Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 272 - MUNICIPAL WASTE PLANNING, RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION
Subchapter C - MUNICIPAL WASTE PLANNING
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 272.201 - Purposes
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
The primary purposes of a municipal waste management plan are to:
(1) Ensure that each county has sufficient processing and disposal capacity for its municipal waste for at least 10 years.
(2) Ensure a full, fair and open discussion of alternative methods of municipal waste processing or disposal.
(3) Ensure maximum feasible waste reduction and recycling of municipal waste or source separated recyclable material.
(4) Shift the primary responsibility for developing and implementing municipal waste management plans from municipalities to counties.
(5) Conserve resources and protect the public health, safety and welfare from the short- and long-term dangers of transportation, processing, treatment, storage and disposal of municipal waste.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 272.252 (relating to development of plan revisions).
