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Umatilla County approves local funding authorization for Recycling Modernization Act implementation
Summary
County staff and haulers asked the board to authorize routing RMA producer funds directly to franchise haulers to support curbside expansion; commissioners approved the authorization.
Bob Walder, community development director, and Mike Kenrick, chair of the county Solid Waste Advisory Committee and a representative of sanitary service, briefed commissioners on local steps needed to implement Oregon's Recycling Modernization Act (RMA).
Walder said one necessary action is local funding authorization that allows producer-responsibility funds to flow directly to franchises implementing expanded recycling services. Kenrick and hauler representatives described five funding mechanisms under the RMA (system expansion, transportation reimbursement, post-consumer…
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