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Committee backs one-year delay in start of curbside food-waste collection
Summary
The committee recommended reporting Bill 28 (2025) out for third reading after receiving a department update that the city will extend the implementation deadline for curbside food-waste collection from April 1, 2025, to April 1, 2026, because a processing facility is still under construction.
The Committee on Housing, Sustainability, Economy and Health on April 29 recommended reporting Bill 28 (2025) for passage on third reading after the Department of Environmental Services said it needs one more year to complete a food-waste processing facility.
Bill 28 amends city code to extend the implementation deadline for curbside collection of food waste and manufactured compostables from April 1, 2025, to April 1, 2026. Roger Babcock, director of the Department of Environmental Services, said the facility is under construction and that…
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