The cost of trash is hidden in municipal budgets with few options available in yet another lobbying scheme to the detriment of taxpayers. Please attend if you can and support this important endeavor.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is holding one more public hearing on their proposed Solid Waste Master Plan. [1]
It's no coincidence that we are still sending more than half our waste to landfills and incinerators. The Big Waste industry lobbyists are trying hard to uphold the status quo: burning and burying more than half the waste we generate in Massachusetts every year.
But now we have the opportunity to call for our state to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Next Tuesday, Sept. 21, DEP is holding a public hearing in Lakeville, for the sole purpose of letting the public speak about the 10-year Master Plan -- the blueprint for dealing with waste in Massachusetts.
Please come to DEP's public hearing in Lakeville and tell them you want the Master Plan to prioritize reduce/reuse/recycle, with a goal of zero waste.
As you may know, every year in Massachusetts, millions of tons of garbage are burned in incinerators or buried in landfills -- polluting our air and water, and wasting resources. We can do so much better.
The DEP has released the draft plan for 2010-2020. We know that the DEP needs to get much more ambitious about reduce/reuse/recycle, and now is our opportunity to raise our voices above the powerful special interests standing in the way.
Click below to find out more details about the hearing and RSVP if you can attend.
http://www.masspirg.org/action/sept-master-plan-hearings3?id4=es
Sincerely,
Janet S. Domenitz
MASSPIRG Executive Director
action@masspirg.org
http://www.MASSPIRG.org
P.S. Thanks for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your friends and family.
[1] You can read a draft of DEP's Solid Waste Master Plan here.
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