The second day of virtual WASTECON closed with a keynote session about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) strategy to increase the nation’s recycling rate.
Tim Flanagan, SWANA board vice president and Monterey Regional Waste Management District general manager, led a team of panelists during the panel discussion titled, “How to Successfully Achieve EPA’s New 50% Recycling Goal.”
“The work continues through a network of stakeholders including SWANA to build a sustainable framework to get to this goal by 2030,” Flanagan said. “The EPA’s latest facts show that recycling and composting rate is presently around 32% down from 35% three years ago. There are slightly more materials recycled in 2018. Generation outpaced it. It’s clear that there are challenges to get to 50%.”
