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SWAC members press for clearer priorities and modern outreach in sustainable materials plan draft
Summary
Members said the Sustainable Materials Management Plan (SMMP) draft underrepresents the plan's priority, uses outdated outreach language, and inconsistently treats sustainable materials management vs. traditional solid waste topics.
Members of the Benton County SWAC told the work-group review meeting Feb. 8 that the draft SMMP section needs clearer prioritization, contemporary public outreach approaches and consistent terminology distinguishing sustainable materials management from traditional solid-waste management.
The SMMP subcommittee's draft was described by members as improved but still uneven. "It more clearly delineates some of the values that Benton County drives in a sustainable materials management plan," Marge said, commending…
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