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Recycling (defunct as of 10/2012), Gannett Fleming, Inc. Technical Assistance
Study, solid waste collection companies, and City of Altoona residents
(including the author). The IRC is a council of governments (COG) consisting
of the City of Altoona and other surrounding townships and boroughs. It was
initially established as the Intermunicipal Recycling Committee in 1990 to
address the needs of member municipalities related to recycling and
composting required by Pennsylvania Act 101 of 1988. The name was
changed in 1997 to reflect a desire by the member municipalities to undertake
other intermunicipal issues. They are currently the only organization that
enforces regulations related to solid waste collection in the city.
Figure 1. City of Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA.
