Congress designates November 15 as 'America Recycles Day'
H.Res. 885 — Supporting the designation of November 15, 2025, as "America Recycles Day" to raise awareness of, and promote a national discussion about, recycling, and advance the circular economy. · Filed by Haley Stevens (D-MI) · 10 cosponsors · Introduced Nov 17, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This resolution designates November 15, 2025, as 'America Recycles Day' to raise public awareness about recycling and the circular economy. It celebrates the recycling sector's $168 billion annual contribution to the economy and 500,000+ jobs, and encourages Americans to participate in recycling, composting, and circular economy practices.
Why we flagged it
This is a non-binding House resolution that designates a single day for national awareness and celebration of recycling and the circular economy. It contains no legislative mechanism, appropriations, or regulatory changes—only expressions of support and encouragement.
Who it affects
The resolution promotes environmental awareness and public participation in recycling without imposing costs or restrictions on ordinary citizens. It encourages sustainable practices and highlights the economic and environmental benefits of a circular economy, which can reduce waste and support domestic manufacturing jobs.
Named in the bill
House Committee on Energy and Commerce, American recycling sector, State and municipal governments, Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations
Where it stands
10 cosponsors: 6 Democrats, 4 Republicans.
- Nov 17, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. Those filings disclosed $50,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 17 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Haley Stevens, the sponsor, reported $1,745,251 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Flexible Packaging Association — $50,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jan 15, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 5, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jan 15, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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