City of Baltimore - File #: 17-0022R

• File #: 17-0022R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Moving Baltimore to Zero Waste
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/24/2017
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 6/5/2017
• Title: Informational Hearing - Moving Baltimore to Zero Waste For the purpose of requesting that representatives from the Department of Public Works, the Health Department, Baltimore City Public Schools, the Office of Sustainability, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and other City agencies involved with waste reduction efforts in Baltimore appear before the City Council, along with experts on Zero Waste efforts nationwide, to discuss the development of a Zero Waste plan for Baltimore that will advance sustainability, public health, and job creation.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton, Eric T. Costello, Ryan Dorsey, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Bill Henry, Brandon M. Scott, John T. Bullock, Edward Reisinger, Shannon Sneed, Zeke Cohen, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Kristerfer Burnett, President Young
• Indexes: Baltimore City, Informational Hearing, Zero Waste

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/5/2017	0	City Council	Adopted
6/5/2017	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
5/16/2017	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably	Pass
4/27/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore City Public School System
4/27/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Office of Sustainability
4/27/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
4/27/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
4/27/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Housing and Community Development
4/24/2017	0	City Council	Assigned
4/24/2017	0	City Council	Introduced
4/24/2017	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
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City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Clarke


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Informational Hearing - Moving Baltimore to Zero Waste
For the purpose of requesting that representatives from the Department of Public Works, the Health Department, Baltimore City Public Schools, the Office of Sustainability, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and other City agencies involved with waste reduction efforts in Baltimore appear before the City Council, along with experts on Zero Waste efforts nationwide, to discuss the development of a Zero Waste plan for Baltimore that will advance sustainability, public health, and job creation.
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Recitals

Many of our most pressing environmental problems are, at heart, caused by waste and inefficiency in how we produce, distribute, and consume products. Eliminating or reducing this waste would yield huge dividends for our future. For example, waste-to-energy incinerators emit more CO2 per unit of electricity than coal plants, making products from recycled materials rather than new raw materials can cut energy use by as much as 95%, and recycling programs support 6 to 10 times as many jobs as disposal efforts.

The closer we can get to eliminating waste, the greater the returns for our City, nation, and world. Zero Waste is an effort to maximize these returns by creating sustainable manufacturing and consumption cycles where all discarded materials can become resources fo...