on earth day, massachusetts must reckon with its waste crisis - 40% reduction in reach!

Happy Earth Day! Check out this eloquent opinion piece by Janet Domenitz, executive director of MassPIRG, calling on the state of Massachusetts to take a fresh look at enforcing the laws in order to make progress on their waste crisis. As Janet notes, “40 percent of the roughly 6 million tons of waste generated in the state each year, which is being buried in landfills or burned in incinerators, is banned from disposal by the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) own regulations.”