Responsibilities

In 1988, Pennsylvania passed the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (Act 101), which requires Pennsylvania counties to:

• Prepare, adopt and implement a Municipal Waste Management Plan for municipal waste generated within the county's boundaries.
• Insure the availability of adequate permitted processing and disposal capacity for the municipal waste which is generated within the county's boundaries.
• On or before April 1 of each year, submit a report outlining the weight or volume of materials that were recycled by municipal and county recycling programs in the preceding calendar year.

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