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Next Generation Recycling And Waste Reduction: Building On The Success Of Pennsylvania's 1988 Legislation, John C. Dernbach
Next Generation Recycling And Waste Reduction: Building On The Success Of Pennsylvania's 1988 Legislation, John C. Dernbach
John C. Dernbach
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Next Generation Recycling & Waste Reduction: Building On The Success Of Pennsylvania’S 1988 Legislation, John C. Dernbach
Next Generation Recycling & Waste Reduction: Building On The Success Of Pennsylvania’S 1988 Legislation, John C. Dernbach
John C. Dernbach
The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling, and Waste Reduction Act (Act 101 of 1988) keeps millions of tons of materials out of landfills every year. It supports a multi-billion dollar industry that provides tens of thousands of jobs. It also probably affects human environmental behavior more than any other statute in state history. And it reduces greenhouse gas emissions at the same time because of the materials and energy that are saved.
Yet the program is now rudderless and drifting. While the Act contains specific goals, those goals have either been met or ignored, and no new goals have been set. …