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EXECUTIVE ORDER
FEDERAL AGENCY RECYCLING
AND
THE COUNCIL ON FEDERAL RECYCLING AND PROCUREMENT POLICY
WHEREAS, this Administration is determined to secure for
future generations of Americans their rightful share of our
Nation's natural resources, as well as a clean and healthful
environment in which to enjoy them; and
WHEREAS, two goals of this Administration's environmental
policy, cost-effective pollution prevention and the conservation
of natural resources, can be significantly advanced by reducing
waste and recycling the resources used by this generation of
Americans; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Government, as one of the Nation's
largest generators of solid waste, is able through cost-effective
waste reduction and recycling resources to conserve local
government disposal capacity; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Government, as the Nation's largest
single consumer, is able through affirmative procurement
practices to encourage the development of economically efficient
markets for products manufactured with recycled materials;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE BUSH, by the authority vested in
me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
States of America, including the Solid Waste Disposal Act, Pub.
L. No. 89-272, 79 Stat. 99, as amended by the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), Pub. L. No. 94-580, 90
Stat. 2795 (1976), it is hereby ordered as follows:
PART 1 - PREAMBLE
Section 101. The purpose of this Executive Order is to:
(a) Require that Federal agencies promote cost-effective
waste reduction and recycling of reusable materials from wastes
generated by Federal Government activities.
(b) Encourage economically efficient market demand for
designated items produced using recovered materials by directing
the immediate implementation of cost-effective Federal
procurement preference programs favoring the purchase of such
items.
(c) Provide a forum for the development and study of policy
options and procurement practices that will promote
environmentally sound and economically efficient waste reduction
and recycling of our Nation's resources.
(d) Integrate cost-effective waste reduction and recycling
programs into all Federal agency waste management programs in
order to assist in addressing the Nation's solid waste disposal
problems.
(e) Establish Federal Government leadership in addressing
the need for efficient state and local solid waste management
through implementation of environmentally sound and economically
efficient recycling.
Sec. 102. Consistent with section 6002 (a) (1) of RCRA,
activities and operations of the Executive Branch shall be
conducted in an environmentally responsible manner and waste
reduction and recycling opportunities shall be utilized to the
maximum extent practicable, consistent with economic efficiency.
Sec. 103. Consistent with Section 6002 (c) (2) of RCRA,
agencies that generate energy from fossil fuel in systems that
have the technical capacity of using energy or fuels derived from
solid waste as a primary or supplementary fuel shall use such
capability to the maximum extent practicable.
PART 2 - DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this order:
Sec. 201. "Federal agency" means any department, agency, or
other instrumentality of the Executive Branch.
Sec. 202. "Procurement" and "acquisition" are used
interchangeably to refer to the processes through which Federal
agencies purchase products.
Sec. 203. "Recovered materials" is used as defined in
Sections 1004 (19) and 6002 (h) of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6903 (19) and 6962(h)), as amended,
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Sec. 204. "Recycling" means the diversion of materials from
the solid waste stream and the beneficial use of such materials.
Recycling is further defined as the result of a series of
activities by which materials that would become or otherwise
remain waste, are diverted from the solid waste stream by
collection, separation and processing and are used as raw
materials in the manufacture of goods sold or distributed in
commerce or the reuse of such materials as substitutes for goods
made of virgin materials.
Sec. 205. "Waste reduction" means any change in a process,
operation, or activity that results in the economically efficient
reduction in waste material per unit of production without
reducing the value output of the process, operation, or activity,
taking into account the health and environmental consequences of
such change.
PART 3 - SOLID WASTE RECYCLING PROGRAMS
Sec. 301. Recycling Programs. Each Federal agency that has
not already done so shall initiate a progran to promote cost-
effective waste reduction and recycling of reusable materials in
all of its operations and facilities. These programs shall
foster (a) practices that reduce waste generation, and (b) the
recycling of recyclable materials such as paper, plastic, metals,
glass, used oil, lead acid batteries, and tires and the
composting of organic materials such as yard waste. The
recycling programs implemented pursuant to this section must be
compatible with applicable State and local recycling
requirements.
Sec. 302. Contractor Operated Facilities. Every contract
that provides for contractor operation of a Government owned or
leased facility, awarded more than 210 days after the effective
date of this Executive order, shall include provisions that
obligate the contractor to comply with the requirements of this
Part as fully as though the contractor were a Federal agency.
PART 4 - VOLUNTARY STANDARDS
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Sec. 401. Amendment of OMB Circular No. A-119. The
Director of the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") shall
amend, as appropriate, OMB Circular No. A-119, "Federal
Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Standards,"
to encourage Federal agencies to participate in the development
of environmentally sound and economically efficient standards and
to encourage Federal agency use of such standards.
PART 5 - PROCUREMENT OF RECOVERED MATERIALS
Sec. 501. Adoption of Affirmative Procurement Programs.
Within 180 days after the effective date of this order, each
Federal agency shall provide a report to the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency regarding the agency's adoption
of an affirmative procurement program; such programs are required
by section 6002 (i) of RCRA (42 U.S.C 6962(i)). Within one year
of the issuance of this order, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shi 11 report to the President
regarding the compliance of -each Federal agency with this
requirement.
Sec. 502. Annual Review of Affirmative Procurement
Programs. In accordance with section 6002 (i) of RCRA (42 U.S.C.
section 6962(i)), each Federal agency shall review annually the
effectiveness of its affirmative procurement program, and shall
provide a report regarding its findings to the Environmental
Protection Agency and to the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy, beginning with a report covering Fiscal Year 1992. Such
report shall be transmitted by December 15 each year. Reports
required by this section shall be made available to the public.
PART 6 - RECYCLING COORDINATORS AND THE COUNCIL ON FEDERAL
RECYCLING AND PROCUREMENT POLICY
Sec. 601. Federal Recycling Coordinator. Within 90 days
after the effective date of this order, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency shall designate a senior official
of that Agency to serve as the Federal Recycling Coordinator.
The Federal Recycling Coordinator shall review and report
annually to OMB, at the time of agency budget submissions, the
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actions taken by the agencies to comply with the requirements of
this order.
Sec. 602. Designation of Recycling Coordinators. Within 90
days after the effective date of this order, the head of each
Federal agency shall designate an agency employee to serve as
Agency Recycling Coordinator. The Agency Recycling Coordinator
shall be responsible for:
(a) coordinating the development of an effective agency
waste reduction and recycling program that complies with the
comprehensive implementation plan developed by the Council on
Federal Recycling and Procurement Policy;
(b) coordinating agency action to develop benefits, costs
and savings data measuring the effectiveness of the agency
program; and
(c) coordinating the development of agency reports required
by this Executive order and providing copies of such reports to
the Environmental Protection Agency.
Sec. 603. The Council on Federal Recycling and Procurement
Policy. (a) A Council on Federal Recycling and Procurement
Policy is hereby established. It shall comprise the Federal
Recycling Coordinator, and the Agency Recycling Coordinator and
the Procurement Executive of each of the following agencies: the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense, the
General Services Administration, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, the Department of Energy, the Department of
Commerce, the Department of the Interior, and the Chairman of the
Council on Environmental Quality, and the Administrator of the
Office of Federal Procurement Policy. The Federal Recycling
Coordinator shall serve as Chair of the Council.
(b) Duties. The Council on Federal Recycling and
Procurement Policy shall:
(1) identify and recommend, to OMB, initiatives that will
promote the purposes of this order, including:
(A) the development of appropriate incentives to
encourage the economically efficient acquisition by the Federal
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Government of products that reduce waste and of products produced
with recycled materials;
(B) the development of appropriate incentives to
encourage active participation in economically efficient Federal
waste reduction and recycling programs; and
(c) the development of guidelines for cost-effective
waste reduction and recycling activities by Federal agencies;
(2) review Federal agency specifications and standards and
recommend changes that will enhance Federal procurement of
products made from recycled and recyclable materials, taking into
account the costs and the performance requirements of each
agency;
(3) collect and disseminate Federal agencies' information
concerning methods to reduce wastes, types of materials that can
be recycled, the costs and savings associated with recycling, and
the current market sources and prices of products that reduce
waste and of products produced with recycled materials;
(4) assist the development of cost-effective waste reduction
and recycling programs pursuant to this order by developing
guidelines for agency waste reduction and recycling programs and
by identifying long-range goals for Federal waste reduction and
recycling programs;
(5) provide meaningful data to measure the effectiveness and
progress of Federal waste reduction and recycling programs;
(6) provide guidance and assistance to the Agency Recycling
Coordinators in setting up and reporting on agency programs; and
(7) review Federal agency compliance with this section 103
of this order.
PART 7 - LIMITATION
Sec. 701. This order is intended only to improve the
internal management of the Executive branch and shall not be
interpreted to create any right or benefit, substantive or
procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United
States, its officers or any other person.
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Sec. 702. Section 502 and Part 6 of this order shall be
effective for five years only, beginning on the effective date of
this order.
Sec. 703. This order shall be effective immediately.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
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Dept.
Co. Post-It Kather white brand eavons fax transmittal memo
U.S. Conference of Mayors 8/90
Fax # 456. Public 164.200 Have Fax # Phone Co. From EPA 7671
In ONE day we
purchased 190,000 watches
260 6980
50,000 tvs
4 m penciles
5 m Mickey Mouse items
published
125 new books
1,000 new telephones poles erected
75 acres of pizza made
22,050 head of cattle slaughtered
62.5 m newspapers
9.3 m socks made
R.W. Beck and Associates 7/91
U.S. Postal Services stores 1 trillion lbs of undelivered mail
each year.
Kathy - here is a Callection of
recycling facts! we are
working on exhibits andI'd
like to show you some Photos.
fail Millu wray
chuck OMB Clark
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Facts on Federal Government Recycling, 10/9/91
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Standard figures: on average 1 ton of recycled paper saves:
17 trees, 4100 kwH of energy, 7,000 gal. of water; and 3 cu.ft
of landfill space
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Total amount of federal employees in GSA buildings is
approximately 1 MILLION. As of July, 1991 there are 3.1
million civilians and 2 million military in the Executive
Branch.
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Each federal employee generates 1.4 pounds per day of waste of
which 1.22 pounds is paper waste.
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Estimated amount of waste generated in GSA buildings a day is
1.4 million pounds or 700 tons.*
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Paper makes up between 80-90% of the waste stream. The
remainder of the waste stream contains metals, glass,
plastics, food and yard waste, construction debris and other
recyclables and non-recyclables. This part of the waste stream
depends on the nature of the agencies activities.
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In some federal buildings waste hauling has been reduced by
over 50% due to the diversion of recyclables from the waste
stream.
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Recharging laser cartridges has a cost savings of 50%. GSA has
more than a dozen vendors on schedule who provide this
service nationally.
,
Federal government purchases 7-8% of GNP.
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EPA is recycling approximately 65-70% of its waste stream and
procuring 99% of its printing, writing and photocopying paper
with recycled materials.
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Currently GSA buys 700 different recycled paper products
totaling more than $140 million each year.
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U.S. Government: 1988 estimated purchases at 486,000 tons of
printing and writing papers valued at $400 million. GSA
revised 114 specifications to include EPA minimum content
standards and GPO has 95% of its direct purchases meet
minimum content standards.
*based on 1 million employees generating 1.4 pounds of waste.
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Recycling Trivia
Nearly 50% of all solid waste in the country is paper.
60% less energy is used to make paper when recyclable wastepaper
is used. One ton of recyclable paper saves 2.5 barrels of oil.
Using secondary fiber (wastepaper) to manufacture new paper
produces less air and water pollutants, consumes 50% less water
and saves approximately 17 trees per ton of paper manufactured.
Each ton of wastepaper recycled saves 3 cubic yards of landfill
space.
Paper fibers can be reused as many as 6 or 7 times before
disintegrating
There are approximately 49 grades and another 31 specialty grades
of wastepaper.
Wastepaper is considered raw material in the manufacturing of
boxes, tissue, fin paper, food boxes, egg cartons, greeting cards
and building products.
Excerpt from Waste Age magazine 1990.
Each Office worker generates approx 10 lbs of waste paper/month
(EPA=12). self-stick notes represent .49 oz or 4/10 of 1%.
In 2010 world consumption of paper products will be 370 million
metric tons.
3M's --It's a changing World: One small step 1990.
Americans produce enough stryofoam cups every year to circle the
earth 436 times, that's 25 billion cups!
Polystyrene fast food containers have been banned in Suffolk
County (NY); Los Angeles; Berkeley (CA) ; and Florida.
Some packaging used for fast foods has an estimated "service life"
of only 3 minutes, but may continue to exist as garbage for
centuries.
The EarthWorks Group:
When you recycle your Sunday papers for a year, you can save
approximately one tree.
When you recycle 1 aluminum can, you save enough energy to produce
20 more.
05/28 14:27
Some 94,000 aluminum cans are recycled every minute in America.
Americans use enough corrugated cardboard in a year to make a bale
the size of a football field and the height of the World Trade
Centers.
If Americans recycled half our newsprint every year, we'd need
3200 fewer garbage truck to collect municipal trash.
Americans throw away enough used motor oil every year to fill 120
supertankers.
Every three months Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild
our entire commercial air fleet.
Steel recycling (not part of MSW)
Through recycling, the steel industry saves an average of 600
trillion Bru each year, enough to electrically power more than 18
million household for a year.
Every ton of steel recycled saves 2500 lbs of iron ore, 1000 lbs
of coal and 40 lbs of limestone.
For every lb of steel recycled, 5,450 Btu of energy are conserved,
enough to light a 60 watt bulb for over 26 hours.
Each year, steel recycling saves enough energy to meet the
electrical power needs of the city of Los Angeles, for more than
eight years.
In the recent decades, the steel industry has recycled more than
100 billion lbs annually of used steel products.
Steel Can Recycling Institute 1990.
More than 3 billion pages of paper documents are generated in the
U.S. each day.
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Recycling is an economic development tool. Landfilling 10,000
tons of waste supports but 6.46 jobs, whereas, recycling creates
32.6 jobs.
*
It takes 75,000 trees to make one run of the Los Angeles Times
Sunday edition.
Background on Recycling
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National support for and participation in recycling is
growing at a rapid pace and shows little sign of slackening.
Evidence of this is ubiquitous:
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New federal, State, and local legislation mandating
and promoting recycling. For example, in the first
5 months alone of 1990, 27 States passed 65 recycling
laws. National Governors Association set recycling
goals: 30% by 1995, 40% by 2000.
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New local recycling programs. For example, the number
of curbside recycling programs grew almost 50% between
1988 and 1989. There are now over 1,500 curbside
programs in 41 States.
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Industry is dramatically expanding its investment in
collection of recyclables and use of recycled
materials. For example, the paper industry has set a
goal of 40% recycling by 1995; other industry goals
include 65% for steel cans and 50% for plastic beverage
containers.
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Public support for recycling measures. For example,
a 1990 survey of 1,250 adults found that 92% believe
that a major commitment to recycling would
substantially reduce solid waste problems. Another
poll found that 85% favor mandatory recycling.
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There are many reasons for these trends. A driving force is
strong public support. Clearly, the vast majority of the
public sees recycling as a positive contribution they can
make to environmental protection; they support it in large
measure because they feel good about their personal effort
to implement an environmental improvement which also helps
to conserve natural resources. Unlike many issues where the
individual's only chance to make a difference is by voting,
recycling allows citizens to actively and personally improve
solid waste management.
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Beyond that, there are a number of tangible economic,
environmental, and policy benefits from recycling. These
are summarized below. Putting these advantages into
quantitative terms is not always possible, due to the lack
of conclusive data in many cases. Sometimes methodologies
and infrastructures are not available to obtain answers to
important questions.
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For example, the conventional economic system doesn't
always give full credit for environmental benefits
gained or environmental damages avoided, even though
these have real impacts on productive economic life
and sustainability of our standard of living.
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Government budgeting and planning at the local level
typically doesn't look at some of the longer-term
significant costs of disposal, as described below.
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Also, comparing the environmental consequences of
recycling activities to alternative waste management
options is complicated by the lack of a dependable
way to quantify and balance all of the steps involved,
from generation of a material or product to its final
disposition.
In many cases, existing government policies conceal some of
the social and economic benefits of recycling through
subsidies which encourage use of virgin materials. For
example, Federal tax law provides allowances for virgin
material extraction thus lowering the costs of those
materials. Federal policies subsidizing the development and
production of energy and water reduce the perceived benefits
of using recycled materials, since recycling typically
requires less energy and water in production processes.
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Nevertheless, the advantages of recycling are generally
clear and can be expressed:
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Reducing Production Costs
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Manufacturing products from recycled materials can require
significantly lower energy and material input costs costs than
using virgin raw materials. The lower production are
important in making American industry more competitive,
especially when other countries, particularly Japan, already More
are efficient production can translate into economic growth and
using less energy input per unit of production.
jobs for Americans.
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Examples of energy savings (figures vary based on type and
amount of recycled material in the end product) :
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Glass recycling saves O - 32% energy use;
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Recycling of PET plastics saves 48 - 88% energy use,
while for each ton of HDPE plastics recycled, 1,300
barrels of oil are saved;
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Recycling aluminum saves 66 - 97% energy use;
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Energy savings due to steel recycling range from 10% to
75%,
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Paper recycling saves 23% to 74% energy, depending on
which paper products are considered; and
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Savings ranging from 44% to 95% for copper, lead, zinc,
and rubber recycling.
conserving Natural Resources
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Using recycled materials reduces the mining, harvesting, and
other extraction of natural resources. This avoids the
economic and environmental costs of extraction and is
especially valuable as a means of conserving non-renewable
resources for future use.
- Examples of resource savings:
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Each ton of steel recycled saves 2,500 pounds of
iron ore, 1,000 pounds of coal, and 40 pounds of
limestone.
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Recycling one ton of aluminum saves 4 tons of bauxite:
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For each ton of glass cullet recycled, 1.2 tons of
raw materials are conserved.
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By recycling oil from consumers who change their own
oil, the United States can save thousands of barrels
of imported oil each day.
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Recycling uses less water in production processes. Use
of recycled materials saves 50% of water used for glass
production, 58% for paper, and 40% for steel. Another
estimate is that 4,000-7,000 gallons of water are
conserved for each ton of recycled paper.
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Use of compost (from yard waste and other municipal
solid waste) increases water retention in soil and
thereby lowers use and costs of irrigation. Compost
gives body to soil, enhancing its ability to entrain
fertilizers for use by plants. This prevents the
washing away of costly fertilizers to become water
contaminants. Compost can enhance the productivity
and longevity of agricultural soils, thus contributing
to sustainable agriculture.
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Conserving Landfill Capacity
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Landfills have historically captured the lion's share of
municipal solid waste in this country. In 1988, landfills
still received 73% of municipal solid waste.
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However, a convergence of factors is leading to a dramatic
decrease in the future availability of this option:
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Public opposition to siting new landfills or expanding
existing ones has been successful in blocking new
capacity in much of the country.
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Opposition is based in part on actual and perceived
environmental problems. Many of the existing landfills
are no more than open dumps.
,
New State and federal regulations tighten standards for
location, design, and operation. This will hasten the
demise of many substandard facilities.
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Rising costs of disposal in much of the country (driven
by the above factors) have caused local officials to
look to other options such as recycling.
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EPA estimates that close to half of existing landfills will
close within the next few years, either because they've
reached their capacity or because they are environmentally
unacceptable. New sites are increasingly scarce, as noted
above.
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Recycling can divert large portions of the municipal solid
waste stream from landfills, thereby conserving increasingly
valuable space for disposal of materials which truly require
disposal.
Reducing Risks
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There is no such place as "away;" once materials are
discarded, they must either be recycled, incinerated, or
landfilled. Incinerators and landfills can be designed to
reduce environmental problems; EPA's new standards will
provide the framework for such improved operations.
Nevertheless, older facilities may remain in operation (or
in non-compliance with new requirements). Some materials
will continue to be placed in "temporary" storage (e.g.,
tire piles), effectively serving as open dumps. The
potential for environmental releases and damage remains.
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Recycling reduces what we must incinerate or landfill,
reducing the potential for environmental stress.
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Examples of potential risk of disposal:
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25% of all municipal solid waste landfills have been
cited for regulatory violations at the State level.
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184 municipal solid waste landfills are listed on the
Superfund National Priority List (over 20% of all
Superfund sites).
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Risks from landfills result primarily from ground and
surface water contamination, potentially affecting
drinking and industrial water sources, and from
uncontrolled gas migration, creating explosive
conditions which have resulted in deaths.
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Incinerators pose potential risk from air emissions
(including metals, acid gases, particulates, and
organics) and from bottom ash and flyash (which can
contain concentrated heavy metals).
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Recycling materials can reduce pollution and associated
risks from production of goods using virgin raw materials.
This is a difficult area for quantification. Efforts to
compare the pollution associated with use of virgin
materials to that associated with use of recycled inputs are
complicated by the different processes and materials
involved and, consequently, differences in pollutant types
and loadings.
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Examples of pollution reduction from recycling (compared to
use of virgin raw materials)
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Air pollution savings range from 20-22% for glass,
85% for steel, 95% for aluminum, and 74% for paper.
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Water pollution savings are estimated at 97% ,for
aluminum, 35% for paper, and 76% for steel.
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Mining waste reduction is estimated at 80% for glass
and 97% for steel.
Coping with the Costs of Waste Management
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As the costs of disposal and incineration increase,
recycling becomes an increasingly attractive option.
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Materials which are recycled do not have to be buried or
burned, thus avoiding those costs. (There will be some
residues from processing and remanufacture of recyclables,
but the essential point is the reduction in overall
quantities disposed and resulting costs avoided.)
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Materials collected for recycling have a scrap value which
can lead to revenues for the local government. Revenues
vary by commodity, as well as over time, and are also
dependent on careful marketing by the seller and attention
to the buyers' specifications.
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Municipalities can project avoided disposal costs and
recycling revenues and use those calculations in their
planning. However, many of the real costs of disposal to
the municipality are not likely to be allocated or even
considered. For example, landfills and incinerators create
costs for:
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closure, especially under new State and federal
standards;
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clean-up of contamination and long-term monitoring
following closure;
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addition of new pollution control technologies during
the active life of the facility; and
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opportunity costs of the land, capital, and operational
resources devoted to disposal.
other Considerations
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Recycling may produce macroeconomic benefits such as higher
employment rates in certain sectors. Indeed, some States
and cities have active efforts to use recycling
opportunities as an economic development tool. However,
jobs may be also lost in primary material production. There
is little reliable data on these issues.
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Similarly, recycling could improve the balance of payments
by decreasing imports of primary materials (such as bauxite
and oil) and by increasing exports of waste paper. There is
little data on net effects in this area.
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Recycling (especially through beverage container deposit
programs) clearly leads to a reduction in litter. This
leads to aesthetic and other benefits to citizens, which are
difficult to quantify but nevertheless are real.
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Why Don't Advantages of Recycling
Lead to Business Response?
One may acknowledge some or all of the advantages outlined
above, but ask why business hasn't responded by engaging in
more recycling.
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Industry is increasingly acting upon these benefits by
recycling, as noted earlier. The aluminum industry has
known for years about the major energy savings from use of
recycled input, and has developed a nationwide
infrastructure to collect and use scrap aluminum. In the
paper industry, fully one-third of mills depend almost
entirely on waste paper as their raw material. Hundreds of
millions of dollars have been committed by paper companies
over the last year for new recycling capacity. Similar
growing levels of activity are evident by the steel and
plastic industries.
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In other cases, firms may not be fully aware of these
advantages. EPA has found in its pollution prevention
efforts that initially reluctant companies were pleased to
discover large savings once they conducted waste
minimization improvements. Similar results may be found as
companies, sometimes under public and governmental pressure,
look at recycling opportunities.
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However, it is clear that some economic and policy factors
restrict recycling, sometimes masking its advantages. In
other words, markets may not be reflecting the true social
benefits and costs of the alternative waste management
options. For example, as described earlier, Federal tax law
as well as policies subsidizing energy and water use
encourage use of competing virgin materials by lowering
costs.
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In other cases, the economic balance sheet used by
individual companies in their decision-making doesn't
reflect the full national advantages of recycling or the
full costs of other options. For example, some companies
have sunk costs in the use of virgin inputs, ranging from
ownership of timber land and mineral rights to capital
invested in current industrial processes. For these
companies to shift to use of recycled inputs could be costly
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to them in the short term. Manufacturers have less of an
incentive to recycle since they don't bear the costs of
disposal of their products and packaging. Cities across the
country are left to worry about rising tip fees and
declining landfill capacity, but these real concerns may not
be passed back to individual companies who contribute to
different cities - waste streams. As another example,
companies may not reflect the full societal cost of resource
depletion in their calculations.
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Why should the Federal Government
be Involved in Recycling?
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TO promote national consistency. Without Federal
involvement, State and local governments will adopt a
hodgepodge of labelling systems, packaging controls, source will
be sent conflicting messages and inefficiency in production
separation requirements, etc. Industry and consumers
and use of materials is likely.
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To harness Federal buying power. Recycling requires
development of markets through increased demand for recycled
goods. As the nation's largest single purchaser, the
Federal government can provide a major boost for markets
through procurement of products containing recovered
materials. (This is also required by RCRA.)
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To provide a national model. States and industry have
looked to the Federal government for guidance on the role of
recycling in waste management, appropriate goals and
practices, uniform definitions, etc. Also, Federal offices
and facilities will be scrutinized for examples of
appropriate recycling activities.
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To provide national information and support. Government and
industry at all levels look to the Federal government for
research, data, ideas, etc. Without such support, there's a
central vacuum that cannot be effectively filled by other
groups.
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TO respond to Congressional action. The hundreds of waste
management bills under consideration this Session require
analysis and response. When Congress reauthorizes RCRA or
adopts new pollution prevention legislation, there are
likely to be significant new recycling provisions.
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COME STATES AGENCY ENVIRONMENT
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
PROTECTION
Post-It™ brand fax transmittal memo 7671
# of pages
2
To
From
Kathy Jevons
David Cohen
Co.
Co.
Dept. White House
Phone # 260-7966
OFFICE OF
ADMINISTRATION
MEMORANDUM
Fax
#
Fax
AND RESOURCES
456- 1647
260-6881
MANAGEMENT
SUBJECT: Procurement of products containing recovered materials
within Federal Agencies
TO:
Gordon L. Binder
Chief of Staff
Nancy B. Firestone
Associate Deputy Administrator
FROM:
Gail Miller Wray
Special Assistant, OARM
While working on the Executive Order, we have found it
difficult to obtain adequate information due to the lack of
activity and a centralized information source. The following is
information on Federal Agency's procurement practices in regard to
products with recovered materials:
* GSA's Environmental Task Force is formulating a database to
determine what Federal Agencies purchase off their Recycled
Product Schedule. Currently GSA region 6 maintains a monthly
tally.
*
GSA offers recycled xerographic paper, a variety of recycled
paper products, recycled laser toner cartridges and retread tires
on schedule.
*
U.S. Postal Service procures retread tires, purchases recycled
paper products, and uses recycled cleaning solutions. As of June
1991 all brochures are printed on recycled paper. USPS is also
researching the use of recycled batteries and alternative fuels.
*
DOI uses recycled paper at all copy centers, requests all print
jobs to be on recycled paper, uses letterhead on recycled paper
and are requesting all offices nationwide to use 100% recycled.
Retread tires are also procured.
Printed on Recycled Paper
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OFFICE OF PREGUENT STATE & ORIGIN
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
October 10, 1991
MEMORANDUM TO HANK HABICHT, EPA
JIM FITZHENRY, OCA
KATHY JEAVONS, OPL
FROM:
Nelson A. Rockefeller MAR
Special Assistant
SUBJECT:
Recycling Executive Order
Bob Grady requests you review the attached press release
and provide initial comments to me by COB Thursday, October 10th.
Attachment
CC: Bob Grady
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 18, 1991
President Issues Recycling Executive Order
The President today issued Executive Order No. XXXXX,
mandating that all Federal agencies establish more effective
programs to reduce waste generation, recycle waste and buy
products containing recycled materials.
The Executive Order seeks to improve environmental quality
by requiring each agency to examine its operations and implement
cost-effective ways to reduce and recycle waste and buy products
made from recycled materials. The Order specifically addresses
the recycling of paper, plastic, aluminum, glass, used oil, lead
acid batteries, and the composting of organic materials such as
yard waste. The agencies are to follow applicable State and
local requirements in implementing recycling programs initiated
pursuant to the Order.
The Executive Order encourages the procurement of goods made
from recycled materials whenever such items competitively meet
Government needs. The Order, according to the White House, "puts
teeth into agency programs implementing the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The RCRA establishes a
statutory base for Federal waste reduction programs. The Order
directly links Federal procurement and management practices to
environmental objectives and will harness the Government's $190
billion annual purchasing power to help further environmental
objectives.
Efforts under the Executive Order will be guided by a new
"Council on Federal Recycling and Procurement Policy." Agency
"Recycling Coordinators," are also created by the Order and will
sit on the Council with the Procurement Executives of several
departments and agencies. The Council will review agency waste
reduction, recycling and procurement preference programs and will
recommend ways of improving their effectiveness. One of the
problems in the past is that agencies have implemented RCRA on an
individual basis. The Order will coordinate agencies' efforts
throughout the Government and greatly improve overall Government-
wide pollution prevention and recycling practices.
A summary of the major actions required by the Executive
Order is attached.
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Summary of Major Actions Required
By Executive Order XXXX
1. Agencies must set up recycling programs compatible with
State and local requirements for all their operations and
facilities. Any contractor operating a Government-owned or
leased facility will also be required to operate similar
recycling programs within the facility. This will involve any
contract awarded more than 210 days after the effective date of
the Order.
2. Agencies shall establish affirmative procurement
programs focussing on those products for which EPA has already
issued written procurement guidelines. EPA guidelines presently
cover: cement and concrete containing fly ash; paper and paper
products; lubricating oils containing recycled oil; retread
tires, and building insulations products.
3. Within six months of the effective date of the Order,
agencies are required to report on the status of their respective
procurement program. Within one year, EPA is required to report
to the President on the progress the agencies are making.
Thereafter, agencies are required to review and report annually
on the effectiveness of the procurement programs.
4.
The EPA Administrator will designate a senior EPA
official as the Federal Recycling Coordinator. The Coordinator
will report annually (at budget submission time) to OMB on the
progress that the Federal agencies are making in the recycling
area. Each agency will also be required to designate its own
Recycling Coordinator to manage and report on all waste
Order. reduction, recycling and procurement actions required by the
5.
The Council on Federal Recycling and Procurement Policy
will advise OMB on future initiatives; serve as an information
clearinghouse, and provide guidance to the agencies on
establishing, evaluating, and reporting on their recycling
programs. This Council, chaired by the Federal Recycling
Coordinator, will consist of the Chairman of the Council on
Environmental Quality; the Administrator for Federal Procurement
Policy, and the Agency Recycling Coordinator and Procurement
Executive from each of the following agencies:
--
Environmental Protection Agency
--
Department of Defense
--
General Services Administration
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
:
Department of Energy
-- Department of Commerce
--
Department of Interior
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BODY:
TAX TALK IN TWO LANGUAGES
Nobody anywhere likes to write tax laws.
That much was clear - even if the discussion occasionally got murky - when 18
Soviet parliamentarians met with Rep. Thomas J. Downey and four of his
colleagues from the House Ways and Means Committee at the Capitol last week.
Downey, who has visited the Soviet Union four times, chaired the 1 1/2-hour
discussion that covered questions about different types of taxes to tax
philosophy to targets of taxation to how much to spend on staffers.
"You will find, as you get into it, that it's a messy process and one that
doesn't work as efficiently as other processes - but I believe you will find
that it's the very best way to do business," the Amityville Democrat said. "You
have an extraordinary opportunity to learn from our mistakes."
For his part, Alexander K. Orlov, deputy chairman of the Soviet Commission of
Planning, Budget and Finance, told the congressmen: "We also fight with the
government and colleagues from other other commissions. It's a very heavy
burden."
RAPPING ON RECYCLING
Is George J. Hochbrueckner trying to join the ranks of rappin'
representatives?
The Coram Democrat recently inserted a rap song on one of his favorite
subjects - recycling - into the Congressional Record - joining Rep. Major Owens
(D-Brooklyn) who has put four of his own compositions in the record over the
past three months.
"This song is about young people reaching out and getting involved in
recycling efforts," Hochbrueckner told his colleagues. "I cannot think of a
better way to get young people interested in recycling."
Composed by Westhampton Beach Junior High School student Raheam Brown, the
song sends, in part, this message:
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When we recycle paper we save trees,
And make goods that get shipped overseas.
And not only that we make the air better, too,
All by the help of what we can do.
NOTORIETY IN OBSCURITY
When a congressman doesn't keep grabbing the microphone at subcomittee
hearings or trying to get his face on C-SPAN at every opportunity, just look
where they put him - The Caucus of the Obscure.
With nine other House members, Rep. Raymond McGrath was named last week to
the imaginary group by the Capitol Hill newspaper of record, Roll Call.
"These are the members you may not have heard of, and you certainly don't
hear much from," Roll Call wrote.
In its brief profile of the Valley Stream Republican, Roll Call said about
the five-term congressman: "Known more for his boyish good looks than for any
monumental legislative achievement, McGrath still had enough pull with Ways and
Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D-I11.) to keep deductibility of state income
taxes in the 1986 tax reform bill."
"The congressman doesn't mind being labeled obscure if that means he avoids
the media spotlight," McGrath spokesman Dan Zielinski said. "But, as Roll Call
said, he tends to his constituents' needs, he has a very good attendance record
and he prefers to negotiate behind the scenes to bring about legislative
solutions."
But Zielinski hotly denied Roll Call's allegation that McGrath "likes to
party," saying, "He has a wife to go home to and a 5-year-old son to raise."
And Rep. Robert J. Mrazek (D-Centerport) wrote a letter to Roll Call to
complain about the Caucus of the Obscure story.
Saying there was no question about McGrath's "diligence, sincerity and
conscientiousness,' Mrazek wrote: "The 'he also likes to party' line is
particularly hard to justify when you point out that McGrath helped save the
deductibility of state income taxes."
Thomas Downey also joined Mrazek in defending McGrath.
MOVE TO LIFT CABLE IMPORT DUTY Aiming to save Long Island Lighting Co.'s
ratepayers $ 2.5 million, Thomas Downey and Raymond McGrath are trying to lift
an import duty on an underwater electrical cable being laid across the Sound to
improve the power system's reliability.
LILCO is buying four eight-mile lengths of the self-contained, fluid-filled
submarine cable under a $ 103-million contract with the Pirelli Cable Corp. of
Milan, Italy. This cable should be the final link of a New York Power Authority
project, set for completion in 1991, to bring hydropower to Long Island.
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proposed doing the same.
see. He is a powerful man now because
enormous difference in a lot of regional
are the threat to the central control
Nunn: Catherine, I think we'll have
What about Senate action in regard to
he has the only legitimate election by
conflicts in the world. We even were on
that the treaty that was going to be
to wait and see what happens here. I
the most favored nation trade status for
the people of the Soviet Union and the
the threshold of perhaps being able to
entered into tomorrow, represented.
certainly would agree with what Pres-
the Soviet Union?
people of the Soviet Republic. That
work with the Soviets on things that we
That threatened the central govern-
ident Bush said this morning. We may
Nunn: As far as economic, I think we
makes him an enormously powerful
would have never dreamed of in the
ment in the views of the hard-liners, I
see a real reaction from the people in
ought to put everything on hold, as
person in terms of people power.
William K. Reilly
8-20-91
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Facing Facts on the Environment
A recent poll by the Roper Organization on
questions to which we need answers? Are we
es-sulfur dioxide or hydrogen sulfide, for
year than in prior years. Much of the most
"Environmental Protection in the 1990s"
organizing to get key information? What do
instance-that would have meant acute ef-
polluted area is uninhabited desert or water.
shows that environmentalism tops safe sex,
the data tell us about the seriousness of the
fects for those living in the region. Particu-
To date, the risk to public health in no way
patriotism and "The Simpsons" for what's
problem and the magnitude of the appropriate
lates are heavy-but our initial analyses did
compares to the deadly London fog of 1952,
"in" in 1991. That's heady company, and I
response?
not reveal heavy metals, hydrocarbons or
in which almost 4,000 people died, or to the
hope the environment continues to keep it. It
Suppose we apply this to the Kuwait oil
volatile organics that would mean problems.
is good news for those of us in the business of
dense fog of 1948 in Donora, Pa., in which
fires. I traveled to Kuwait at the request of
We are still studying the samples, and we are
protecting it.
10,000 people were overcome and 20 died.
the president to assess the environmental
mounting a more extensive monitoring effort,
But evidence suggests the environment's
These were acute episodes in heavily popu-
threats from the fires and to observe first-
high standing reflects growing concern over
so we may yet find something troubling.
lated areas-with clear but immediate evi-
hand both the containment and cleanup ef-
We have urged Kuwait to link air monitor-
dence of health effects.
risks large and small, and a feeling that there
forts and the environmental monitoring work
is no risk so small-and none so expensive-
ing and weather reports, and issue daily air
Despite the recent U.S. findings, some
of an interagency team of U.S. scientists and
that government should not work to eliminate
quality advisories. And the World Meteoro-
refuse to believe the data. The Bush admin-
it.
technical experts. Two concerns are upper-
logical Organization is overseeing a long-term
istration is committed to environmental poli-
Until recently we have made little effort to
most: impacts on global climate and short-
monitoring plan at the request of the Saudi
cies that are grounded in science. In the
and long-term health effects.
assess our overall environmental quality ob-
Arabian and Kuwaiti governments. These ef-
matter of the Kuwaiti oil fires-as I hope in
jectives, to target our laws and scarce re-
Both a U.S. interagency team and another
forts should provide real-time air alerts and
all other environmental matters before us-
sources to reduce the greatest risks to human
team of federally funded scientists operating
establish with some certainty what's happen-
we are prepared to subject our work to the
health and natural systems. Now I think
under the auspices of the National Science
ing. Coupled with the work of the World
review of outside experts, to be inclusive in
we've got to. There simply are more anxi-
Foundation-as well as British scientists
Health Organization, the air monitoring also
the fact-finding process as possible, and to be
eties than we can possibly create laws to
from the Royal Meteorological Society-be-
should begin to give us a picture of any
open always to revising our opinions and
alleviate, and far more risks than resources to
lieve global climatic effects from the fires are
potential for long-term, chronic health effects
strategies in the light of new information. I
eliminate them. Determining which risks
unlikely. The plumes generally rise to be-
on the people living in the Persian Gulf
invite anyone with hard information from
need a full-scale response by government and
tween 10,000 and 12,000 feet, with the
countries. Our Department of Defense is
Kuwait that contradicts our preliminary find-
which do not is a value-laden task. If there is a
highest readings to date taken at around
monitoring the health of U.S. troops-those
ings to get it to us as quickly as possible.
source of trustworthy information that can
20,000 feet. This suggests they will not reach
who served and those still there.
We will continue to monitor the environ-
lend authority and coherence in helping char-
heights of 38,000 to 40,000 feet, at which
I caution-as I've made clear all along—
ment of Kuwait, to analyze pollution samples
acterize and even rank risk, it is good science.
altitude we might see the plumes distributed
that our findings are preliminary and may
and to calculate risks and advise on any
In my opinion, the environmental debate
around the globe by the stream.
change as results of ongoing scientific as-
protective policies needed. But we also need
has long suffered from too little science.
So, regarding the risk to the global envi-
sessments come in, as Kuwait's full monitor-
to recall that to equate every incident, every
There has been plenty of emotion and politics,
ronment, there is emerging scientific con-
ing system comes on line, or as the wind and
problem, with a major risk undermines our
but scientific data have not always been
sensus that the volcanic eruptions at Mount
weather patterns shift. It runs counter to
ability to focus on the most significant risks.
featured prominently in environmental ef-
Pinatubo in the Philippines-which do reach
experience to see pollution on the scale en-
Nothing is 100 percent safe. Neither are all
forts, and have sometimes been ignored even
the upper altitudes-pose a greater threat
countered in Kuwait without also seeing im-
risks equal. That is as true in the United
when available. As major new environmental
worldwide to the atmosphere.
pacts on health, particularly affecting asth-
States as it is true in Kuwait.
problems arise, I propose we approach them
And what of risks to public health? Our air
matics and others with lung disorders.
as scientifically as possible, asking: 'How
monitoring data and those of the Kuwaitis
Nevertheless, thus far, hospital admissions
The writer is administrator of the
much do we know? What are the critical
thus far show significant levels of toxic gas-
for respiratory disorders are no greater this
Environmental Protection Agency.
Administration of George Bush, 1990 / Apr. 20
servant I admire, a
learn that we all have a role to play in
estimated that only 10 percent of the Na-
on. Help him do for
solving some of our most pressing problems.
tion's municipal solid waste is recycled,
dy demonstrated he
If we're to preserve our precious national
while some 80 percent is deposited in land-
ank you for this OC-
heritage, each organization, business, indi-
fills and some 10 percent is incinerated. Be-
United States. And
vidual in America must take direct and con-
cause the Nation is generating an increasing
SS the next Senator
sequential action to protect our environ-
amount of solid waste each year-currently
Alabama. Thank you
ment. So, it is my pleasure to present to you
160 million tons annually-the amount of
a letter designating the Birmingham-South-
available landfill space is dramatically de-
ern Conservancy as a Point of Light.
creasing.
ke at 12:22 p.m. in
Let me just hand this over to you, Will
Recycling municipal solid waste not only
at the Birmingham-
Phillips.
helps to preserve our limited landfill space,
In his opening re-
Mr. Phillips. Thank you very much.
but also yields a number of other immedi-
y Scott, president of
The President. Among the many efforts
ate and long-term benefits. For example,
ty; Arthur Outlaw,
this organization has undertaken, recycling
recycling reduces the need to remove addi-
abama Republican
is one of the finest. And I thought, there-
tional resources from their natural environ-
Denton; Bart Starr,
fore, it would be most fitting to have your
ment and thus helps to prevent the envi-
tball player; Randy
organization and, indeed, this school be
ronmental harm created by such extraction
ead singer for the
present for the signing of the proclamation
efforts. Recycling also saves energy and fre-
abama; Joan Hand,
designating April as National Recycling
quently provides a less costly alternative to
tary of State Perry
Month. And so, I'm delighted to do it. I can
landfills and incineration. The materials re-
pool, rector of St.
think of no more appropriate place to do it,
covered through recycling can often be
Katherine Caban-
inspired as I am by the work of all of you
used by local communities to generate in-
baniss; and Ollie
involved in this great conservation effort.
creased revenue.
A tape was not
Thank you for letting me come, and now
Every American can play a role in solving
of the content of
I will sign this one.
the Nation's solid waste disposal problems
by recycling-either through municipal pro-
Note: The President spoke at 12:59 p.m. at
grams or through voluntary drives spon-
the Birmingham-Southern College Recy-
sored by local service organizations. Be-
cling Center. Will Phillips is the president
cause recycling is not complete until recov-
of the conservancy. A tape was not avail-
ered materials are used in manufacturing
a Points of
able for verification of the content of these
new products for consumer use, individuals,
mingham-
remarks.
business owners, and government managers
servancy and on
can contribute to recycling by purchasing
ecycling Month
such products and by supporting the devel-
ham, Alabama
opment of markets for recycled goods.
Proclamation 6117-National Recycling
Whether as a member of a private house-
Month, 1990
hold, business, or civic organization, each of
Phillips and all the
us can help to reach the goal of 25 percent
oject, my thanks. I
April 20, 1990
waste reduction and recycling by 1992.
with the members
hern Conservancy.
By the President of the United States
While each community's ability to meet this
udents, the faculty,
of America
goal may vary, such efforts constitute im-
portant strides toward eliminating Ameri-
Southern who have
A Proclamation
ca's solid waste problems.
te this important
Recognizing the importance of proper
In recognition of the importance of recy-
solid waste management to protecting
cling solid waste, the Congress, by Senate
schools in neigh-
human health and the environment, many
Joint Resolution 250, has designated April
forts and working
communities across the United States have
1990 as "National Recycling Month" and
Society to involve
launched effective recycling efforts. Many
has authorized and requested the President
leanup efforts, you
have established very successful voluntary
to issue a proclamation calling for its appro-
enhance our envi-
programs. There now exist across the
priate observance.
parting your love
United States facilities for recycling scrap
Now, Therefore, I, George Bush, Presi-
its well-being to
metals, paper, and glass.
dent of the United States of America, do
custodians, our
Despite this progress, Americans are still
hereby proclaim April 1990 as National Re-
u're helping them
not recycling enough municipal waste. It is
cycling Month. I urge the people of the
607
Apr. 20 / Administration of George Bush, 1990
United States to observe this month by un-
teach the skills needed for writing news re-
dertaking recycling efforts in their own
leases and proposals, performing bookkeeping
households and businesses, by actively par-
tasks, and helping the nonprofit agencies
ticipating in community recycling efforts,
become more productive and efficient. Many
and by teaching their children about the
local projects are initiated by each community
benefits of such efforts. I also urge commu-
team. The projects are designed either for the
nity leaders to consider the advantage of a
unique needs of the host community or to be
comprehensive recycling program as a
replicated throughout UTC branches world-
wide.
means of managing municipal solid waste.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
April 14
my hand this twentieth day of April, in the
year of our Lord nineteen hundred and
Action Elementary School Volunteer Program,
of East Lebanon, ME. This program encour-
ninety, and of the Independence of the
ages teachers to utilize the volunteer force in
United States of America the two hundred
the classroom and initiates many services in the
and fourteenth.
school. The Student Assistance Program pro-
George Bush
vides volunteers to assist teachers during class
with subjects ranging from reading to science.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Regis-
The Breakfast Program provides meals to stu-
ter, 3:21 p.m., April 23, 1990]
dents who have not eaten before coming to
school. The Materials Preparation/At-Home
Program uses volunteers who are not available
during school hours. And the Resource Pro-
gram invites community members with special
Points of Light Recognition Program
skills to give lectures and assist teachers with
lessons.
The President named the following individ-
April 16
uals and institutions as exemplars of his
Frank H. Lockyear, of Wilsonville, OR Mr.
commitment to making community service
Lockyear, a 73-year-old retiree, founded
central to the life and work of every Ameri-
ReTree International, a nonprofit group
with
can.
three goals: to plant trees, to educate
public on the importance of planting trees
to assist in forestry research. He enlists
In honor of Earth Day 1990, all Daily Points of
Girl Scout troops, school and church
Light during the week of April 16 demonstrate
and also 4-H members to plant
trees
the importance of community engagement in en-
Lockyear speaks to community
vironmental problemsolving. Each is taking
importance of forests, and ReTree
direct and consequential action to positively
al acts as a clearinghouse for the
affect the environment. The President will visit
exchange of seeds, seedlings, and
three daily Points of Light this week in order to
It involves young people the
highlight his personal commitment to the protec-
education, promotion, and
tion of the environment.
tion, ReTree plants trees in
On Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, the President
uals or events, including &
will meet representatives from Reef Relief, the
bie, Scotland, commemorating
123d daily Point of Light. Located in the Florida
Pan American Flight 103,
Keys, Reef Relief volunteers are responsible for
trees have been planted
installing mooring buoys which protect the deli-
Mr. Lockyear's tireloss work.
cate coral reefs from anchor damage.
April 17
April 13
Stowe, VT. The Stowe
United Technologies Community Teams, of
serve and enhance its
United Technologies Corp. (UTC). Each UTC
the Stowe Rocreation
branch sponsors a United Technologies Com-
way. The 5.3 mile
munity Team that assumes responsibility for
offering
a
social problemsolving in its host community.
enjoyment
Working as a team, UTC employees, their fam-
and
ilies and friends, and community members aug-
are
involved
ment local nonprofit agencies by providing
path.
knowledge, skills, and time. The employees
debris.
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The President. That's all I'm going to say
You know, I know I speak for everybody
this patrol, f.
about it right now. I hope you'll under-
that goes abroad, it is always nice to be
several hours
stand, Helen [Helen Thomas, United Press
back on home soil. What better way to
picking up
International].
come home after visiting distant lands than
planting tree
Q. I don't quite-{laughter}-
to recognize Americans who do take pride
park benches
Trade With China
in America: our millions of acres of forests
vandals, and
and parks, wildlife preserves, and beaches.
crime and dr
Q. Sir, do you have enough votes to block
The Take Pride in America campaign urges
preschoolers
MFN or to keep MFN going for China?
all Americans to help preserve this precious
the good worl
The President. We're going to be talking
heritage for future generations.
It's really u
about that now. My position is so clear I
Every day, everywhere in America,
this group, be
would hope so.
people are finding ways to make a differ-
ners here to
ence. We call these Points of Light-we
complishment
Note: The exchange began at 10:05 a.m. in
refer to these people as Points of Light.
tion, who dese
the Cabinet Room at the White House. In
And in your service to our shared environ-
country.
his remarks, the President referred to Prince
ment, all of you who take pride in America
You know,
Sadruddin Aga Khan, Executive Delegate
do shine brightly and brilliantly.
one of my p
for the United Nations Secretary-General on
Our dog Millie is doing her part. [Laugh-
once said: "No
the humanitarian situation in Iraq. A tape
ter] Last time I threw a stick out on the
what he rec
was not available for verification of the
lawn and said, "Fetch," she had me written
reward for wh
content of this exchange.
up for littering out here. [Laughter]
all of you wh
The public resources that you've worked
Pride in Amer
to preserve and protect-the parks that
delighted that
you've adopted, the rivers you've cleaned
returning to t
and reclaimed, the children that you've
Remarks at the Presentation Ceremony
now, I want t
taught-these represent a legacy for future
for the Take Pride in America Awards
Secretary Luj
generations that every one of you works to
awards to pres
July 23, 1991
serve.
the spear carri
This morning, 121 of you received well-
Good to see you all. A few minutes late-
earned recognition for your commitment
Note: The Pres
filling out the frequent flyer forms. [Laugh-
and your achievements in promoting volun-
East Room at
ter]
tary stewardship of our public lands. And I
marks, he refe
I'm delighted to be here, and let me just
want to offer my congratulations, and my
person for the
say at the outset of this, why, I'm just back
admiration and respect for each and every
gram.
from a fascinating trip to London and to
one of you.
Turkey and to Greece, and I think it was a
This afternoon, among so many special
good one. But now I'm back to the very
groups, I can't begin to recognize all. But
Statement by
important business at hand, and an opportu-
let me offer just two examples of what it
on the Extens
nity to thank some people who have done a
means to "Take Pride in America." Take
Term as Direc
disproportionate amount for their country.
Pat Mitchell. As a volunteer, she travels
Intelligence A
To Secretary Lujan, who's been such a
around the State of Alabama as "Auntie
driving force for voluntarism and public
Litter"-here she is, suited up for the occa-
July 23, 1991
land stewardship, I salute you and thank
sion-{laughter|-"and the Pollution
The Presiden
you. And of course, to Linda Evans who's
Patrol"-teaching schools, churches, and
Director Willia
just taken so much interest in this Take
other groups about the new three R's:
sition for 1 m
Pride in America program, we're very, very
refuse [reuse], reduce waste, and recycling.
retirement on
grateful to her.
She's showing people many things that they
To Senator Conrad Burns over here, we
can do to improve our environment. And
graciously cons
salute him and thank him. And to all of you
thank you very much for what you are doing,
quest. The Dir
Pat.
underscores tl
who have shown an interest in this, many
And the next is Rafael Munoz-where is
public service
from its very inception, thank you and wel-
he? Right here. Here he is. This guy's of the
The President a
come to the White House. And thank heav-
Norris Square Park Patrol, a group working
and the Directo
ens we're doing it indoors instead of out.
in one of the most deprived areas of Phila-
personal plans.
[Laughter]
delphia. The 35 youngsters who make up
extension becau
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Administration of George Bush, 1991 / July 24
always nice to be
hat better way to
distant lands than
this patrol, from 10 to 18 years old, work in the confirmation hearings for Robert M.
several hours each day cleaning the park, Gates.
who do take pride
picking up and recycling broken glass,
of acres of forests
planting trees and flowers, and painting
rves, and beaches.
park benches. The patrols have discouraged
ca campaign urges
vandals, and what was once a haven for
serve this precious
tions.
crime and drugs has become a place where
Nomination of Arthur J. Rothkopf To
preschoolers can play without fear. Keep up
Be General Counsel of the Department
ere in America,
the good work.
of Transportation
to make a differ-
It's really unfair to single out anybody in
July 23, 1991
nts of Light-we
Points of Light.
this group, because each of the award win-
r shared environ-
ners here today have stories of equal ac-
The President today announced his inten-
pride in America
complishment, equally worthy of recogni-
tion to nominate Arthur J. Rothkopf, of the
antly.
tion, who deserve to be emulated across our
District of Columbia, to be General Counsel
country.
of the Department of Transportation. He
her part. [Laugh-
stick out on the
You know, one of the previous Presidents,
would succeed Phillip D. Brady.
had me written
one of my predecessors, Calvin Coolidge,
Currently Mr. Rothkopf serves as a senior
aughter]
once said: "No person was ever honored for
partner with the law firm of Hogan & Hart-
t you've worked
what he received. Honor has been the
son in Washington, DC, and has served as a
-the parks that
reward for what he gave." And so it is with
partner, 1969-present, and as an associate,
all of you who eagerly and actively Take
1967-1969. Prior to this, he served as asso-
you've cleaned
Pride in America. So, thank you all. I'm just
ciate tax legislative counsel with the De-
en that you've
egacy for future
delighted that this is my first event since
partment of the Treasury, 1963-1966; su-
of you works to
returning to the good old U.S. of A. And
pervisory attorney with the Securities and
now, I want to turn the program over to
Exchange Commission, 1960-1963; and as a
received well-
Secretary Lujan, who has two special
staff attorney with the Department of the
r commitment
awards to present, and Linda and I will be
Treasury, Customs Service, 1958-1960.
omoting volun-
the spear carriers helping him out.
Mr. Rothkopf graduated from Lafayette
ic lands. And I
College (B.A., 1955) and Harvard Law
itions, and my
Note: The President Spoke at 4 p.m. in the
School (LL.B., 1958). He was born May 24,
ach and every
East Room at the White House. In his re-
1935, in New York, NY. Mr. Rothkopf is
marks, he referred to Linda Evans, spokes-
married, has two children, and resides in
many special
person for the Take Pride in America pro-
Washington, DC.
'gnize all. But
gram.
les of what it
nerica." Take
she travels
Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater
on the Extension of William Webster's
Proclamation 6316-Korean War
a as "Auntie
for the occa-
Term as Director of the Central
Veterans Remembrance Week, 1991
Pollution
Intelligence Agency
July 23, 1991
nurches, and
July 23, 1991
By the President of the United States
V three R's:
nd recycling.
The President today requested that CIA
of America
ngs that they
Director William Webster remain in his po-
A Proclamation
'nment. And
sition for 1 month beyond his scheduled
ou are doing,
retirement on July 31. Director Webster
In 1950, while Americans were still enjoy-
graciously consented to the President's re-
ing a sense of pride and relief following the
z-where is
quest. The Director's immediate response
Allied victory in World War II, our Nation
guy's of the
underscores the lifelong dedication to
suddenly became engaged in another great
up working
public service that has marked his career.
struggle for freedom. On June 25 of that
as of Phila-
The President appreciates this commitment
year, communist forces of the North
0 make up
and the Director's willingness to change his
launched a ruthless attack against the free
Republic of Korea. The United Nations
personal plans. The President requested the
swiftly condemned the invasion and formed
extension because of the announced delay
the UN Command to repel the aggressor.
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