Would you like Arlington County to do more to assist residents and businesses with reducing waste and the heavy carbon footprint that it represents? Do you have ideas on how to expand opportunities to reduce, reuse, and repair? Are you frustrated with trying to navigate existing recycling programs or finding ways to recycle hard-to-recycle metals, textiles, and electronics? Want to see more effective recycling and composting programs in apartments, condos, businesses, and schools? Arlington County is currently updating its Solid Waste Master Plan to align with the County’s goal to divert 90 percent of waste from trash collection and will be accepting comments and suggestions through May 31. Comments and ideas can be sent to Doug Krietemeyer (dkrietemeyer@arlingtonva.us)
EcoAction Arlington’s R4 Action Group has submitted these comments and ideas to the County –
This content originally appeared in The EcoAdvocate newsletter produced by the EcoAction Arlington Advocacy Committee.