The ASTSWMO Materials Management Subcommittee submitted comments to the docket on June 29, 2026 regarding the EPA proposed rule, Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities; Legacy CCR/CCRMU Amendments, that was published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2026.
The ASTSWMO Materials Management Subcommittee submitted comments to the docket on June 30, 2026 in support of the EPA proposal, Virginia: Approval of State Coal Combustion Residuals Permit Program, that was published in the Federal Register on May 4, 2026.
In March 2026, the ASTSWMO Board of Directors approved an update to the ASTSWMO recycling position paper issued in 2020. The ASTSWMO 2026 Recycling Position Paper supports sustained funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Solid Waste Infrastructure and Recycling (SWIFR) and Consumer Recycling and Education Outreach (REO) grant programs. These grant programs address major needs that ASTSWMO identified in the 2020 position paper by supporting activities to improve the infrastructure for recycling, data collection, implementation of State-led plans to advance post-consumer materials management, and recycling education and outreach.
The ASTSWMO Materials Management Subcommittee is hosting a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D 101 webinar to provide a high-level overview of the non-hazardous solid waste subtitle of RCRA for new solid waste/materials management program staff. The webinar is open to States, Territories, and EPA. The presentation has been developed by the Subcommittee from the perspective of “what do I wish I knew when I started that I know now”. Along with the introduction and overview, the webinar will highlight disposal permit programs, beneficial use, and sustainable materials management aspects of Subtitle D.
The Solid Waste Landfills and Radioactive Material Survey Report was prepared by the Radiation Task Force within the ASTSWMO Materials Management Subcommittee. In April 2025, the Task Force reached out to State and Territorial radiation control programs with a questionnaire about requirements to inspect radioactive material surveys at landfills, requirements about radioactive materials not regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and about experience with U.S. Department of Transportation Special Permit-11406. This report is a summary of key takeaways from the questionnaire, and recommendations from the Radiation Task Force for landfills.
The ASTSWMO Materials Management Subcommittee submitted comments to EPA on November 3, 2025 supporting EPA’s proposed approval of Wyoming’s coal combustion residuals (CCR) permit program.
The ASTSWMO Materials Management Subcommittee submitted comments to EPA on July 15, 2025 supporting EPA’s proposed approval of North Dakota’s coal combustion residuals (CCR) permit program.
The ASTSWMO Sustainable Materials Management Task Force has produced the Difficult-to-Manage Materials Survey Report based on input received from 39 States and Territories (States). The Task Force launched the survey in June 2023 to pinpoint products and materials that are of concern or causing issues in waste and recycling programs and to identify associated trends among States. For the purposes of the survey, “difficult-to-manage” was defined as an item that has reached the end of its useful life that presents difficulties to the public, State or local government, or the waste and recycling industry because of a lack of viable end markets, inherent difficulties in handling the material, a lack of collection or recovery infrastructure, or any combination thereof.
The report presents the findings of the survey in which States were asked to identify their top 5 difficult-to-manage materials and how the State is currently addressing them; challenges/problems as well as existing opportunities regarding the materials identified; and what States would find helpful in managing the materials.
The Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Task Force within ASTSWMO’s Materials Management Subcommittee submitted comments to EPA on February 1, 2024 regarding the Draft Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics.
