1990/05/22 City Council ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 90 -105
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING ASSEMBLY BILL 4298
(Re. Processing Fee Provision of State's Beverage Container
Recycling and Litter Reduction Act)
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park is committed to implementing recycling
and waste reduction plans and programs in order to meet the requirements of the
California Integrated Solid Waste Management and Recycling Act (AB 939, 1989);
and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 4298 by Assembly Speaker Willie Brown would, if
adopted, dismantle the processing fee provision of the State's beverage
container recycling and litter reduction act as agreed to by industry,
environmentalists, recyclers and local government officials in 1986; and
WHEREAS, the processing fee requires beverage container manufacturers to
pay the cost of recycling their containers when the scrap value is not
sufficient; and
WHEREAS, the net cost of recycling glass and plastic beverage containers in
California in 1989 was in excess of $10 million, and in 1990 is projected to be
$15 million, and the deletion of the processing fee as proposed in AB 4298 will
require recyclers and local government to cover that cost and in effect
subsidize the recycling of glass and plastic beverage containers.
NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Rohnert Park:
1. Opposes Assembly Bill 4298 currently moving through the State
Legislature.
2. Conveys its opposition to AB 4298 to Assembly Speaker Willie Brown,
our Assembly representative Dan Hauser, Senate representative Jim
Nielsen, the League of California Cities, and the County
Supervisors Association of California
3. Directs its legislative representative to join with representatives
of the League of California Cities, Sierra Club of California, the
Planning and Conservation League, the California Resource Recovery
Association, the Northern California Recyclers Association, and
Californians Against Waste in working to defeat AB 4298.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 22nd day of May, 1990.
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
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