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tonnage, after January 1, 2003 | baseline for calculating this reduction is the 1999 | | waste generation data gathered by the office. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 38 MRSA §2132, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 465, Pt. A, | | §42 and affected by Pt. C, §2, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Goal revision. The office shall recommend revisions, if | | appropriate, to the state recycling goal and waste reduction goal | established in this section and shall establish a waste reduction | goal | | implementing legislation to the joint standing committee of the | | Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resource matters. |
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| | | This bill accomplishes the following. |
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| | | 1. It eliminates language that limited the application of | | contracts for the provision of small containerized solid waste | | hauling services. |
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| | | 2. It extends the date by which the State's recycling goal of | | 50% must be met. |
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| | | 3. It establishes the State's waste reduction goal of 5% as a | | biennial rather than an annual reduction and extends the date by | | which the goal must be met. |
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