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Solid Waste Plan Checklist
(from RCW 70.95.090)
    Every solid waste management plan in Washington must include:
Inventory and description of all solid waste handling facilities
  any facility deficiencies in meeting current needs
  projected 20-year needs for solid waste handling facilities
     
Inventory and description of solid waste collection operations and needs, including commercial collection and municipal operations
   
Waste Reduction Strategies
  Inventory of recycling programs
  Current and projected recovery rates through recycling programs
  Programs to monitor commercial recycling , if any
  A waste reduction and recycling outreach and education program
  Recycling strategies, a discussion of current markets, characterization of the waste stream, and a description of existing programs and deficiencies
  Programs to assist the public with recycling and an implementation schedule for those programs.
  Programs to assist the public with recycling and an implementation schedule for those programs. ;
  A list of designated recyclables
   
A program for surveillance and control of waste handling facilities
   
An assessment of the plan's impact on the costs of solid waste collection
   
A program for development of solid waste handling facilities that meets all laws and regulations and contains a six-year construction and capital acquisition program along with a plan for financing any new capital costs and operational expenditures