Each finding is scored 0 to 10 on five components: harm, essential service, scale, duration and regulatory or financial significance. Every finding cites its sources. How it works · See the infographic.
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Select a state for its profile.
Most findings are placed at the center of their city or county, not at the exact site. Statewide and national findings are not pinned.
How close each state's law comes to letting every material be used as a manufacturing feedstock instead of being classified as waste.
Whether unsorted waste sent to manufacturing is regulated as solid waste. Blue: it is not. Amber: a pending bill or rule would change that. Orange: it stays under solid-waste law, including advanced recycling and exemptions for sorted materials only.
Select a state to see its posture, the law behind it and its sources.
Each list is ranked within its own category. Findings are never ranked against each other across categories.