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POSITION IN BRIEF: Support
measures to ensure environmentally sound and efficient solid waste
management, to reduce the generation of wastes, to encourage resource
recovery, and to increase the demand for secondary materials.
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POSITIONS
Waste Management
1. The state should establish standards for collection and standards
for regulations for disposal.
2. The state should provide financial assistance to local governments
for disposal facilities.
3. The state should provide technical and financial assistance
for research and development of improved collection and disposal
methods.
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4. Local government should be concerned primarily with collection
and disposal, subject to state standards and regulations.
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Regional Solutions
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5. Regional solutions for solid waste disposal and recycling should
be encouraged.
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Resource Recovery
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6. The primary goal of recycling is to forestall depletion of non-renewable
natural resources.
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7. Tax treatment should be equalized between virgin and secondary
materials.
8. The state should adopt specifications for products of reclaimed
materials and should increase its own purchase of such materials.
9. The state should provide supplemental financing for recycling
facilities.
Public Education
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10. All levels of government should encourage and support education
on these issues.
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Adopted 1973; Readopted at the last convention
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