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Supervisor Feuer calls hearing on litter, dumping and city services to address street cleanliness
Summary
Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer called for a hearing on litter, dumping and city cleaning services, asking departments to examine street-cleaning schedules, trash-can placement, cardboard waste from e-commerce, funding for cleanups, and public education.
Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer opened a new-business request on Feb. 7 calling for a hearing on litter, dumping and city services that address street cleanliness.
Fewer said constituents and small-business owners in District 1 report rising trash volume, illegal dumping and overflowing blue-bin recycling, with cardboard waste from e-commerce cited as a growing contributor. She asked the Department of Public Works and the Department of the Environment to explore street-cleaning schedules, the quantity and placement of trash receptacles, funding for regular community cleanup efforts and a comprehensive anti‑litter public‑education program.
Fewer framed the issue in the context of the city’s zero‑waste-by‑2020 goal and asked the departments to examine downstream costs and recycling-process impacts from increased cardboard and e-commerce packaging. She said the hearing would aim to identify operational and funding solutions and to clarify where residents and private delivery firms bear responsibility.
The item was introduced as a hearing request; no committee date or final action was recorded in the Feb. 7 minutes.
