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Public Works committee reviews draft mandatory commercial compost ordinance, approves container amendment
Summary
The committee reviewed a draft ordinance that would require restaurants, food trucks and other commercial food vendors to route food waste into the municipal compost program; members approved an amendment specifying municipality‑approved bear‑resistant collection containers and asked staff to seek attorney review before forwarding to the Assembly.
The Skagway Municipality Public Works Committee reviewed a draft ordinance on Nov. 18 that would require commercial food‑waste generators — restaurants, food trucks and grocery stores — to participate in the municipal composting program.
Deputy Manager Rebecca Kamaka told the committee the draft has been reviewed by the Solid Waste Advisory Committee but not yet by the municipal attorney and described the expected benefits: reduced incineration and local processing into a usable soil product for parks and maintenance. "This is a free service," Kamaka said, and the municipality would "reduce the…
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