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North Carolina lawmakers are targeting electronics recycling and energy efficiency requirements in their annual regulatory reform bill HB169. This bill is expected on the Senate floor next week proposing rollbacks on environmental rules.

Highlights from the bill that negatively impact our environment:

• A repeal of our state’s electronic recycling program, allowing electronics to be deposited in landfills.
• Lifting the ban on the sale of turtles as pets.
• Burke, Cleveland, Robseon, Rutherford, Stanly, Stokes, Surry and Wilkes counties are among the list of counties that will no longer have to require vehicle emission inspections.

MountainTrue does not support this bill and believes that many of its provisions are wrong for our state and our region.

Tell your state legislators that you do not support House Bill 169 and its environmental rollbacks!