Currently adopted plan

Adopting a plan requires coordination with all jurisdictions within the regional system and the Department of Ecology. The currently adopted plan was approved in September 2015. Amendments have been added as appendices since adoption. 

Updating the plan

Solid waste management planning is an ongoing process that involves anticipating future growth and infrastructure needs, engaging with the community and industry partners, reviewing environmental impacts, and a formal adoption process. State law requires comprehensive solid waste management plans to be updated every five years (RCW 70A.205.075). Less extensive revisions to the plan are allowed through the amendment process. For more information on where Clark County is in the planning process or to provide public comment, visit our plan update page. 

History of solid waste planning in Clark County

Solid waste planning in Clark County was initiated in 1967 with the adoption of the county’s first Solid Waste Management Plan. Since then, the plan has gone through many revisions and amendments including the addition of the Clark County Moderate Risk Waste Plan to the plan in 2002.  

In 2019, the Washington Legislature directed local jurisdictions to develop a plan to reduce recycling contamination. The Clark County Contamination Reduction and Outreach Plan (CROP) was added as an appendix to the 2015 approved plan. The CROP includes strategies to increase efforts across the state to reduce recycling contamination.