Resolution 11116kr-1
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 11116
ESTABLISHING WASTE/SOURCE REDUCTION AS A PRIORITY
IN THE USE AND MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
IN ALAMEDA COUNTY
WHEREAS, the presence of hazardous substances and
hazardous wastes in Alameda County creates a potential threat to
public health and safety; and
WHEREAS, there are cost-effective practices and
technologies now readily available by which to significantly
reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous materials initially
used as well as imposed on society's waste management
capabilities; and
WHEREAS, waste/source reduction benefits chemical users
by reducing waste disposal fees and long term liability, as well
as the costs of chemical feedstock materials; and
WHEREAS, there is a trend in state and federal law away
from disposing hazardous wastes in landfills, creating a serious
need for alternatives; and
WHEREAS, with the passage of AB 2948, all cities and
counties are required to adopt plans for the management and
ultimate disposal of all hazardous wastes generated within their
boundaries;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of Alameda that it is the policy of this Council to encourage and
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1. Reduce the use of hazardous substances and the
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2. Recover and recycle the remaining waste for reuse.
3. Treat those wastes not amenable to source reduction
or recycling so that the environment and community health are not
harmed by their ultimate release or disposal.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby
directed to transmit a certified copy of this Resolution to the
Alameda County Solid Waste Management Authority.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by
the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting
assembled on the 17th of February, 1987,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Corica, Hanna, Lucas, Monsef and
President Diament - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of said City this 18th day of
FOruary, 1987.
City
erk of the City of Alameda