The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DDNREC) has sent Waste Management Inc. (WM) a notice regarding its operations in the state as having violated state recycling regulations.
A notice posted online by the agency cites examples in 2015 when WM trucks operating in Delaware were observed “commingling waste and recyclables.” Those violations occurred in Rocky Run and Lewes, Delaware, according to the DDNREC.
The notice also refers to instances in 2014 when WM, according to the agency, did not provide sufficient recyclables collection service as defined by Delaware’s Regulations Governing Solid Waste. Those violations allegedly occurred in Smyrna and New Castle, Delaware.
Per the notice, issued April 22, 2016, Houston-based WM has 20 days to provide recycling collection service in those communities where it was deemed lacking and to ensure that its methods to collect recyclables separately have been put in place in the communities where it was observed to have been commingled with solid waste.
The DDNREC issued an accompanying penalty amounting to more than $43,000 for the violations, though WM has the right to appeal the findings and penalty.
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