National program on recycling of solid waste

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Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers. Develop information on the recognition and prevention of transportation hazards such as backovers and distracted driving; slips, trips, and falls; needlestick injuries; heat and cold stress; musculoskeletal injuries; and other solid waste industry hazards, and the value of safety and health programs in improving safety performance.

Communicate such information e. Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on solid waste industry hazards to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues. Together with the historic investments in recycling from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, the strategy will help transform recycling and solid waste management across the country while creating jobs and strengthening our economy.

The U. The National Recycling Strategy identifies actions to address these challenges that build on the collaborative efforts by stakeholders from across the recycling system that began under the National Framework for Advancing the U. Recycling System. The National Recycling Strategy includes five strategic objectives with specific actions to strengthen the U. In addition, the Strategy focuses on how the Agency will move forward in the following areas:.