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DEQ outlines statewide solid waste plan and recycling data tool funded by EPA grant
Summary
DEQ briefed the Waste Management Board on an EPA SWIFFR grant to develop a statewide solid waste management plan (first since 1979), a recycling data collection tool, and progress toward a CCR permit program submission to EPA; staff outlined timelines and stakeholder engagement.
Catherine Perzik, Director of the Division of Land Protection and Revitalization at the Department of Environmental Quality, told the Virginia Waste Management Board that DEQ has secured EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFFR) grant funding and is using it to develop a statewide solid waste management plan and a recycling data collection and analysis tool.
"This was first time funding from EPA provided to states specifically to improve post consumer materials management programs," Perzik said, noting that DEQ projects funded by the grant include development of a statewide plan and an online tool for localities to submit recycling data through the myDEQ portal. She said Virginia's current statewide…
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