Materials Management Projects
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2000-2010 • Inactive
Beneficial Use of Waste Materials
A variety of companies and individuals periodically approach state waste programs with plans to turn a previously discarded material into a commodity and ask for a determination that the proposed […]
2009-2010 • Inactive
Commercial Waste Paper Recycling
NEWMOA initiated a Northeast Commercial Paper Recycling Project in 2009 to focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions tied to the manufacture, transport, and disposal of paper generated by commercial […]
2009-2010 • Inactive
Gypsum Wallboard Waste
Waste gypsum wallboard is typically either disposed directly in solid waste facilities, or processed with other C&D wastes where it breaks up and ends up in the residuals. C&D residuals […]
2002-2006 • Inactive
Open Waste Burning
Dioxin is a class of highly toxic and persistent chemicals that are often formed by combusting certain materials. Open burning of domestic waste is one source of dioxin emissions. The […]
2012-2013 • Inactive
Waste Paint Reuse & Recycling
Many communities struggle with how to help residents properly manage and reduce disposal of the significant amounts of leftover latex paint they generate. During 2012 and 2013, NEWMOA collaborated with […]
2018-2020 • Inactive
Waste Tires
Industry experts estimate that waste tires (also known as scrap tires) are generated at a rate of about one tire per person per year. Using recent census data for the […]
2015-2016 • Inactive
Bulky Waste & Recycling
Bulky wastes include furniture, carpet, mattresses, and such large rigid plastic items as kiddie swimming pools and play structures. The predominant method of managing these items in the northeast is […]
2017-present • Active
Solid Waste Landfills
NEWMOA formed a Solid Waste Landfill Workgroup in 2017 that focuses on issues related to operating and closed landfills in the Northeast. The Workgroup convenes state officials several times a […]
2014-2015 • Inactive
Save Money & Reduce Trash (SMART)
Many towns fund their waste management services using revenue from property taxes and/or a flat fee. Save Money and Reduce Trash (SMART) programs are different; they charge residents for waste […]
2016-2017 • Inactive
Transfer Stations: Improving Safety & Reducing Waste
In many areas in the Northeast, towns operate transfer stations to provide waste management services to their residents. Transfer station operators and attendants report seeing all kinds of potentially dangerous […]
