A July 10 Frederick News-Post editorial argued that Frederick County and its municipalities should move to a "pay as you throw" (PAYT) fee system for trash collection, whereby a home's waste disposal fee is…
A May 12 Minneapolis Star Tribune article reported on the recent steps taken by Minneapolis to join cities like Seattle and San Francisco in becoming a "zero waste" jurisdiction where very little…
A November 12 Frederick News-Post article reports on the Maryland State Highway Administration's (SHA's) practice of composting deer carcasses. Local governments have become increasingly interested in the composting as organic material and…
As reported by WAMU, American University Radio, food waste has been called "the final frontier of recycling," and now Prince George's County is reusing food scraps. The county will use…
At a February 6 House Economic Matters Committee bill hearing, MACo Legal and Policy Council Les Knapp offered amendments to HB 240, which would create a task force to examine State…
As reported in the Baltimore Sun, Howard County has opened a plant to process food scraps and yard waste from its residents to compost for vegetable and flower gardens. This…
With the release of the Governor's Climate Change Plan and the Composting Workgroup Report last year, recycling and waste diversion are hot topics for the 2014 legislative session. Counties have…
As the General Assemby considers legislation that would move Maryland to a "zero waste" policy, a March 11 Washington Post article discusses the benefits and challenges of one technology that would undoubtedly play an…
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