Sec. 3. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— recycling and composting conserve resources, protect the environment, and are important to the United States economy; the United States recycling and composting infrastructure encompass each of the entities that collect, process, broker, and consume recyclable materials and compostable materials sourced from commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential sources; the residential segment of the United States recycling and composting infrastructure is facing challenges from— confusion over what materials are recyclable materials or compostable materials; reduced export markets; growing, but still limited, domestic end markets; and an ever-changing and heterogeneous supply stream; in some areas, recycling and composting infrastructure is in need of revitalization; and in an effort to address those challenges, the United States must use a combination of tactics to improve recycling and composting in the United States.