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Ithaca residents press commission to put waste reduction at the center of Climate Action Plan
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the Ithaca City Sustainability Commission to upgrade waste-reduction from a single-line item to specific targets, publishing of the scoring matrix and stronger reuse and single-use foodware rules ahead of the plan's council introduction.
Residents and conservation advocates urged the Ithaca City Sustainability Commission on an agenda meeting to strengthen the draft Climate Action Plan's treatment of waste and packaging, arguing that recycling alone is inadequate and that the city should adopt concrete targets and transparent scoring for waste-reduction measures.
Louise Magat, a longtime Ithaca resident who described organizing weekly cleanups at the 2nd Dam swimming area, told the commission, "We used to think that recycling plastic was a solution to plastic pollution. It is now known that recycling is not the answer to the problem," and called for the plan to…
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