City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0132R

• File #: 09-0132R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Recycling - Yard Waste
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/1/2009
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 4/12/2010
• Title: Informational Hearing - Recycling - Yard Waste FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Public Works, the Bureau Head of Solid Waste, and the Recycling Coordinator to report to the City Council on the feasibility of providing for the recycling of yard waste; the fiscal impact of removing yard waste from the solid waste stream; and the estimated time needed to convert to a new method of yard waste disposal throughout Baltimore City.
• Sponsors: Mary Pat Clarke, Bill Henry, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, President Young, James B. Kraft, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Recycle, Waste

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/12/2010	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
4/12/2010	0	City Council	Adopted
9/21/2009	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/4/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/1/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
6/1/2009	0	City Council	Assigned

* 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 R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmembers Clarke, Henry


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Recycling - Yard Waste

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of Public Works, the Bureau Head of Solid Waste, and the Recycling Coordinator to report to the City Council on the feasibility of providing for the recycling of yard waste; the fiscal impact of removing yard waste from the solid waste stream; and the estimated time needed to convert to a new method of yard waste disposal throughout Baltimore City.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that yard waste accounts for nearly 1/5th (over 31 million tons) of all garbage generated in the United States each year, making yard waste the second largest component, by weight, of the municipal solid waste stream. The amount of yard waste generally varies from region to region during different seasons and from one year to the next. During peak months in the summer and fall, yard waste can represent as much as 25% to 50% of municipal solid waste.

Across the nation, composting is gaining increased attention as an environmentally sound way to manage yard waste materials such as leaves, grass clippings, brush, and tree prunings. Since these materials are relatively clean and biodegradable, the EPA finds disposal in landfills to be unnecessary and a waste of space. In addition, as yard waste decomposes ...