2013
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 13-038
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Morse and Schwartz, Newell, Carroll, Guzman, Heath,
       Hodge, Nicholson, Steadman, Todd;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Hullinghorst, Buckner, Fields, Hamner, Labuda,
       Mitsch Bush, Pettersen, Primavera, Ryden, Schafer, Singer, Ferrandino.
       
       
          CONCERNING MEASURES TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE
       OF DISCARDED MATERIALS THAT ARE BENEFICIALLY USED
       RATHER THAN DISPOSED OF IN LANDFILLS. 
       
       
          WHEREAS, Recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing conserve the
       state's existing supplies of nonrenewable natural resources, save energy,
       and reduce the environmental effects of mining and drilling for new
       materials; and
       
          WHEREAS, Recycled material provides additional commodities and
       raw materials for increased business opportunities; and
       
          WHEREAS, Some recyclable materials, such as plastics, paper,
       cardboard, wood wastes, food wastes, and others, are valuable to the
       recycling and composting industries but are also valuable for pyrolysis;
       and
       
          WHEREAS, Recycling creates jobs and economic development and
       pyrolysis operations may create jobs and economic development and are
       projected to do likewise in Colorado; and
       
          WHEREAS, Pyrolysis and recycling operations can reduce landfill
       waste and landfill methane gas in the areas where they are used; and
       
          WHEREAS, Pyrolysis operations can supply base load renewable
       power and are projected to do likewise in Colorado; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          (1)  That, during the 2013 interim, the department of public health and
       environment will:
       
          (a)  Host a limited number of meetings with stakeholders to evaluate
       the use of recyclable materials that are beneficial for recycling,
       composting, and pyrolysis; and
       
          (b)  In collaboration with those stakeholders, develop a report with
       recommendations on how to further improve the economic and
       environmental sustainability of Colorado's waste-related resources,
       including collection, sorting, transportation, storage, return on investment,
       job creation, life cycle assessment, current markets, market development,
       and subsidies; and
       
          (2)  That the department is encouraged to finalize and submit the
       report to the House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over energy
       matters by February 1, 2014.
       
                    Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to Dr.
       Chris Urbina, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public
       Health and Environment.
       
       
       
       
       
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       John P. Morse                        Mark Ferrandino
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi Markwell                        Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES