An Act to incentivize the reduction of residential waste disposal

This bill directs the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to set performance standards for reducing household waste and requires local municipalities to report annual waste disposal data per resident. Under the new rules, towns disposing of more than 500 pounds of waste per person annually must implement specific cost-saving reduction programs within a year. The legislation also mandates that the state issue annual reports on waste statistics and gives the department authority to create a statewide waste reduction program if local efforts fail to lower average per capita disposal below the 500-pound threshold by 2025.