Baltimore City Council
File #: 23-0466    Version: 0 Name: Recyclable Materials and Yard Waste - Disposal
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 12/4/2023 In control: Health, Environment, and Technology
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Recyclable Materials and Yard Waste - Disposal For the purpose of prohibiting the disposal of recyclable materials and yard waste in a landfill or an incinerator; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: Ryan Dorsey, John T. Bullock, Mark Conway, Kristerfer Burnett, Sharon Green Middleton, Odette Ramos, Phylicia Porter, Antonio Glover, Zeke Cohen
Indexes: Recyce, Yard Waste
Attachments: 1. 23-0466~1st Reader, 2. DPW 23-0466, 3. 24-0466 - Law, 4. Final Synopsis 23-0466, 5. Final Hearing Notes 23-0466, 6. Finance 23-0466, 7. cc23-0466(1)-1st (Scott)

Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

 

                     * Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.

                     The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.

                     Introductory*

 

                     City of Baltimore

                     Council Bill          

                                                                                                                                                           

Introduced by: Councilmember Dorsey

                                                                                                                                                           

 

                     A Bill Entitled

 

An Ordinance concerning

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Recyclable Materials and Yard Waste - Disposal

For the purpose of prohibiting the disposal of recyclable materials and yard waste in a landfill or an incinerator; and providing for a special effective date.

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By repealing and re-ordaining, with amendments

Article 23 - Sanitation

Section 16-1

Baltimore City Code

(Edition 2000)

 

Section 1.  Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as follows:

 

                     Baltimore City Code

 

                     Article 23.  Sanitation

 

                     Subtitle 16.  Recyclable Materials and Compostable Yard Waste

 

§ 16-1. [No disposal at Quarantine Landfill] Disposal of recyclable materials and

yard waste.

 

[Recyclable materials, as defined in § 11-1 of this article, and compostable yard waste may not be disposed of at the Quarantine Landfill.]

 

The following materials may not be disposed of at a landfill or an incinerator:

 

(1)                     recyclable materials, as defined in § 1-1(d) {“Definitions - Recyclable materials”} of this article; or

 

(2)                     yard waste, as defined in § 1-1(e) {“Definitions - Yard waste”} of this article.

 

Section 2.  And be it further ordained, That this Ordinance takes effect on October 1, 2025.