State's Revised Waste Management Plan Stresses Waste Reduction, Return Programs

摘要

A solid waste management plan has been issued by New York that emphasizes waste reduction and packaging return programs as parts of "a new approach," the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Dec. 9.rnReplacing a 1987 plan that was last updated in 2000, the new plan seeks to shift the state's focus from "end-of-pipe waste management to reducing waste from the start," DEC said.