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2025-2026 Bill 5238 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 22, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5238

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Recalled

April 22, 2026

H. 5238

Introduced by Reps. Schuessler, Alexander, 
Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, 
Bernstein, Bowers, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Caskey, 
Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, 
Duncan, Edgerton, Erickson, Ford, Forrest, Frank, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, 
Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Gilreath, Govan, Grant, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, 
Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hartz, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, 
Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Holman, Hosey, Howard, Huff, J. E. Johnson, 
J. L. Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lastinger, 
Lawson, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Luck, Magnuson, Martin, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, 
McGinnis, C. Mitchell, D. Mitchell, Montgomery, J. Moore, T. Moore, Morgan, 
Moss, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Oremus, Pace, Pedalino, Pope, Rankin, Reese, 
Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sanders, Scott, Sessions, G. M. Smith, M. M. 
Smith, Spann-Wilder, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Teeple, Terribile, Vaughan, Waters, 
Weeks, Wetmore, White, Whitmire, Wickensimer, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow 

S. Printed 4/22/26--S.

Read the first time February 25, 2026

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE ALL EFFORTS TO REDUCE WASTE 
GENERATION AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WASTE DIVERSION THROUGH RECYCLING 
INITIATIVES IN ORDER TO ADDRESS DECREASING DISPOSAL CAPACITY.

Whereas, the South 
Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce reports that in 2024 South 
Carolina's population grew by nearly 2% to approximately 5.5 million people, 
representing the fifth-fastest-growing State in the nation; and

Whereas, as the 
population continues to grow, so, too, does the amount of waste needing 
disposal in one of the state's seventeen remaining Class III Municipal Solid 
Waste (MSW) landfills; and

Whereas, more than 13.3 
million tons of waste was disposed of in these facilities in 2024; and

Whereas, the finite 
amount of disposal capacity that remains is being consumed at such a rate that 
without expansion or replacement of this disposal capacity, four of the 
seventeen remaining landfills could be closed within the next fifteen years, 
placing additional strain on the remaining facilities; and

Whereas, because waste 
generation rates have continued to grow and finite disposal capacity has continued 
to erode, South Carolina has reached a critical juncture that makes managing 
waste generation more crucial than ever; and

Whereas, South Carolina 
has stated goals of reducing waste generation to less than 3.25 pounds per 
person per day and a recycling goal of 50% of the MSW generated in the State by 
2030; and

Whereas, in line with 
these goals, opportunities to participate in recycling and waste diversion 
programs should be sought out and supported on every suitable occasion as the 
primary means to reduce waste disposal rates and to reach South Carolina's 
stated goals by 2030. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House 
of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That 
the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, support 
and encourage all efforts to reduce waste generation and increase opportunities 
for waste diversion through recycling initiatives in order to address 
decreasing disposal capacity.

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