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Delegate Edelson proposes requiring largest municipality in each county to adopt recycling plans and report diversion
Summary
House Bill 407 would update Maryland's solid-waste diversion law by requiring the largest municipality in each county to prepare recycling plans and report diversion rates; sponsors said the change would close gaps where municipalities currently do not track or publish diversion data.
Delegate Mark Edelson told the committee he would like to update Maryland's recycling mandates (originally enacted in 2012) by requiring the largest municipality in each county to prepare and report municipal recycling plans and diversion rates to the state. The sponsor cited uneven municipal practices and instances where municipalities do not know how much of their waste stream is…
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