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Mayor Anthony Williams and elected officials from four counties in Southern Maryland and Fairfax County signed the Potomac River Watershed Trash Treaty, which set the goal of a trash-free watershed by 2013.“We want out of the trash business,” said Bowen, referring to the importance of the treaty.“We think the cleanup is merely a Band-Aid for the problem, and we’re trying to get to the solution.” Last month, a Potomac Watershed Trash Summit was held at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
to promote a more comprehensive approach to trash prevention involving regional collaboration between all watershed jurisdictions to reach the 2013 goal.
Local governments signed off on an action agreement designed to focus government and private efforts toward changing public ...
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