Recently, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management partnered with a steelmaker in a trial project to test the viability of using crumb rubber from scrap tires in its steelmaking process.…
Land & Waste
Louisiana Launches Waste Tire Pilot Program on Heels of Comprehensive Report
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has launched a Waste Tire Pilot Program (WTPP), providing municipalities and parishes with financial support to address unauthorized waste tire disposal within their…
Maryland Promotes Food Waste Prevention
This month, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) supported Food Waste Prevention week by urging consumers to make sustainable choices. The Department hosted a webinar and encouraged residents and…
Colorado Proposes Rule to Control Landfill Methane
The Air Quality Control Commission of the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment will hold a hearing in August to consider a proposed rule on monitoring and reduction of…
Tennessee Overhauls Septic System Permit Processing
The Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC) has revolutionized septic permit processing in the state’s rapidly growing rural areas by implementing an advanced GIS system, significantly reducing the average…
Coalition Letter on FY2026 Appropriations for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies leadership
ECOS joined twenty-eight other organizations in a letter to U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies’ leadership to urge congressional appropriators to support full funding of the…
ECOS FY26 Testimony on U.S. EPA’s Budget
In April 2025, ECOS President James Kenney submitted testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies addressing FY26 Appropriations for the U.S. EPA.…
Oregon Approves Producer Responsibility Plan for Recycling Modernization
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is making strides in implementing the state’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act. Following a multi-step collaborative review process, DEQ approved a program…
Resolution 10-1: National Sustainable Materials Management
This resolution requests that EPA continue to collaborate with states and territories to incorporate materials management as an important strategic approach for addressing environmental challenges; requests that EPA continue to…
Resolution 10-3: Cleanup Budgets for the Nuclear Weapons Complex
This resolution supports continued environmental cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex; recommends that DOE maintain a strong forum for communication and planning with state oversight officials via ECOS; urges DOE…
