TITLE: Recognizing the City of Dallas Sanitation Department's Waste Diversion Team and its Spring Recycling Round-up.

SUMMARY: Recognizing the City of Dallas Sanitation Department's Waste Diversion Team and its Spring Recycling Round-up.

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WHEREAS, The City of Dallas Sanitation Department's Waste Diversion Team is hosting the Dallas Spring Recycling Round-up on April 27, 2013; and WHEREAS, The Waste Diversion Team was created to educate residents about waste reduction, increase the ease of recycling, and minimize the overall environmental impact of the Dallas community; and WHEREAS, In an effort to prevent reusable items from unnecessarily entering landfills, the team has organized a citywide recycling collection on April 27; in what promises to be one of the largest drives of its kind in North Texas, residents are encouraged to bring scrap materials such as paper and packaging, along with more difficult-to-recycle objects like appliances, electronics, pharmaceuticals, clothing, and toys; and WHEREAS, Sustaining the ecological well-being of our communities requires responsibility and commitment, and participants in the Dallas event can take pride in knowing that they are helping to create a cleaner and healthier environment for all to enjoy; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby recognize the valuable efforts of the Waste Diversion Team in implementing the Dallas Spring Recycling Round-up and encourage citizens to do their part to conserve natural resources by participating in this and other such initiatives. Alonzo Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1544 was adopted by the House on April 24, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House