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Infrastructure On Aug. 10, the Senate voted, 69-30, to pass the bipartisan infrastructure package, titled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which would provide $550 billion in new spending on roads, bridges, broadband, water infrastructure, and energy infrastructure. As previously reported, the legislation (H.R....

Sustainability is good for business – in more ways than one. For one thing, companies are increasingly expected to be participating and initiating sustainability initiatives – for the simple reason that it’s the right thing to do for everyone involved. And done right, sustainable practices...

Water is essential to life. As Americans, many of us probably don’t think twice about the water coming out of our taps. At times we may be inconvenienced by a boil water advisory when there’s a water main break. Or some of us may prefer...

House FY22 Appropriations The House voted, 219-208, to approve an FY22 appropriations bill that includes funding for the $11.4 billion for the Interior-Environment (H.R. 4372) and Energy-Water (H.R. 4549) FY22 spending bills on July 29, as part of the $620 billion seven-bill “minibus” package.  As...

The White House and bipartisan Senate infrastructure negotiators on July 28 broke a nearly month-long logjam announcing an infrastructure agreement and successfully passing a Senate procedural “test” vote advancing the $1 trillion package to the Senate floor for debate. By Aug. 1, negotiators unveiled the...

To download this information in a PDF one-pager, click here.  PVC is recyclable and recycled In 2019, more than 1.1 billion pounds of PVC was recycled in the US and Canada. Testing has shown that PVC can be recycled up to seven times without losing...

Infrastructure The fate of the bipartisan infrastructure deal remains up in the air as Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) runs out of time on the congressional calendar and final negotiations remain fruitless.  In an effort to force negotiators to wrap up and move forward...

Appropriations The House Appropriations Committee has started marking up and approving its FY22 spending bills with several committees including language on single-use plastic-related in their reports. In its Committee report for the FY22 Financial Services and General Government spending bill, the Committee encouraged the General...