Solid Waste Interstate Transportation Act of 2005

The Solid Waste Interstate Transportation Act of 2005 addresses the increased amount of solid waste that is transported across state borders. Over the past fifteen years, there has been a 300% increase in waste transfer across state lines, resulting in adverse impacts to human health and the environment. Students presented the issue and policy history, then described their program goals, its implementation, and a one year outlook. The team prioritized short term goals of educating states of their rights and minimizing legal conflict, and also developed long term goals of lowering interstate transport of municipal solid waste and encouraging exporting states to deal with waste locally. In addition, they discussed how the budget would be allocated, as well as criteria to measure success at both the six month and one year mark.

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