City of Baltimore - File #: 05-0073R

• File #: 05-0073R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Recycling in Baltimore City
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 8/15/2005
• In control: Education, Housing, Health & Human Services/Judiciary & Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 4/16/2007
• Title: Informational Hearing - Recycling in Baltimore City FOR the purpose of reviewing the City's Recycling Program to determine the effectiveness of the program in diverting recyclables from un-reusable waste; to ascertain the percentage of Baltimore residents and businesses participating in the program; and to discover if incentive programs, information campaigns, and community involvement could be utilized to improve the current rate at which city residents participate in the program.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, James B. Kraft
• Indexes: Educ., Housing, Health, & Human Serv., Informational Hearing, Recycle, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/16/2007	0	Education, Housing, Health and Human Services	Recommended Favorably
4/16/2007	0	City Council	Adopted
5/15/2006	0	Education, Housing, Health and Human Services	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
8/18/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report	Pass
8/18/2005	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report	Pass
8/15/2005	0	City Council	Introduced
8/15/2005	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: Councilmember Holton

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Informational Hearing - Recycling in Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of reviewing the City's Recycling Program to determine the effectiveness of the program in diverting recyclables from un-reusable waste; to ascertain the percentage of Baltimore residents and businesses participating in the program; and to discover if incentive programs, information campaigns, and community involvement could be utilized to improve the current rate at which city residents participate in the program.
Body
Recitals

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States currently recycles nearly 30% of its waste, a rate that has doubled during the past 15 years. During this time, governments, non-profit organizations, and companies have engaged in various programs to raise consumer awareness of available recycling options, impacting consumer behavior to the extent that 40% of all plastic soda bottles and 55% of all beverage cans are now recycled. Still, 70% of solid waste is burned at combustion facilities and disposed of in landfills.

Governing, a publication of Congressional Quarterly, Inc., reports that, after years of decline and fall, recycling is in a revival mode, even in urban areas where demographics and density make it harder to get residents to participate, and that cities across the country are instigating new policies to improve the rates at which their residents divert mate...