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State officials have finalized the 2023-2032 New York State Solid Waste Management Plan. The New York State Solid Waste Management Plan: Building the Circular Economy through Sustainable Materials ...

POUGHKEEPSIE — It matters how a community handles its waste. The stuff we throw away doesn’t disappear: It rots in landfills, adding greenhouse gasses to the environment; it gets recycled and finds ...

Waste management has evolved from a linear model of “take–make–dispose” to a more sustainable framework predicated on reduction, reuse and recycling within a circular economy. Contemporary strategies ...

Trash sent for recycling moves along a conveyor belt to be sorted at Waste Management's material recovery facility. New York is hearing feedback from communities that have been disproportionately ...