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Committee delays vote on zero‑waste ordinance after lengthy debate over audits, fines and exemptions
Summary
Supervisors heard detailed testimony on an ordinance to require triennial audits of large refuse generators and to authorize orders to hire zero‑waste facilitators after failed audits; the committee continued the item to November 29 after sponsor amendments and stakeholder concerns.
The Budget & Finance Committee continued consideration of a proposed ordinance that would require audits every three years for the City’s largest refuse generators and establish enforcement measures, including the ability for the Director of the Department of Environment to order hiring of a 0‑waste facilitator after a failed audit.
Sponsor Supervisor Safaie said the requirement for a facilitator is intended to be an entry‑level, cost‑effective position that can drive diversion improvements and pay for itself. "This is about an entry level minimum wage job to help preserve money...and ultimately save our environment," he said. Director Debbie Raffel (Department of Environment) told the committee that a small share of large generators—now roughly 419 accounts after the threshold was…
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