about an hour and 45 minutes. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. under vaccinated members may remove their mask only during their questioning under the five minute rule. members attending virtually should keep their video feed on as long as they are present in the hearing. members are responsible for their own microphones. please also keep your microphones muted unless you re speaking. if members have documents they wish to submit for the record, please email them to the committee clerk whose email address was circulated prior to the hearing. so good morning, and thank you all for joining today s hearing, and a special thank you to our witnesses for joining us here today. two years ago, i had the honor and privilege of hearing the first hearing on recycling in this committee in almost more than a decade. since then, much has changed, what the problem of plastic waste and how to enable a circular economy for recycling continues. we only
a subcommittee held a hearing on plastic pollution, witnesses from a recycling group the plastic many fracturing industry and academics testified on how to reduce plastic use and recycle the plastic that is used. this hearing will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time, before i deliver my opening remarks i want to note that today the committee is meeting in person and virtually, i want to announce a couple of reminders to the members of the conduct of the hearing, first members and staff who are attending in person and unvaccinated against covid-19 must stay masked throughout the hearing unvaccinated members may remove their masks only during the questioning under the five-minute role, members who are attending virtually should keep their video feed on as long as they are present in the hearing, members are responsible for their own microphones please also keep your microphones muted if you are speaking, if members of docum
watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. next, look at efforts to reduce plastic waste through recycling and the use of alternative materials. there was testimony from scientists and environmental experts at a hearing that ran about an hour and 45 minutes. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. under vaccinated members may remove their mask only during their questioning under the five minute rule. members attending virtually should keep their video feed on as long as they are present in the hearing. members are responsible for their own microphones. please also keep your microphones muted unless you re speaking. if members have documents they wish to submit for the record, please email them to the committee clerk whose email address was circulated prior to the hearing. so good morning, and thank you all for joining today s hearing, and a special thank you to our witnesses for joining us here today. two years ago, i had the honor and privil
do indeed generate in the first place. so when it comes to r&d, several federal agencies carry out r&d and standards development programs related to plastics recycling, material substitutes and data gathering. i was astonished to learn there is currently no coordinated effort to facilitate multi-facility so dr. keoleian, what do you think the role of the federal government should be in supporting crosscutting r&d and innovation necessary to address our plastic waste reduction and recycling challenges? dr. keoleian: that s an excellent question and clearly there needs to be coordination in terms of this r&d through the federal government so that we can most efficiently use our r&d resources to target the most significant challenges and bottle necks in our system. and i really recommend we developed the first characterization you may have seen the diagram of the flow of plastics from production to use products to end of life. some of the areas are incomplete. we don t hav