NWRA Asks FEMA To Cover Waste Industry Services

摘要

The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), Arlington, Virginia, has sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter Gaynor requesting that the agency establish a system to compensate the waste and recycling industry for providing services to protect public health and safety that otherwise would go unpaid durign the COVID-19 outbreak. NWRA said it also shared copies of the letter with Vice President Mike Pence, who is leading the nation's COVID-19 response task force, and the House Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery, which has oversight of FEMA.