Resources

Meeting Notes

We held public meetings about updating solid waste laws between April 13 and May 12, 2010. Please click on the links below to read the input received.

Click below to read draft summaries of comments from the Spring 2010 meetings.

In the fall of 2010, we held public meetings to gather input on the summary of solid waste problems. Click on the links below to read the PowerPoint presentation and input received at these meetings.

Click here for the "Updating Solid Waste Laws" focus sheet.

Moving Beyond Waste

The Beyond Waste Plan is the state solid and hazardous waste plan. This 30-year plan has a clear, simple goal: eliminate wastes and toxics whenever we can and use the remaining waste as resources. That's because avoiding waste and the use of toxic chemicals is the smartest, cheapest, and healthiest approach to waste management. We need to update our solid waste laws to move 'beyond waste'.