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Georgia legislators are considering weakening a ban on dumping yard trimmings in landfills and we need your help to fight back.

Here are the top reasons to oppose SB 511:

-Georgia has a strong and growing infrastructure for recycling and composting. HB 1059 would result in lost jobs for the composting industry in Georgia.

-Yard trimmings are estimated to be 25% by weight in Georgia landfills. Based on 2007 tonnage. HB 1059 would send an additional 1.5 million tons of recyclable yard trimmings to Georgia MSW landfills.

-HB 1059 circumvents Georgia EPD's landfill permitting process by creating new provisions in state law for landfilling recyclables.

-Georgia has long been a dumping ground for out of state waste. HB 1059 would increase that dumping by neighboring states with more aggressive policy.

-The bill diminishes the billions of dollars of investment by state & local government and private industry toward reducing disposal & increasing recycling.

-Increased organics recycling is the next step in conservation of water resources; HB 1059 will deplete valuable resources for that goal.

-It reverses goals established by the 1990 Solid Waste Management Act to decrease disposal to MSW landfills.

-The bill will make resources critical to compost industry growth less attainable and at higher costs.

-HB 1059 reverses positive and aggressive waste management policy that will increase competition with other states for attracting business development in Georgia.

You can help today by urging the House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs to vote "NO" on this bill.

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Representative Tony Sellier

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