Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-203

ENV 203

Promote Municipal Recycling

Messrs. Berry, Downing and Brownsberger moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, at the end, the following new sections: -

"SECTION XX.  The Department of Environmental Protection shall establish a municipal performance standard to promote recycling and reduce the generation of residential solid waste to six hundred pounds per capita by July 1, 2016 and no more than 450 pounds per capita by July 1, 2021.

SECTION XX.  The Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Energy Resources, shall develop a Residential Solid Waste Action Plan to assist municipalities in achieving the standard set forth in Section 1 by July 1, 2013.  The plan shall evaluate existing municipal recycling programs and other opportunities available to assist municipalities reduce waste generation and achieve said standards. The Residential Solid Waste Action Plan shall provide recommendations, including but not limited to, potential programmatic and statutory changes to the Commonwealth’s Solid Waste Plan, the 2020 Clean Energy and Climate Plan, and the Commonwealth’s Green Communities Act to achieve said standards. The Secretary shall consult with the Massachusetts Municipal Association and DEP’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee in developing the Residential Solid Waste Action Plan."