Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 200
       
       
        
       By Senator Berman
       
       
       
       
       
       26-00224A-25                                           2025200__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a comprehensive waste reduction and
    3         recycling plan; amending s. 403.7032, F.S.; requiring
    4         the Department of Environmental Protection to develop
    5         a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan for
    6         this state by a specified date, based on certain
    7         department recommendations; requiring the department
    8         to create and convene a technical assistance group for
    9         a specified purpose; specifying minimum requirements
   10         for the comprehensive plan; requiring the department
   11         to submit a report to the Legislature upon completion
   12         of the comprehensive plan; specifying requirements for
   13         the report; providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Subsection (6) is added to section 403.7032,
   18  Florida Statutes, to read:
   19         403.7032 Recycling.—
   20         (6) By July 1, 2026, the Department of Environmental
   21  Protection shall develop a comprehensive waste reduction and
   22  recycling plan for this state based on the recommendations
   23  contained in the department’s “Florida and the 2020 75%
   24  Recycling Goal, Final Report.” The department shall create and
   25  convene a technical assistance group to assist in the
   26  development of the plan.
   27         (a) At a minimum, the plan must do all of the following:
   28         1. Identify recycling goals based on sustainable materials
   29  management and waste diversion.
   30         2. Include a 3-year plan to implement all of the following
   31  strategies:
   32         a. Recycling education and outreach. The department shall
   33  propose statewide solutions to provide local recycling
   34  information and education throughout this state.
   35         b. Local government recycling assistance. The department
   36  shall evaluate the benefits and challenges of the former state
   37  Recycling and Education Grant Program and provide
   38  recommendations for reinstating the program or consider other
   39  means of providing recycling assistance to local governments.
   40         c. Recyclable materials market development. The department
   41  shall consider and recommend plans to develop and promote
   42  markets for recyclable materials.
   43         (b) Upon completion of the plan, the department shall
   44  provide a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
   45  of the House of Representatives, which must include
   46  recommendations for statutory changes necessary to achieve the
   47  recycling goals and strategies identified in the plan.
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.