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Mr. Michael Grappe´ will be undertaking a presentation at the Thirty-Fourth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management in Annapolis, Maryland, in the Spring titled:
Addressing Tire Dumps through Legislation (“Presentation”)
Mr. Grappe´ serves as Chief Program Officer at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
The abstract for the Presentation indicates it will address in part:
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Traditional location of discarded tires
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How discarded tires enter the environment
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Why discarded tires enter the environment
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Prior national efforts to address discarded tires
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Root cause of the accumulation of discarded tires and problems with prior approaches
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Legislation (Arkansas Act 317) enacted to address discarded tires
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Focusing efforts on the source
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Proactively seeking markets to recycle the materials after processing
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Potential role as a sustainable model for other states
A link to the 2019 Conference can be found here.
