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Solid Waste Management in Massachusetts
Introduction
What is Solid Waste?
How Much Do We Produce?
How is it Regulated?
Where Does it Go?
Waste Reduction Programs
Solid Waste Glossary
Bottle & Can Deposits
Recycling in My Community
Solid Waste Master Plan 
Waste Disposal Bans

Solid waste management in Massachusetts has changed dramatically over the last several decades.  Before 1990, almost all trash was buried in landfills or burned in "municipal waste combustors." Today, our state's modern solid waste management system promotes waste reduction and recycling.  

 

 

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