This letter contains ECOS’ response to EPA’s request for input on the President’s Executive Order 13777: Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda. The response includes 19 regulatory reform recommendations outlined in three…
Land & Waste
Iowa Offers Financial Assistance for Landfill Diversion Projects
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Solid Waste Alternatives Program (SWAP) offers financial assistance for projects that work to reduce the amount of solid waste generated and landfilled in…
Kansas Awards Green Schools and Tire Recycling Grants
On May 5, The Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced more than half million dollars in solid waste grants to municipalities and school districts across the state. Green Schools…
Iowa Project AWARE Cleanup to Tackle Upper Cedar River
lowa volunteers will have an opportunity this July to spend their vacations cleaning up, learning about, and exploring 60 miles of the upper Cedar River near the Iowa-Minnesota border through Project…
Minnesota Expands Plastics Collection Services
Minnesota expanded its collection services for agricultural plastics and boat wrap in April, an effort the state has worked to manage for several years. In cooperation with the Recycling Association…
South Carolina Works to Curb Food Waste
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) this July is co-sponsoring the Don’t Waste Food SC Summit, a statewide campaign to increase awareness of the economic, environmental,…
ECOS Press Statement on U.S. EPA Approval of State CCR Authority
This ECOS Press Release commends U.S. EPA on its initiation of guidance regarding EPA review and approval of state applications to operate coal combustion residual (CCR) permit programs.
West Virginia Spotlights Toyota Motor Manufacturing Environmental Processing
This month, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) posted a video highlighting a new recycling process at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Buffalo, WV. The process takes fine metal particles…
Arkansas to Hold Food Waste Conference for Colleges and Universities
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the Arkansas Recycling Coalition are holding Reducing Food Waste: A Forum for Colleges and Universities on May 4 in Little Rock. The event…
Texas CEQ Commissioner Spearheads Beach Cleanup
Last week, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Commissioner Toby Baker led a cleanup at Boca Chica Beach after a promise he made to attendees of last year’s Valley Environmental Summit.…
