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Bill Title: To (1) establish a solid waste management council, (2) to require the Department to increase certain types of data collection; (3) to impose a surcharge on waste disposal; (4) to require municipalities to institute pay as you throw programs if they are generating too much waste for disposal per capita; (5) to require that all waste be disposed of in clear plastic bags; (6) to increase recycling to include mattresses, textiles and additional commercial organic material; and (7) to require secondary markets to report contamination

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken [H2944 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2017-H2944-Introduced.pdf

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