Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1156
       
       
        
       By Senator Stewart
       
       
       
       
       
       13-00581-22                                           20221156__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a study to establish a statewide
    3         long-term recycling goal; amending s. 403.7032, F.S.;
    4         requiring the Department of Environmental Protection
    5         to conduct a study on the establishment of a new long
    6         term, statewide recycling goal; providing requirements
    7         for the study; requiring the department to submit a
    8         report of the results of the study and any policy
    9         recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature
   10         upon completion of the study; providing an effective
   11         date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 403.7032, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         403.7032 Recycling.—
   18         (2)(a) By the year 2020, the long-term goal for the
   19  recycling efforts of state and local governmental entities,
   20  private companies and organizations, and the general public is
   21  to recycle at least 75 percent of the municipal solid waste that
   22  would otherwise be disposed of in waste management facilities,
   23  landfills, or incineration facilities. However, any solid waste
   24  used for the production of renewable energy shall count toward
   25  the long-term recycling goal as set forth in this part.
   26         (b) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
   27  conduct a study on the establishment of a new long-term
   28  recycling goal for state and local governmental entities,
   29  private companies and organizations, and the general public to
   30  achieve by the year 2030.
   31         1. The study must:
   32         a. Provide an update on the progress that was made in
   33  reaching the goal established by paragraph (a) for the year
   34  2020, including any challenges experienced or successes achieved
   35  in reaching that goal;
   36         b. Update any data compiled by the department in
   37  establishing the 2020 goal; and
   38         c. Consider successful recycling programs in other states
   39  and provide recommendations for the implementation of such
   40  policies in this state.
   41         2. Upon completion of the study, the department shall
   42  submit a report of the results of the study and any policy
   43  recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
   44  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   45         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.