Committee advances interim solid-waste plan and adopts amendment to explore diversion alongside incinerator closure

Mar 24, 2025

The committee reviewed the county's 10-year solid waste plan March 24, discussed composting and organics processing (including a preferred Sugarloaf site and a $27 million CIP for a processing facility), and unanimously adopted an amendment directing concurrent study of diversion alternatives while advancing the Resource Recovery Facility closure.

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The Transportation and Environment Committee reviewed Montgomery County's Comprehensive Solid Waste Management 10-year plan on March 24 and added a committee amendment directing concurrent study of alternatives while advancing plans to close the county's Resource Recovery Facility (RRF), often called the incinerator.

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