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TCEQ releases 2024 municipal solid waste summary; staff outlines reporting deadlines and compost-rebate review
Summary
TCEQ staff presented highlights from the 2024 municipal solid waste annual summary, including disposal and diversion figures, and announced reporting deadlines, an upcoming compost-rebate review meeting and other program updates.
Megan Henson, section manager for municipal solid waste permits at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, told the council the agency's 2024 annual report is available and summarized key figures on Sept. 26.
"We had 206 active landfills that reported last year and over 41,000,000 tons of waste were disposed," Henson said. "And on the upside over 2,000,000 tons were diverted from those landfills."
Why it matters: The report gives regulators and local governments a snapshot of…
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