The Montgomery County Sierra Club Zero Waste Committee has prepared a report on recommendations for achieving zero waste in the county. 

The recommendations are:

• End waste incineration and adopt a zero waste hierarchy
• Consolidate our fragmented waste management system
• Further reduce plastic bag waste
• Encourage composting of food waste and organics
• Phase in unit pricing for trash collection
• Achieve higher rates of construction and demolition waste diversion
• Use the County’s purchasing power on sustainable products
• Expand opportunities for hard-to-recycle materials
• Provide more recycling education to residents
• Require producer responsibility for plastic waste

Click here to read the full report.

To learn more about zero waste, visit our dedicated Zero Waste issue page.