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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04031990 - 1.49 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS �E s Contra FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa .Count y DATE: March 26, 1990 ST C'UUH SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 4193 (Sher) SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMUMATION Adopt a position in SUPPORT of AB 4193 by Assemblyman Sher which would authorize the Integrated Waste Management Board to levy a full disposal cost fee on retailers or distributors of any type of disposable goods in an amount equivalent to the true full cost of disposal for the type of disposable goods for which the fee is established. The bill would appropriate the funds thus collected to establish programs for waste reduction, recycling and reuse for the particular type of material from which disposable goods have been made. BACKGROUND: The Board of Supervisors has been supportive of the imposition of a deposit on materials which can be recycled or reused in order to reduce their disposal to landfills. Assemblyman Sher has now introduced AB 4193 which would authorize the Integrated Waste Management Board to calculate the true full cost of disposing of items to a landfill and impose a fee on retailers or distributors of any type of disposable goods (other than beverage containers already covered by the Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act) . The bill defines "disposable goods" as any product in disposable packaging, including food in plastic layered or waxed containers, goods distributed in cellophane, goods packed in polystyrene and other plastics, goods packaged in metal containers, goods contained in plastic six pack or other similar multipack holders, CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:Ye S YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE S: /�� &z�l LWZZZ, ACTION OF BOARD ON April , APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: Please see Page 2 . ATTESTED APR 3 1990 PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR //// BY �). . awcaDEPUTY M382 (10/88) ' and goods in tin cans or glass containers. "Disposable goods" also includes disposable one-time or one-way use products, including plastic bags, disposable medical supplies, clay-based paper advertising supplements and magazines, office paper, newspapers, disposable diapers and paper or polystyrene plastic plates or cups. The funds which are collected from the imposition of this fee would be allocated to establish programs for waste reduction, recycling and reuse for the particular type of material from which the disposable goods have been made. Effective January 1, 1993 and annually thereafter the Integrated Waste Management Board would be requested to report to the Legislature on each fee imposed indicating the effectiveness of disposal cost fees in providing economic incentives to reduce, reuse and recycle goods which would otherwise be disposed of. In view of the fact that AB 4193 would authorize the imposition of fees on disposable goods, thereby providing a source of funds to establish programs that emphasize reuse and recycling of such goods and providing an economic incentive to reduce the use of such materials it appears to be consistent with the Board of Supervisors interests in this regard. It is therefore recommended that the Board of Supervisors indicate its support for AB 4193 . cc: County Administrator Community Development Director Sheila Cogan, Resource Recovery Specialist Catherine Kutsuris, Community Development Department Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates