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municipal solid waste within two years.
A Solid Waste Management Act was passed recently in Connecticut, mandating a strategy to recycle not less than 25 percent of the solid waste generated in the state after Jan. 2, 1991. The comprehensive state-wide recycling program prohibits all littering and violators are subject to penalties.
In addition, a mandatory recycling bill passed in Philadelphia that could require all city residents and businesses to begin separating their trash into four categories was the first such legislation adopted by a major American city. The bill sets goals of recycling 25 percent of the city’s trash by 1989 and 50 percent by 1991. Residents who do not participate face a cutoff in their city trash collection service.
The state of Illinois is now subsidizing recycling by businesses, local governments and non-profit groups. In Chicago, for example, some 85 percent of the 2.5 million tons the city generates is landfilled and many of the landfills will close within four years. The city’s goal is to reverse the precentage by 1997.
In the nation’s capital, a 15month city-wide glass recycling program called “Operation Igloo Glass Recycling” provides igloo-shaped receptacles in various locations for consumers to contribute glass containers. Participants in the program include the Council of Churches, the ' D.C. Litter and Solid Waste Com- 1
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