[OKRA] Legislative Action Alert!!!!

Tue Feb 19 13:48:13 PST 2008

SB 498 passed out of the sub-committee on Environment and Wildlife and
will now be heard before the full committe on Natural Resources, chaired
by Rep. Dale DeWitt.  A committee meeting schedule has not been
finalized, but SB 498 will be on the agenda within the next few weeks.
I'll keep you posted when the bill is scheduled to be heard.  The bill
passed out of committee unanimously.  Rep. Hilliard did a good job and
should be congratulated.  On to the full committee now.

RLC

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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 11:30 AM
To: okrecycles at recycleok.org
Subject: [OKRA] Legislative Action Alert!!!!

Dear OKRA Members and Friends,

Our long-awaited bill to set a voluntary recycling goal for Oklahoma is
coming up in the Oklahoma House Sub-Committee of Environment and
Wildlife this coming Monday, February 18.  If you are from the area
represented by any of the following people or know any of them
personally, please email or call them this week-end and ask them to Vote
YES in the Committee. We need this bill to be passed so we will have a
vehicle through which to collect the recycling data in Oklahoma and find
out what our percentage of materials recycled really is. We are one of
only two states that has no recycling goal.  The authors are Sen Susan
Paddack (Ada) and Rep. Wes Hillard  (Sulphur).

Your help is need to get this bill over the first hurdle. Last year it
passed the Senate, but was never heard in the House Committee. If it
passes out of the sub-committee, we will likely be calling upon you for
assistance with future votes. You are also invited to attend the
sub-commitee meeting Monday at 10:30a.m in Room 412-A at the Capitol.

Talking points for the bill are listed below. Thanks so much for taking
time to help!      

Sub-committee members include (home phone/Capitol phone/email):

*	Chair: Rep. Phil Richardson (Minco Dist 56)
405-352-4840    405-557-7401    philrichardon at okhouse.gov
<mailto:philrichardon at okhouse.gov> 
*	Vice-Chair: Rep. Glen Bud Smithson (Sallisaw Dist. 2)
918-775-0367    405-557-7315    glensmithson at okhouse.gov
<mailto:glensmithson at okhouse.gov> 
*	Rep. Dennis Adkins (Tulsa Dist. 75)
918-355-4439    405-557-7356    dennisadkins at okhouse.gov
<mailto:dennisadkins at okhouse.gov> 
*	Rep. Brian Renegar (McAlester Dist. 17)
918-426-0113    405-557-7381    brian.renegar at okhouse.gov
<mailto:brian.renegar at okhouse.gov> 
*	Rep. Colby Schwartz (Yukon Dist. 43)
405-354-0555    405-557-7352    colby.schwartz at okhouse.gov
<mailto:colby.schwartz at okhouse.gov> 
*	Rep. Daniel Sullivan (Tulsa Dist. 71)
918-745-5848    405-557-7361    danielsullivan at okhouse.gov
<mailto:danielsullivan at okhouse.gov> 
*	Rep. Mike Thompson (OKC Dist. 100)
405-603-3706    405-557-7403    mikethompson at okhouse.gov
<mailto:mikethompson at okhouse.gov> 
*	Rep. Dale Turner (Holdenville Dist. 24)
405-379-6762    405-557-7306    daleturner at okhouse.gov
<mailto:daleturner at okhouse.gov> 

Ask them to please vote YES on SB 498

The purpose of this bill is to cultivate recycling efforts across the
state to form networks among the people, communities and businesses who
collect recyclables to the Oklahoma Industries who need these items for
feedstock in their manufacturing processes.  Setting a voluntary state
goal to recycle 10% of all the municipal waste collected in Oklahoma by
2009 will help raise awareness of recycling and increase the supply and
demand which will assist in decreasing the gap between collection and
industrial use.  

	*	This is a goal, not a mandate.
	*	Oklahoma is one of only two states that do not have a
recycling goal.
	*	This bill has the support of the Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality and the Oklahoma Recycling Association.
	*	There are 16 large industries in Oklahoma who are "end
users" of materials that Oklahomans recycle. According to a study done
by OSU and the M.e.t. in Tulsa, these 16 manufacturers have a 200
million dollar impact on Oklahoma's economy and are responsible for over
5,500 jobs.
	*	42 of 56 of Oklahoma's largest communities have some
type of recycling.
	*	42 out of 77 counties have some type of public
collection program for recyclables
	*	Since 1994, over 100 schools have won the Weyerhaeuser
"Excellence in Recycling" Award program to start-up or expand recycling
programs for their schools.
	*	There are more than 34 different types of items
collected across the state such as aluminum beverage containers (pop
cans), antifreeze, aluminum, auto parts, auto radiators, battery, brown
paper bags, brass, foam pad, computer printout paper, copper, clothes
and shoes, e-waste fishing line, glass, hardback books, mercury, metal,
corrugated cardboard, office paper, magazines, newspaper, lead, plastic,
steel, stainless steel, telephone books, tin cans, toner cartridges,
motor oil, wood chips, wood, white goods (metal appliances regardless of
color) electronics and yard waste 
	*	The paper collected at the State Capitol is important to
the Oklahoma companies who make paper towels, napkins and other paper
products.

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