HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 12191995 - 95-631 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Endorsing the RESOLUTION # 95/631
California Beverage Container
Recycling, Curbside Expansion
and Local Government
Reimbursement Act
WHEREAS, The Beverage Container Recycling Program has been very successful,
with more than 75% of containers in the program being recycled; and
WHEREAS, containers not in the program are only being recycled at about a 20%
rate, with the rest ending up in our landfills, or as litter in illegal dumps, on roadsides
and in recreation areas; and
WHEREAS, a coalition of environmentalists, recyclers, local governments and
legislators have made six unsuccessful attempts in the last nine years to pass
legislation to add wine and liquor containers to the Beverage Container Recycling
Program; and
WHEREAS, recycling curbside and neighborhood drop-off centers provide a
valuable service to enable citizens to conveniently recycle their containers and other
material and need to be enhanced and expanded; and
WHEREAS, a huge majority of Californians have in many ways expressed their
support for recycling and for inclusion of other containers in the program; and
WHEREAS, the California Beverage Container Recycling, Curbside Expansion and
Local Government Reimbursement Act, proposed for the November, 1996 ballot, a
modest proposal to add wine and liquor containers to the Beverage Container
Recycling Program will:
• result in the recycling of over 250 million additional plastic and glass
containers;
• decrease the establishment of illegal dumps, and decrease litter on our roads
and in our parks and other recreational areas;
• aid in meeting California's 50% waste diversion goals;
• Provide reimbursements to local governments to offset their costs in providing
curbside and community drop-off recycling centers and provide incentives for
expanding those programs; and
• aid litter abatement and scavenging control efforts:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA RESOLVED that the County officially endorses the
California Beverage Container Recycling, Curbside Expansion and Local
Government Reimbursement Act and urges its citizens, both private and business,
to support the measure on the November, 1996 ballot; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
transmit this Resolution to the County's representatives in the State Legislature and
at the California State Association of Counties.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution entered
on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date��rec>res ,cqtmisliqat"a,dcferw"o+<
an action token anc'cn;cmd on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: ZLx- � ,E-L4,, 19. 19 9 T
PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
By .oeputy