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URGING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE TO SUPPORT CHANGES IN
STATE LAW TO CREATE A DEPOSIT SYSTEM FOR GLASS AND PLASTIC
BOTTLES
WHEREAS, discarded glass and plastic bottles in vacant lots and along city
rights of way causes cities to expend additional revenue to remove the litter and
WHEREAS in addition to the litter created by discarded glass and plastic bottles,
cities with a population of 100 000 or more that are required to have a National Pollutant
Discharge Ehmmation Permit issued by the EPA must monitor and reduce floatables m
storm water and
WHEREAS cities conduct clean ups at different times of the year but the
problem of glass and plastic bottles persists, littering vacant lots and city nghts of way
and interfering with a city's stone water system.
WHEREAS, Iowa and Maine have implemented a glass and plastic bottle deposit
system and have reduced httenng.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT V~'ORTH,
That the City of Fort Worth urges the Texas Municipal League to support the
establishment of a state wide deposit system for glass and plastic bottles.
Adopted this 28th day of September 1999
APPROVED
CITY C®UNCI~L
SEp 2~ 1999
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