The Joint Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on June 13 to review the Act 101 Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act Programs.

It has been 29 years since Act 101 was enacting and the recycling and planning programs have been working nearly unchanged since then.

The Committee and several legislators, including Rep. John Maher (R-Allegheny), Majority Chair of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, have said it’s time to take a look at updating Act 101.

The tentative agenda includes comments by these organizations-- Department of Environmental Protection, Professional Recyclers of PA, PA Waste Industries Association, PA Independent Waste Haulers, PA Association of Township Supervisors, County Commissioners Association, Keep PA Beautiful and the PA Recycling Markets Center.

The hearing will be in Room 8E-B of the East Wing of the Capitol Building starting at 9:00 a.m.  Arrangements are being made to webcast the hearing.

Sen. Scott Hutchinson (R-Venango) serves as Chair of the Joint Conservation Committee.

For more information, visit the Joint Conservation Committee website, Like them on Facebook or Follow them on Twitter.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Committee.

For more background on Act 101, visit DEP’s Recycling In Pennsylvania webpage.

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[Posted: May 31, 2017]

6/5/2017