6/15/15: MassDEP issued notices of noncompliance (NONs) to 20 entities and entered into a Consent Order with Penalty to one entity - for violations of the Commonwealth's Waste Bans.  The entities include retail stores, companies, hospitals and hotels, and involved the disposing of, or transferring for disposal, various materials that are subject to the waste disposal bans as specified in Massachusetts regulations [ 310 CMR 19.017(3) ]. 
 
The materials banned from disposal include wood and construction debris, cardboard, and other recyclable materials and/or yard wastes. The violators were given 30 days to provide MassDEP with a written description of each action taken to correct the violations cited in their NONs, including status reports on these efforts to achieve and/or maintain compliance with the waste ban regulations.  Click here, for more information 

Here are a few solid waste and recycling related stories from around the Cape and beyond.  Click on the underlined links below to read the full articles.