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Contingency Plan Work Group Final report and recommendations

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Final report and recommendations from the RSWMP Contingency Plan Work Group that was convened in August 2003 to evaluate and recommend strategies to increase progress toward the 62 percent recovery goal.

In August 2003, Metro Council appointed a work group to evaluate and recommend required recycling policies that could be implemented in the region if progress toward the 2005 regional waste recovery goal of 62 percent is not adequate.

The Regional Solid Waste Management Plan (RSWMP) Contingency Plan Work Group met eight times from August 27, 2003 to December 3, 2003. The group evaluated 12 potential strategies to increase recovery. The work group set out recommendations in the context of four strategies that would increase progress toward the 62 recovery goal.

The recommendations from the work group are collectively called the Contingency Plan – the recommendations would be implemented contingent upon notice that the region is not making sufficient progress toward meeting the recovery goal.

The RSWMP Contingency Plan Work Group Final report and recommendations details the work group's the formal charge, membership, recommendations, and deliberations.

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• Contingency Plan Work Group Final Report and Recommendations 542K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 4, 2007