FOIA Logs

I request all records concerning communications about recycling including the National Framework for Advancing the U.S. Recycling System, national recycling goals to be released in 2020, and America Recycles Day.

Please include any emails, text messages, briefing materials, day calendars, meeting agendas, memorandums, and other documented forms of communication, especially between EPA and Keep America Beautiful, the Recycling Partnership, the National Waste and Recycling Association, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, and the Plastics Association since May 1, 2019.

I would prefer to receive the largest number of records or documents in electronic form.

I am a reporter for E&E News. If your agency does determine that I should be charged for any part of this request, please contact me before estimated costs exceed $25.

This request is made as part of news-gathering activity and is not for commercial use.

The information responsive to this FOIA request will contribute to the public’s understanding of your agency and the government at large. This information is not in the public domain but once your agency responds to this FOIA request, it will be printed on our website, www.eenews.net, which has more than 40,000 unique visitors a day. We expect the information that is produced through this and other FOIA requests to serve as the basis for articles that explain the government’s actions and operations to the public. For more information about E&E News, please refer to www.eenews.net.

FOIA requires that if part of a record is exempt from disclosure, you must redact and release all segregated parts. Please describe the deleted material in detail and specify the reasons for believing that the alleged statutory justification applies in this instance.

If my request is denied in whole or in part, please specify which exemption(s) is (are) claimed for each passage or whole document denied. Also, please give the number of pages in each document.