Record #: SO2016-4792   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 6/22/2016 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Environmental Protection
Final action: 7/20/2016
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Titles 4 and 11 regarding residential recycling
Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 4 - Businesses, Occupations & Consumer Protection - Ch. 6 Regulated Business License, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 11 - Utilities & Environmental Protection - Ch. 4 Environmental Protection & Control, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 11 - Utilities & Environmental Protection - Ch. 5 Chicago Recycling Ordinance
Attachments: 1. SO2016-4792.pdf, 2. O2016-4792.pdf
SUBSTITUTE

ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, The City ofChicago is a home rule unit of government as defined in Article VII, ยง6(a) ofthe Illinois Constitution, and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and

WHEREAS, Disposing of municipal waste in a safe, cost-effective and environmentally sound manner is a matter pertaining to the government and affairs of the City of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, After due investigation and consideration, the City Council of the City of Chicago has determined in findings set forth in Section 11-4-1820 of the Municipal Code of Chicago that "recycling [is] a key part of a comprehensive solid waste management plan" and "is in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Chicago;" and

WHEREAS, It is and remains the policy of the City of Chicago to promote programs to reduce the amount of waste generated at the source; to recover materials, for the purpose of recycling, that would otherwise be discarded; and to return such recovered materials to the economic mainstream as raw material for use in new, reused or reconstituted products meeting the quality standards of the marketplace; now, therefore,


BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:


SECTION 1. Title 11 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended by repealing the existing Chapter 11-5 and by inserting in its place a new Chapter 11-5, as follows:

ARTICLE I. TITLE AND DEFINITIONS

11-5-010 Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Chicago Recycling Ordinance". Effective January 1, 2017, source-separated recycling shall be deemed to be the method of recycling used in the City of Chicago. Source-separated recycling requires all persons citywide to place recyclable material in designated recycling containers and to keep recyclable material separate from waste until such time that the recyclable material is collected for delivery to a properly permitted facility.

11-5-020 Definitio...

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