RIF Notices Impact EPA Recycling Division
Layoff notices were sent to approximately two dozen staffers in the division leading plastic pollution prevention and recycling programs.
The EPA's first round of shutdown-tied layoffs could potentially wipe out a small sustainability division that heads the agency's recycling programs.
On Friday, about two dozen EPA employees were alerted they may be impacted by a reduction in force (RIF), also known as layoffs, which were focused on the Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division.
The plan to lay off those employees during the shutdown is part of a much larger pressure campaign by the Trump administration to inflict pain on the federal workforce until Democratic lawmakers relent on the funding lapse.
Author's summary: EPA layoffs affect recycling division staff.