Recycling and Waste Reduction
Source Reduction and Consumer Spending
Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs)
Montana recycles 15 percent of the solid waste generated annually. Montana recently updated and revised the Integrated Waste Management Plan. The plan provides recommendations for strategies to increase recycling, and sets new targets for recycling and composting: by 2015, recycling and composting should divert 22 percent of solid waste from landfills.
Recycling is a challenge in Montana due to our low population scattered over a large geographic area, and our lack of proximity to the processors (industry) that use the recyclables as raw materials in their operations.
Meeting Montana's new waste reduction target of 22 percent by 2015 will require meeting this challenge head-on and encouraging every citizen to recycle as many different materials as possible. The DEQ staff continues to work with industry and businesses across Montana to develop markets that can sustain and expand recycling programs across the state.
Stay up with the latest news on recycling and pollution prevention by receiving occasional emails from DEQ staff regarding new developments. To subscribe to the Waste P2 email list, enter your name and email list on this page: Email Subscription List and check the box at the bottom of the list for Waste P2 List.
Many opportunities to recycle do exist in Montana and citizens are encouraged to Get Caught Recycling!
Contact the Waste and Underground Tank Management Bureau for information on Solid and Hazardous Waste Permitting and Compliance.
