 My name is David Bederman and I am the vice president for government affairs and general counsel for the National Waste and Recycling Association. We represent the private sector waste and recycling industry in the United States. We have 800 members that operate in all 50 states and we're helping to bring renewable energy to American businesses and residents. Our members have landfills and recycling facilities. They operate waste to energy facilities and they provide residential and commercial trash collection and recycling service. Well, recycling waste preserves valuable landfill space. It helps protect our natural resources and it importantly results in less energy being used to extract new material. So recycling and making sure that waste goes to the right place is really critically important for both public health and the environment.