HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-08-08 88-350 RESOLVEDate 8u8•88„„
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hem/Subisa: R&WLVE-Eetablishiag City Policy in Regard to Recycling and the
Elimination of Styrofrmm Products Through t City Facilities
Responsible Department:
City Council
C=is requested the attached Resolve be prepared for consideration
by the full Council. Issues involving the disposal of solid waste continue
to bec®e ramex and aware crucial thmughwt the entire State of plains and
certainly the Bmgor region. One longterm option which will assist in
solving these problems is the use and expansion of recycling programs. Such
programs are designed to reduce the amaunt of waste which reaches the
disposal stream. This than redness tha wlrme of materials which could go to
the PERC plant and the subsequent ash and bypass produced by that plant. The
attached Resolve would establish a City policy to Implement voluntsry, paper
recycling by fine, end of the currant caleMar year. It also requires that
City staff investigate additional areas for recycling programs and prepare a
recyclirg plan and pr<yrmn which we will begin implmnenting during calendar
year 1%9. A [bird elmrert of the Resolve sets out a policy of eliminating
styusfoon products throughout city facilities. The City will substitute
paper products wherever possible and will work with its lessees and
concessionaires to urge than to do the smae.
Recycling, along with other methods of waste stream reduction, will become
nom and more important in our overall solid waste plan in future year.,. Tine
atterched Resolve will begin thet p[oeess, mal I emanm
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Manager's Comments.
Associated Information:
Resolve Attached
budget Approval
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Legal Approval: �ilX
City SOU hor
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88-350
ASSIGNED TO COUNCILOR Ssxl, August 8, 1988
_ CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) ¢gp(b¢� s tabliahing City Policy in Regard to Recycling the
Elimination of Styrofoam Products Throughout City Facilities
By Bon CLLy CommusR Odd City of Benyon:
IESOLVBD,
VMEREAS, the State of Maine and the City of Bangor are facing a crisis
in the area of solid waste management aM disposal; aM
WHEREAS, this crisis will require that greater emphasis be placed upon
renfolingAnd waste stream reduction tachniWes; Aoki
WSEPEAS, it is essential that the City of Bangor begin working toward
the ea[abliahrent of a canplete recycling program;
NCW, THEREFORE, BE IT RMUVED, Ti LAT the City of Bangor shall
implement a voluntary newspaper recycling program prior to
the eM of calendar year 1988; aM
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT the City Manager and appropriate City
staff proceM to develop a lorgtenm recycling planand
program which will result in expanding recycling efforts
during calendar year 1989; and
BE TT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT the necessary action shall be taken by
City staff to eliminate the use of styrofoam products within
all City facilities. Paper products may be used as
substitutes for styrofomm.
88-350
IN CITY COUNCIL R E S O L V E
August 8, 1988 Establishing City Policy in Regard to
Passed Recycling and the Elimination of Styr
p- rh; Products Throughout City Facilities.
Z CITY 66CLERK