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Livingston County creates Materials Management Planning Committee to shift focus from landfill capacity to recycling and organics
Summary
The board designated county public-works staff as the planning agent and dissolved the old Solid Waste Management Committee, approving formation of an 11-member Materials Management Planning Committee to plan countywide recycling, composting and materials management.
The Livingston County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 27 designated county public-works staff as the county's planning agent for a newly required materials-management planning process and dissolved the existing Solid Waste Management Committee in favor of a new Materials Management Planning Committee.
Both resolutions passed by voice vote, 9-0. Robert Spalding, the county's DPW solid-waste coordinator, told commissioners the state initiated an updated planning process in late 2023 that shifts the focus from landfill capacity to "wiser material management" including…
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