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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxafly0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . Calendar No. 104 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session SENATE 118-41 THE RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESSIBILITY ACT OF 2023 JUNE 22, 2023.-Ordered to be printed Mr. CARPER, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany S. 1189] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was referred the bill (S. 1189) to establish a pilot program to improve recycling accessibility, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommends that the bill do pass. GENERAL STATEMENT Communities in the United States face several barriers to access- ing recycling and composting programs, with location being a pri- mary barrier. Rural communities have different location-based re- cycling and composting program challenges than urban or subur- ban communities, such as limited access to curbside recycling and composting programs or convenient drop-off programs. The price of services also plays a major role in precluding access to recycling and composting programs. For example, some services require that communities or households pay a fee in order to participate. OBJECTIVES The goal of this bill is to establish a new program to fund eligible projects that will significantly improve underserved communities' accessibility to recycling systems. Accordingly, the bill supports in- vestments in infrastructure in underserved communities using a hub-and-spoke model for recycling infrastructure development. This model consists of centralized processing centers (hubs) that receive 39-010