HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-322 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 89-322
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING WASTE REDUCTION
GOALS AND ENDORSING A COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE
REDUCTION STRATEGY
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga recognizes the importance of
preserving limited and increasingly valuable landfill space, conserving natural
resources, and protecting the environment; and
WHEREAS, reducing, reusing, recycling and composting of wastes can
contribute significantly to achieving these environmental goals as part of a
comprehensive integrated waste management system; and
WHEREAS, AB 1462 requires revisions of County Solid Waste Management
Plans (CoSWMPs) to include a 20% recycling goal and a detailed plan of action
for reaching this goal which will require aggressive recycling efforts by every
city and county in the state; and
WHEREAS, AB 2020 has established a network of local recycling
centers throughout the state that have increased the convenience of recycling
and provides an example of how recycling can be expanded at the local level.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
does hereby resolve and establishes the following goals and principles to govern
local solid waste management activities:
1. Solid wastes should be managed as important recoverable resources
that can contribute to the local economy when reused and recycled;
2. Landfills should be managed not only to minimize environmental
concerns but also as a resource to be conserved;
3. The hierarchy of integrated waste management should be applied
wherever possible to foster solid waste options in the following
order of priorities: reduce consumption, reuse as much as possible,
recycle or compost materials from wastes, recover energy values of
wastes, then properly landfill the rest;
4. Wastes currently received at landfills should be reduced by at least
20% through recycling by 1994 (or consistent with the CoSWMP,
whichever is greater); and
5. As local recycling collection programs increase, the City/County
shall work to stabilize and expand markets for recyclables by buying
recycled materials and products, expanding existing and attracting
new user industries to manufacture products from recycled materials,
any by supporting appropriate state and federal market legislation
and programs.
Resolution No. 89-322
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 5th day of July, 1989.
AYES: Alexander, Brown, Stout, Wright
NOES: None
Dennis L. Stout, Mayor
ATTEST:
'Be~rl~A~ Authe~, City Clerk ~ ~
I, BEVERLY A. AUTHELET, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed,
approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 5th day of
July, 1989.
Executed this 6th day of July, 1989 at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
~ BeVerly A. A~elet, City Clerk / ~