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Bedford County solid-waste staff outline recycling targets, proposed producer‑responsibility bill
Summary
Solid Waste staff presented county recycling figures and new state and vendor programs, including a proposed "Tennessee Waste to Jobs" producer‑responsibility bill and a SpringBack mattress program. Staff also reported household hazardous‑waste event turnout, recent recycling revenue, and projected regulatory changes for tire haulers.
Solid Waste staff told the committee that Bedford County’s residential recycling rate, calculated on county accounts alone, is about 21.43 percent and that the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will provide a statewide percentage to help counties benchmark progress.
The Solid Waste Director said TDEC is recalibrating the annual progress report to emphasize county recycling tonnage and urged more local education to meet the state’s goal of cutting waste to landfill by 50 percent. "Tennessee is only recycling 12% of its 9,700,000 tons of residential waste," the…
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