Prince George's County Council - Reference No. CB-012-2018

• Reference No.: CB-012-2018
• Draft No.: 2
• Type: Council Bill
• Status: Enacted
• Meeting Body: County Council
• Meeting Date: 7/24/2018
• Introduced Date: 7/2/2018
• Public Hearing Date: 7/24/2018 @ 10:00 a.m.
• Effective date: 9/24/2018
• Title: AN ACT CONCERNING SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL - COMMERCIAL RECYCLING AND FOOD SCRAP COMPOSTING for the purpose of clarifying and expressly providing that hotels, motels and gas stations are commercial establishments subject to the County recycling program; providing specifications for recycling containers; expanding reasonable access to the County recycling program; providing for the update of commercial recycling plans; enhancing the education of commercial recycling and County government recycling; and enhancing the incentive for food scrap composting; and generally regarding recycling, food scrap composting, and solid waste disposal.
• Proposers/Sponsors: Dannielle M. Glaros, Mary A. Lehman, Deni L. Taveras, Todd M. Turner
• Code sections: 21-101 - , 21-113 - , 21-142 - , 21-149.01 -
• Contact: Kathleen H. Canning, Legislative Officer

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/8/2018	2	County Executive	signed
7/24/2018	2	County Council	public hearing held
7/24/2018	2	County Council	enacted	Pass
7/2/2018	2	County Council	introduced
6/7/2018	1	Transportation, Housing and the Environment Committee	Favorably recommended with amendments	Pass
4/17/2018	1	County Council	presented and referred

Title

AN ACT CONCERNING SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL - COMMERCIAL RECYCLING AND FOOD SCRAP COMPOSTING for the purpose of clarifying and expressly providing that hotels, motels and gas stations are commercial establishments subject to the County recycling program; providing specifications for recycling containers; expanding reasonable access to the County recycling program; providing for the update of commercial recycling plans; enhancing the education of commercial recycling and County government recycling; and enhancing the incentive for food scrap composting; and generally regarding recycling, food scrap composting, and solid waste disposal.

Background

This recycling bill pertains to commercial recycling and food scrap composting.  The bill clarifies and expressly provides that hotels, motels and gas stations are commercial establishments subject to the County recycling program. The bill provides specifications for recycling containers and provides for expanding reasonable access to the County recycling program; provides for the update of commercial recycling plans; and enhances the education of commercial recycling and County government recycling. The Department of the Environment is required to expand the food scrap composting program to fully utilize the expansion of the Gore Composting System and the Organics Composting Facility.