City of Milwaukee - File #: 141230

• File #: 141230
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 11/25/2014
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 4/14/2020
• Title: Resolution directing the Department of Public Works to increase the enforcement of regulations relating to the separation of recyclables.
• Sponsors: ALD. DUDZIK
• Indexes: RECYCLING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/14/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	15:0
4/1/2020	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	5:0
12/3/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note:  Ald. Dudzik at the table. Rick Meyers - Dept. of Public Works	Pass	5:0
12/1/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/1/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/26/2014	0	PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/25/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO	Fail

Number
141230
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DUDZIK
Title
Resolution directing the Department of Public Works to increase the enforcement of regulations relating to the separation of recyclables.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Department of Public Works to immediately increase the enforcement of regulations relating to the separation of recyclable materials from postconsumer waste.

The resolution also directs the Department of Public Works to report to the Common Council within 120 days of the passage of the resolution with information relating to the number of orders and citations issued and to include this data in the department’s annual recycling report to the Common Council.
Body
Whereas, Section 79-25 of the Code requires that occupants of single family residences, 2 to 4 unit residences, condominium complexes, multiple-family dwellings and non-residential facilities and properties separate recyclable materials from postconsumer waste; and

Whereas, Section 79-47-2-b of the Code establishes that a person who fails to comply with s. 79-25 shall receive a written notice, and, if failing to comply with the written notice, shall receive a special charge; and

Whereas, According to the 2013 Department of Public Works Annual Residential Recycling Report, resident participation in the household recycling program avoided nearly $940,000 in landfill disposal costs in 2013 and earned over $1.77 million in revenue from the sale of recyclables; and

Whereas, According to this same report, the City’s residential landfill diversion rate was 23.8% in 2013, down from 24.3% in 2012, but above the 5-year average of 23%; and

Whereas, According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the average national landfill diversion rate is 33.8%; and

Whereas, According to the UCLA Engineering Extension Recycling and Municipal Solid Waste Management Program’s 2013 Zero Waste Progress Report, 7 of the 10 largest U.S. cities have a recycling rate gr...