HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 89-187 - Urge MN Congressional Delegation to Support Plastics Recycling - 09/05/1989 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 89-1-87
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A RESOLUTION URGING THE MINNESOTA DELEGATION IN THE CONGRESS OF
THE UNITED STATES TO SPONSOR AND SUPPORT MEASURES TO EXPEDITE THE
RECYCLING OF PLASTICS
WHEREAS, the current mix of solid waste management practices is producing
widespread pollution problems of such magnitude that they constitute a crisis; and
WHEREAS, sanitary landfills are proven sources of groundwater pollution and new
solid waste incinerators may pollute the air; and
WHEREAS, responsible actions to address this dilemma are those which reduce the
amount of solid waste to be buried in landfills and processed in incinerators; and
WHEREAS , to accomplish these objectives, measures need to be taken to maximize
the recyclability, reusability, or degradability of materials; and
WHEREAS, plastics are materials which constitute a significant component of the
solid waste stream, and indeed are among the most voluminaus wastes generated today;
and
WHEREAS, while plastics are in use in ever-increasing quantities, the amount of
plastics reused or recycled remains a very small percentage of plastics produced; and
WHEREAS, overall waste management strategies will be more effective if plastics
can be more easily recycled and reused; and
WHEREAS, as the presence of plastic products and manufacturers is ubiquitous in
the nation, the ability to establish uniformity and to encourage the reuse and
recycling of plastics is most effectively addressed on a national level during the
inception of handling post-consumer waste plastics;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie,
Minnesota, that the Council urges the Congress of the United States to enact measures
to expedite the recycling of plastics. Congress should mandate a uniform system to
identify the type of resin in plastic products in order to more easily accomplish the
separation and reuse of different types of plastics ; the system devised by the
Society of Plastics Industry should be the model used by Congress. Additionally, the
Congress should make changes in the federal Tax Code which will provide incentives to
reuse plastics in manufacturing processes and consumer purchasing patterns, rather
than to have continuation of regulations and practices which encourage use of virgin
resins. The Minnesota Congressional delegation should demonstrate leadership in this
area in order to safeguard our precious environment .
ADOPTED BY THE EDEN PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL this 5th day of September, 1989.
Mayor G D. Pete on
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John" Fra e, City Clerk