Waste Management Plan; requires Department of Environmental Quality to prepare. (SB930)
Introduced By
Sen. Patsy Ticer (D-Alexandria)
Progress
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Virginia Waste Management Plan. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to prepare a statewide waste management plan that includes: (i) measurable waste reduction goals and minimum recycling rates on a per capita basis over a 20-year period with interim goals set at five-year intervals; (ii) procedures by which waste reduction goals and minimum recycling rates may be examined periodically to reflect changing circumstances such as new technologies; (iii) prioritized strategies to achieve waste reduction goals and minimum recycling rates; (iv) mechanisms to evaluate the efficiency and success of such strategies that have been adopted; and (v) recommendations for legislative changes needed to implement the waste reduction goals and minimum recycling rates set forth in the plan. The plan will be developed in consultation with affected stakeholders and submitted to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2010. View Full Text »
