ELI awarded ECOS its 2025 Environmental Achievement Award and hosted a policy forum on cooperative federalism featuring several ECOS members.
Vermont
Vermont Department of Natural Resources PFAS Sampling Inventory
This online mapping tool can be customized using 150 different map layers and including PFAS sampling results for waste management and drinking water.
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation PFAS Roadmap 2023
This roadmap outlines continued efforts to address PFAS through source identification, product related actions, MCL implementation, coordination with U.S. EPA and other actions.
ECOS Green Report: Status of State Environmental Agency Budgets, Fiscal Years 2020 to 2023
This Green Report analyzes and discusses state environmental agency budget funding from FY2020-FY2023.
Vermont Recognizes Flood Safety Awareness Week
With spring flood season underway, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently recognized Flood Safety Awareness Week to remind residents about the benefits of floodplain protection and ways to…
ECOS Green Report on States and Sustainable Materials Management: Accelerating the Circular Economy
This ECOS Green Report showcases seven recent and ongoing state Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) initiatives and highlights their environmental and economic benefits. Covered topics include reuse of dredged material in…
State Innovation Video 2024: Vermont Healthy Homes Initiative
This initiative provides financial assistance to Vermont residential property owners to fund the repair or replacement of failing or inadequate on-site water and/or wastewater systems.
Vermont’s Product Stewardship Program
This project highlights Vermont special recycling programs for certain items that can be recycled, but NOT in the blue bin. These include batteries, electronics, paint, fluorescent lightbulbs, and mercury thermostats.…
Let’s Scrap Food Waste
The Vermont Department of Environemntal Conservation’s Solid Waste Program campaign educates users about the state’s Universal Recycling law with the goal of preventing food wate and increasing composting. The campaign…
Vermont Highlights Partner Organization Flood Resiliency Projects in Public Webinar
A Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) webinar last week highlighted four flood resiliency projects completed by river conservancies, a regional planning commission, and a local housing partnership. These projects…
