NEWMOA - Solid Waste Publications

NEWMOA Resolution on the Definition of Product Stewardship and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) [PDF]
2013. 3pp.
Resolution of the NEWMOA Board of Directors that defines product stewardship as the act of minimizing health, safety, environmental, and social impacts, and maximizing economic benefits of a product and its packaging throughout all lifecycle stages and EPR as a mandatory type of product stewardship that includes, at a minimum, the requirement that the producer's responsibility for its product extends to post-consumer management of that product and its packaging.

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Interstate Flow in 2010 [PDF]
2013. 33pp.
Results from NEWMOA's data collection and analysis efforts through a series of figures that summarize both state-specific and region-wide 2010 MSW disposal data, including trends from 1999 through 2010.

Transforming Solid Waste Management in Connecticut & Beyond [PDF]
2012. 35pp.
A summary of the major themes, ideas, and options for action that were presented and discussed during a series of 2012 events in Connecticut focused on re-envisioning solid waste management for the 21st century.

Policy Options White Paper - Promoting Greater Recycling of Gypsum Wallboard from Construction & Demolition (C&D) Projects in the Northeast [PDF]
2010. 29pp.
Viable policy options for state agencies to consider for promoting greater gypsum recovery.

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Among the NEWMOA States in 2008 [PDF]
2010. 31pp.
Results from NEWMOA's data collection and analysis efforts through a series of figures that summarize both state-specific and region-wide 2008 MSW disposal data, including trends from 1999 through 2008.

NEWMOA Climate-Waste Action Plan [PDF]
2009. 49pp.
A strategy for mitigating and adapting to climate change through improving waste prevention and recycling initiatives, increasing renewable energy on contaminated sites, implementing "greener" site remediation, and improving management and recycling of disaster debris.

Agricultural Plastics Recycling Best Management Practices (BMP) Posters

BMP Poster for Horticultural Plastics [PDF]
2009. 2pp.

BMP Poster for Dairy Plastics [PDF]
2009. 2pp.

Construction & Demolition Waste Management in the Northeast in 2006 [PDF]
2009. 65pp.
Discusses the definition of C&D waste by the state environmental agencies in the Northeast in 2006 and NEWMOA's data gathering and analysis methodology.

Interstate Flow of Construction & Demolition Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2002 [PDF]
2005. 64pp.
The quantity of C&D waste that was disposed of in each NEWMOA state and the quantity that is processed in each state, and a characterization of the interstate flow of the material for 2002.

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2002
2004. 64pp.
View: Report [PDF], Appendix B [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2000 [PDF]
2002. 43pp.
Available 2000 data on the movement of municipal solid waste among the northeast states, and a comparison between 1999 and 2000.

Waste Tires in the NEWMOA States [PDF]
2002. 26pp.
A report describing waste tire generation, particularly those tires for which reuse as a tire is not possible.

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 1999 [PDF]
2000. 33pp.

Factsheets

Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) Program [PDF]
2002. 13pp.

Beneficial Use of Non-Hazardous Coal Power Plant Fly Ash as Flowable Fill [PDF]
2001. 5pp.

Beneficial Use of Tire Shreds as Lightweight Fill [PDF]
2001. 6pp.

Beneficial Use of Wood Ash on Agricultural Land [PDF]
2001. 5pp.

Public Service Announcements on Open Burning of Solid Waste

Print [PDF]: Maine | New Hampshire | New York | Vermont
Audio [MP3]: Maine | New Hampshire | New York | Vermont
Video [AVI]: Maine | New Hampshire | New York | Vermont

Don't Trash Our Air [PDF]
2004. 2pp.
A joint resolution promoting interstate cooperation to reduce air pollution from open burning of solid waste.