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Council advances Waste No More implementing ordinance with amendments after broad public debate
Summary
After hours of testimony and rival amendments, Denver City Council ordered the implementing ordinance for the citizen-led Waste No More initiative published as amended. The vote to publish the ordinance as amended was 11–?; the Council directed administration to complete rules, education and staged implementation.
Denver City Council on Sept. 8 ordered published an amended implementing ordinance for the citizen-initiated “Waste No More” measure, which sets citywide requirements for recycling, composting, construction-and-demolition diversion and diversion at permitted events. The body voted to order the bill published as amended; a final public hearing will be held on Sept. 15.
The ordinance will not take effect immediately; council set an implementation schedule and directed city agencies to finish rules and education materials before the effective date. The administration proposed a number of targeted exemptions and staged timelines; council adopted several amendments that changed size thresholds and reporting cadence and clarified education and training requirements.
What the ordinance does (as amended): - Requires recycling service and, in many cases, organic-material collection for multifamily buildings and nonresidential properties…
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