Waste Assessment and Planning
Action Topic
Subtopic
Sustainable Pennsylvania
Municipal Certification Project
Community Wide Materials Management
A municipality has significant influence over how waste or discarded materials are handled in their jurisdiction. This subtopic uses the terminology Materials Management and not waste management because the goal is to prevent materials from becoming waste and ending up in local landfills or incinerators. In this section you will learn what municipalities can do to divert more waste away from landfills and improve the quality of those diverted materials.