloridahouse.gov
V. Ch.Debbie Mayfield 0 Vero Beach (850) 488-0952 debbie.mayfield@myfloridahouse.gov
Jimmy T. Patronis 6 Panama City (850) 488-9696 jimmy.patronis@myfloridahouse.gov
Chair Trudi Williams (T) 75 Ft. Myers (850) 488-2047 trudi.williams@myfloridahouse.gov
