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A Massachusetts municipal landfill gets national attention for its innovative food waste collection success…“The Town of Bourne’s food waste collection program is booming, having collected 1,500 pounds of food waste so far this calendar year…

“Advanced recycling” is a controversial process that uses heat and chemicals to break down plastics into raw materials. As of 2022, NH classifies advanced recycling as manufacturing rather than solid waste processing…

Collaborative Solid Waste Strategies is acutely aware of unmonitored loads of out of state waste being brought into our New Hampshire landfills every day. This is something that the Concord Monitor reported on December 31, 2022.

Summaries of and links to 18 solid waste bills enacted by 10 state legislatures in 2022.

As of January 1, 2023, some Massachusetts landfill gas facilities and anaerobic digesters qualify for the Commonwealth’s peak energy incentive program.

As of December 20, 2022 Canada has banned the manufacture and import for domestic sales several categories of single use plastics, with additional bans scheduled for future years.

The published list of bills proposed for the 2023 session of the New Hampshire General Court provides an idea of what will be debated in upcoming hearings.

Meet Collaborative Solid Waste Strategies co-founders Clark Corson and Carol Foss; both New Hampshire natives with a deep appreciation for New England’s natural resources and a long history of engagement in environmental policy.

We are a nonprofit organization formed in New Hampshire in 2022 to provide education and advocacy on solid waste issues in New England.