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FROM:
Supervisor Tom Powers Costa
DATE: County
May 2,1989 09
SUBJECTt
Develop Position for SB 1221 - Beverage Container Redemption Values
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors refer consideration of
SB 1221 to the Internal Operations Committee for review and the
development of a postion for Board adoption.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors supported AB 2020, The
California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act of
1988.
Recent recycling rate data from the State Department of Conservation,
however, indicates that the overall recycling rate in California is
dropping and that California's rate is half that of states with five
cent recycling laws.
Californians Against Waste estimates that in' 1988, 739,583 tons of
beverage containers were buried in landfill or littered on California
beaches, parks, and roadways. They estimate that the cost to local
government was more than $45' million in added disposal costs.
As a result of this information, SB 1221 was introduced, and
Californians Against Waste is seeking support for this legislation from
local governments.
SB 1221, as introduced March 9, 1989, would: 1) Increase the minimum
redemption value on all beverage containers, on and after October 1,
1989, to five cents for every two containers redeemed at a certified
recycling center, and specify that a beverage container with a capacity
of twenty-four fluid ounces is two beverage containers for tfie purposes
of the act;; 2) Increase the redemption value to five cents, on and
after December 31, 1989, for all beverage container types that are not
being recycled at sixty five percent or more; 3) Increase the
redemption value to at least five cents, on and after December 31, 1992,
for all beverage container types that are not being recycled at eighty
percent or more.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTI YES SIGNATUREI
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON May 2, 1989 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Internal Operations Committee ATTESTED 03 /989
C. van Marter, CAO Phil B -ch.elor, Clerk of th.e Board
County Administrator of Supervisors and County Administrator
M3e2/7.88 BY Ujt.,� �� DEPUTY