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Recognizing that other New England states are further along in addressing ways to reduce the amount of garbage going to landfills, New Hampshire’s Solid Waste Working Group met virtually with representatives from Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont on February 25 to hear what others in the region are doing.
On Wednesday, the House decided to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, preserve the new education choice program, and help communities with employee retirement costs.
When testifying in support of his bill to create a waste management fund, Sen. David Watters, D-Dover, referred to the “solid waste capacity crisis” in New Hampshire. According to a 2019 report by the Department of Environmental Services, landfills in the state will soon run out of capacity to take trash and other refuse.
David Watters, D-Dover, appeared before the Senate Ways and Means Committee to discuss his bill, which would establish a solid waste fund supported by a waste disposal surcharge.
The Senate killed the hopes of those fighting a proposed landfill in Dalton when it voted to kill a bill that would require a two-mile buffer around state parks.
Conflicting interests collided Monday over a bill to require a two-mile buffer between a state park and a landfill.