Municipal Solid Waste Program

NEWMOA coordinates a Solid Waste Steering Committee, consisting of one or more of the Solid Waste program managers in each of the Northeast states. The main activity of the Committee has been to coordinate the member states through conference calls and web conferences to discuss various priority solid waste issues. In FY 2010, the priority topics identified include: organics management, compost facility regulation, landfill post-closure requirements, and management of mildly contaminated soils.

In addition to the web conferences and conference calls, NEWMOA undertakes an annual analysis of the interstate flow of MSW among the Northeast states. In order to improve the quality of data and ensure that states have as much information as possible to monitor trends in waste diversion, disposal, and interstate flows in the Northeast. NEWMOA established a workgroup that focuses on the measurement of the interstate flow of MSW among the NEWMOA states. The following reports are available:

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2002, June 2004.
View as: Report [PDF], Appendix B [PDF]

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 2000 [PDF], February 2002.

Interstate Flow of Municipal Solid Waste Among the NEWMOA States in 1999 [PDF], December 2000.

For more information, contact Jennifer Griffith at

See Also:

• Solid Waste Steering Committee
• Solid Waste Metrics Workgroup