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Commission presses staff on recycling contamination, compost outreach and landscaper enforcement
Summary
Commissioners recommended beefing up resident education, reopening the composting pilot’s outreach, and exploring yard-waste carts while urging more enforcement against landscapers who blow clippings into streets and drains.
At the Feb. 27 workshop commissioners emphasized education, enforcement and clearer customer sign-up for composting and recycling programs.
Commissioner Quintana framed the session as an opportunity to bring residents ‘‘along with us’’ and pointed to the city’s $19 million solid-waste bill as a countywide and household-level issue. Commissioner Schuham and others urged staff to push composting and to use schools and youth ambassadors as channels for public education.
Staff noted recycling contamination remains a problem: Joseph Kroll said the city collected about 6,140 tons of recyclables in FY24 but that…
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