Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District
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The Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District (ORSWMD) provides assistance to communities to achieve a waste reduction of 40%. This is accomplished through community grants, reuse and recycling programs and educational programs for district schools and media awareness. The district covers a seven-county region that includes Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski and Washington counties.

ORSWMD is governed by a full council and executive board made up of local elected officials and their appointees, and receives input from an advisory committee of local citizens and industry representatives. The Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District completed its original solid waste management plan in (1993) to ensure compliance with Senate Bill 530, Missouri's solid waste minimization law of 1990.

The purpose of the Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District's original comprehensive solid waste management plan was to provide the strategy to implement and integrate solid waste management programs throughout the district, with the desired goal of a 40 percent reduction of the amount of solid waste generated for disposal in the seven-county district.
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The following are resources for dealing with specific types of waste, exploring environmental stewardship in the classroom, and how to ensure you are doing the most you can to decrease individual impact on the environment.
A lot of us have good intentions.
When we're provided the option to recycle, we toss what we think of as recyclable trash into the appropriate bin, and assume our job is over: Our waste will be recycled, and we've done our part.
But, as we are about to learn, this isn't always true.
The intent of this legislation was to provide clear direction to Missourians on solid waste management practices they need to implement in order to reach and maintain a 40-percent or more reduction in the amount of solid waste generated for disposal.
The district includes the counties of Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski and Washington and their respective cities.
The district's responsibilities include the development of a solid waste plan that will accomplish a 40-percent reduction in solid waste generated for disposal in this area.
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