Support recycling in SC

2025-2026 Bill 5238: Support recycling in SC - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5238
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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Schuessler, Alexander, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Scott, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
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Introduced in the House on February 24, 2026
Introduced in the Senate on February 25, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on April 28, 2026
Summary: Support recycling in SC
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

2/24/2026

House

Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 55
)

2/25/2026

Senate

Introduced (
Senate Journal-page 11
)

2/25/2026

Senate

Referred to Committee on
Medical Affairs
(
Senate Journal-page 11
)

4/22/2026

Senate

Recalled from Committee on
Medical Affairs
(
Senate Journal-page 4
)

4/28/2026

Senate

Adopted, returned to House with concurrence

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
02/24/2026
04/22/2026

Recalled

April 22, 2026

H. 5238

Introduced by Reps. Schuessler, Alexander,
Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach,
Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey,
Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard,
Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch,
Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon,
Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers,
Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J. E. Johnson,
J. L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger,
Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel,
McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan,
Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese,
Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Scott, Sessions, G. M. Smith, M. M.
Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters,
Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow

S. Printed 4/22/26--S.

Read the first time February 25, 2026

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE ALL EFFORTS TO REDUCE WASTE
GENERATION AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WASTE DIVERSION THROUGH RECYCLING
INITIATIVES IN ORDER TO ADDRESS DECREASING DISPOSAL CAPACITY.

W
hereas, the South
Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce reports that in 2024 South
Carolina's population grew by nearly 2% to approximately 5.5 million people,
representing the fifth-fastest-growing State in the nation; and

W
hereas, as the
population continues to grow, so, too, does the amount of waste needing
disposal in one of the state's seventeen remaining Class III Municipal Solid
Waste (MSW) landfills; and

W
hereas, more than 13.3
million tons of waste was disposed of in these facilities in 2024; and

W
hereas, the finite
amount of disposal capacity that remains is being consumed at such a rate that
without expansion or replacement of this disposal capacity, four of the
seventeen remaining landfills could be closed within the next fifteen years,
placing additional strain on the remaining facilities; and

W
hereas, because waste
generation rates have continued to grow and finite disposal capacity has continued
to erode, South Carolina has reached a critical juncture that makes managing
waste generation more crucial than ever; and

W
hereas, South Carolina
has stated goals of reducing waste generation to less than 3.25 pounds per
person per day and a recycling goal of 50% of the MSW generated in the State by
2030; and

W
hereas, in line with
these goals, opportunities to participate in recycling and waste diversion
programs should be sought out and supported on every suitable occasion as the
primary means to reduce waste disposal rates and to reach South Carolina's
stated goals by 2030. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the House
of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That
the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, support
and encourage all efforts to reduce waste generation and increase opportunities
for waste diversion through recycling initiatives in order to address
decreasing disposal capacity.

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