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  1. Ban disposable cups, plates and cutlery in all restaurants/cafes

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    31 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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    Marta Taylor commented  · 

    Some more info on the ban:

    Put into effect July 1, the ordinance requires restaurants, coffee shops, food courts, cafeterias and other food service businesses to stop throwing away single-use food-service ware and packaging including napkins, paper bags, wooden coffee stir sticks, clamshells and hot and cold beverage cups and lids among others.

    The city has contracted with Cedar Grove Composting to accept the commercial food-service products and provide restaurants with an accepted list of compostable items.

    “With our requirement that food service packaging must be compostable or recyclable, Seattle has taken a big step toward a **** waste future,” said City Councilmember Mike O’Brien. “You have to ask yourself why we should make stuff just to throw it away. With compostable and recyclable food containers, we’re closing the loop.”

    Food establishments using compostable or recyclable food service products are required to provide collection bins for customers.

    According to Seattle Public Utilities spokesman **** Lilly, about half of the 1,700 restaurants in Seattle have signed up for food-waste collection by Cedar Grove. The City hopes participation of the new ordinance will help prevent 6,000 tons of food service-ware and leftover food from entering landfills.

    The compost process at Cedar Grove takes about eight weeks, depending on the time of year. From there, it sits a few weeks to darken before it can be sold as compost for use in gardens and landscaping.

    Similar regulations for single-use food service packaging are being tried in San Francisco and are planned in Toronto.

  2. Require businesses to be responsible for their own waste

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  3. Cycling for Everyone: Develop a complete cycling network that feels safe and attractive to all

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    77 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
    started  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    An ongoing process. Many of the City’s recent initiatives (e.g. downtown separated bike lane trial, additional traffic calming on existing routes) work towards this vision. The draft Greenest City action plan will support this idea, and include directions to help inform the upcoming transportation plan update and new active transportation plan.

  4. Extend food waste collection program to include apartments and condos

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    25 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    The City supports Metro Vancouver’s plans to ban food scraps from the incinerator and landfills by 2015. The City will collaborate with Metro Vancouver to develop and implement a plan to ensure apartments, condos, businesses and institutions have access to food scraps collection programs before the ban comes into effect.

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  5. Get organics from all sectors out of the waste stream - ASAP.

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  6. Protect our coast & inlets. Being green requires being blue when you live on the coast.

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    4 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Improve access to nature  ·  Admin →
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  7. Mandatory 25¢ fee for plastic shopping bags

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  8. Encourage deconstruction to recover used building materials & reduce construction waste

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    10 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    The Draft Greenest City Action Plan includes an action to develop a building deconstruction policy. The City is piloting a building deconstruction project and is exploring options for an incentive program to encourage deconstruction.

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  9. Eliminate move-in waste by using reusable moving supplies to move your home or office.

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