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Second Reading of Ordinance No. 19-1011, Adding Chapter 8.26 Business Food Waste Requirements to the Oregon City Municipal Code
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Staff recommends the City Commission approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 19-1011, Metro Business Food Waste Requirement.
BACKGROUND:
Oregon Revised Statues (ORS) 459a Reuse and Recycle adopts a statewide policy identifying the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) as the regulatory agency adopting Reuse and Recycle plans. Oregon City, as a part of the Metro Clackamas County waste shed, has reported compliance with state laws through Clackamas County/Metro solid waste plan, currently DEQ approved Metro 2030 Regional Waste Plan. As part of the 2030 Regional Waste Plan, Metro Council has adopted Metro Ordinance No. 18-1418 amending Metro Code to add the Business Food Waste Requirement. Under this ordinance, each local government must require: (1) covered businesses in its jurisdiction to separate and recover food waste; (2) delivery of collected business food waste to a facility authorized by Metro; and (3) property owners and managers to provide space to a covered business to allow the source separation and collection of food waste.
Ordinance No. 19-1011 Business Food Waste Requirement has previously been presented and discussed with the City Commission on August 7, 2019, September 9, 2019 and November 6th. City staff and Metro staff (in conjunction with Oregon City Garbage) have and will continue to work to resolve implementation issues that may arise.
Ordinance No. 19-1011 is being submitted herein as a second reading.
Food Waste Recovery Goals
In Oregon, the goal is to increase recovery of food waste from the current recovery rate of 14 percent to 25 percent. The region has had a voluntary business food waste collection program in place for over ten years which has led to recovery of 14 percent of the total 140,000 tons of food waste generated by businesses each year. In 2016, ...
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