The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking feedback from stakeholders and the public to develop an action-based, achievable, and inclusive Solid Waste and Materials Management Plan for the 2024-2034 cycle.
Survey feedback offers respondents the opportunity to influence the next decade of solid waste and materials management in North Carolina. Responses are also key to ensure the plan contributes to NCDEQ’s mission to provide science-based environmental stewardship for the health and prosperity of all North Carolinians.
The Solid Waste Management Act of 1989 established policies and goals to promote methods of solid waste and materials management that are alternatives to disposal in landfills and to assist units of local government with solid waste management. Since then, DEQ has developed comprehensive solid waste and materials management plans with the collaboration of local government, regional planning agencies, and the public. The first Plan was introduced in 1991.
Follow this link to take the short survey, which will be open until January 31, 2024. After reviewing survey results, DEQ will draft an updated plan, which will be available for review on our Plan Website.