This webinar highlights strategies for accessing funding under EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) Program.… Read More
In June 2018, Hawai’i’s Governor Ige signed HB 2182 into law as “Act 15,” establishing a permanent Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force in the Office...
The County of San Mateo uses a $9.89/ton AB 939 fee levied on all waste disposed of at landfills in the county to pay for...
Profile on the people behind Project Waves, a non-profit organization founded in 2018 to bring broadband to mostly low-income households in Baltimore City…… Read More
Are you a local government interested in reducing and recycling wasted food and curious to learn how you can help spur community-scale composting? Or perhaps...
Ohio has a few surcharge fees on waste disposal that fund state level regulatory programs. The original surcharges were established in 1988 by Ohio House...
The state of North Carolina implemented a Solid Waste Disposal Tax of $2 per ton on July 1, 2008, which generated $23 million in FY...
Iowa collects a base tonnage fee of $4.25 per ton on waste disposed of at municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, which went into effect in...
Minnesota exhibits a unique example of a waste surcharge, where fees are collected at the generator level instead of at the disposal site. First introduced...
Santa Clara, CA's Solid Waste Planning Fee was adopted in 1984 at $0.15 per ton disposal at landfills, incinerators, and transfer stations, through resolution by...
Alameda County, CA's waste diversion and recycling programs are predominantly administered by the public agency StopWaste. StopWaste receives over 90% of its core funding from...
Are you a community composter or farmer wanting to learn more about using and selling compost from your operation? Hear how to read a compost...
Established in 1996, Indiana charges a state-wide solid waste disposal fee of $0.50 per ton on solid waste disposal at final disposal facilities in Indiana....
Wisconsin Statute section 287.07 established bans on disposal of numerous materials to landfills or other solid waste disposal facilities, including a yard waste disposal ban...
New Jersey's Recycling Enhancement Act was passed in 2008, imposing a recycling tax of $3 per ton of solid waste disposed at or transferred to...