Pasadena has a Zero Waste Plan (ZWP) Meeting 1/26/21
Updated: Jan 22
The MSC will meet 1/26/21 @4pm to discuss the Zero Waste Plan. Please comment and/or attend on SUP and get the City to focus on this crisis.
Potential comments:
Implement original ZWP goals immediately
Place immediate ban on ALL plastic bags for grocery, retail and take-out
Place immediate ban on ALL accessories for take-out
Engage Pasadena Health Dept to develop a plan to BYOC (cups and containers)
Mandate recycling and organic waste separation at multi-family housing and businesses
Establish plan to ban plastics that aren't recyclable and SUP like water bottles at all city properties and refuse purchase with any city funds by 06/21
Place an immediate 10% tax on every item that is not currently recycled in the state of California as identified in the CalRecycle preliminary assessment unless local haulers can prove they have a recycling market for additional items
Create funding for business ventures to use waste in items
Separate compost and incentivize homeowners to compost with better composting systems
Agenda and Zoom Link
Email to city on Zero Waste Plan
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_JxT6y6o5DZ4zLLIjP7iE6DrS3BtLhGEPrt74adECp8/edit?usp=sharing
some email addresses
Andy Wilson awilson@cityofpasadena.net
Ara Malyoan Amaloyan@cityofpasadena.net
Ariel Hudgins ahudgins@cityofpasadena.net
Gabriel Silva gsilva@cityofpasadena.net
Latasha Reese lreese@cityofpasadena.net
Mark Jomsky mjomsky@cityofpasadena.net
Steve Madison smadison@cityofpasadena.net
Steve Mermell smermell@cityofpasadena.net
Char Bland cbland@cityofpasadena.net
Tyrone Hampton thampton@cityofpasadena.net