A representative from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) presented an overview of the recently adopted composting and associated permitting requirements to a meeting of county environmental health directors…
An August 21 Washington Post article detailed Prince George's County's efforts to have one of the first profitable government-run large-scale composting facilities in the nation. Currently, the County's pilot operation is breaking…
This post summarizes the status of the county investing issues that MACo advocated for during the 2016 General Assembly Session. Counties Allowed to Invest Facility Closure Reserves. HB 835 / SB 631 will allow local…
Robin Clark Eilenberg, MACo Research Director, testified in support of SB 631, Local Facility Closure Reserve Funds – Investments and Reinvestments, to the House Appropriations Committee on April 5, 2016.…
As part of its "Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative" the Alice Ferguson Foundation has compiled jurisdictional reports submitted by county and municipal governments throughout the Potomac Watershed since 2007 detailing…
A Sustainable City Network article (2016-01-12) reported that the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is now requiring all new residential construction to include in-sink food waste disposal systems (commonly known as…
A bill to create a modest extension of local investment policy has been passed by both the House and the Senate chambers in Annapolis. One of the bills must still be passed by…
The House Appropriations Committee has voted in favor of HB 835 Local Facility Closure Reserve Fund-Investments and Reinvestments. MACo supported this legislation that will allow local governments to invest facility…
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