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Committee hears bill to standardize bin colors, expand organics collection and require labeling
Summary
House Bill 1497 would set container coloring and labeling standards, require multifamily source-separated organics in areas already served, strengthen space requirements in the state building code for organics collection, and authorize civil penalties for noncompliant businesses.
The Environment, Energy & Technology Committee heard staff and sponsor briefings and public testimony on second substitute House Bill 14 97, legislation aimed at strengthening the state’s organic materials management system.
Matt Sheppard Coningsworth, staff to the committee, described background requirements established by prior laws and summarized the bill’s key provisions: standardized coloring and labeling requirements for solid waste collection containers and lids; a phase-in to require source-separated organic collection for newly constructed or substantially remodeled multifamily housing in areas subject to existing requirements; modifications to the state building code to provide adequate space for co-located containers; and civil…
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