The bill would "stifle" a growing market for U.S. exports and increase costs in the growing e-waste industry in the U.S., because U.S. companies would be shut off from using foreign recycling facilities, ISRI said.

"It is not a question of choosing between good-paying, green jobs here in the United States and the economic, health and environmental well-being of workers in other countries," ISRI president Robin Wiener said in a statement. "It is critical to promote responsible recycling and to encourage positive intervention to turn the tide on irresponsible and illegal recycling. We have a unique opportunity to boost environmental sustainability, economic development and job creation in both the United States and developing countries."

ISRI members want responsible recycling "whether it's done in Texas or Taizhou," she added.

The IDG News Service