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Vermont Solid Waste Initiatives

Act 148 Act 148 is the new solid waste legislation that focuses on recyclables and organics.  It will provide convenience and choices for solid wate generators, including individuals, and will lead to more consistence services throughout the state.

Vermont Organics Partnership

DRAFT Materials Management Plan

Current Vermont Solid Waste Management Plan
On September 27, 2006, the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) readopted the Vermont Solid Waste Management Plan (State Plan) in its entirety and without any changes. The effective date of the Readopted State Plan is October 15, 2006. The Proposed Readoption of the State of Vermont Solid Waste Management Plan provides a summary of the current management in solid wastes in Vermont and progress since the State Plan was adopted in 2001. It provides the basis for readopting the State Plan.

Solid Waste Implementation Plan Guidance Document/Template
Vermont statute requires all municipalities, either individually or through a solid waste management district or an intermunicipal association, to adopt a solid waste implementation plan that conforms with the State Solid Waste Management Plan. Since the Agency of Natural Resources adopted the Vermont Revised Solid Waste Management Plan, municipalities, districts, and intermunicipal associations need to revise their solid waste implementation plans. The Guidance Document/Template is intended to help towns, districts, and intermunicipal associations do this. It provides both guidance regarding conformance with the State Revised Plan as well as a template towns and districts may use for their implementation plans. The Guidance Document/Template may be downloaded as a Microsoft Word file. Hardcopies are available and may be requested from the Waste Management Division by calling 241-3888.

• The Guidance Document/Template is intended to help towns and solid waste districts revise their solid waste implementation plan to conform with the Vermont Revised Solid Waste Management Plan.
• * Documents in PDF format can be viewed on screen, searched and printed. They require the Adobe Acrobat Reader. The reader is available for free from Adobe Corporation web site

Solid Waste Working Group
Section 293b of the 2007 Budget Bill passed by the Vermont Legislature required the Agency of Natural Resources to convene a solid waste working group to examine ANR's Solid Waste Report to the Legislature (January 2008) and to develop proposals and recommendations to implement and improve upon the Report, including best management practices. The working group was not limited to those matters addressed in the Report. The working group was required to report to the House and Senate Committees on Natural Resources no later than January 15, 2009.

Compost Study Committee
The Vermont Legislature passed Bill H.873 in 2007 requiring the Agency of Natural Resources to convene a solid waste working group to examine all state regulations pertaining to composting and to develop recommendations for the construction, operations and permitting for composting facilities. The working group is required to report to the House committee on fish, wildlife and water resources, the Senate committee on natural resources and the House and Senate committees on agriculture by January 15, 2009.

District Managers Working Group
The Vermont District Managers Group works with ANR on issues such as, examining the statewide economic structure of solid waste management, looking at the infrastructure needed to move forward and to provide equitable solid waste management services statewide.