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#" RESOLUTION NO. 3/ 77 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COLLECTION OF SOURCE SEPARATED RECYCLABLES BY WASTE COLLECTORS IN EVERETT WHEREAS, City Ordinance 1430-87 authorized the Mayor to undertake all activities necessary to encourage and intensify recycling in the City of Everett; and WHEREAS, the City of Everett conducted a pilot recycling study in 1988 which compared participation rates and material recovery rates for monthly residential collection, weekly residential collection, promotion of dropboxes, and promotion of buyback centers and found that the greatest participation and material recovery rates occurred with weekly residential collection, and WHEREAS, Resolution 2994 authorized and directed the Mayor to prepare a solid waste management plan for the City of Everett particularly addressing reduction and recycling programs for the City of Everett; and WHEREAS, in order to develop the solid waste management plan the Mayor appointed a solid waste planning committee which recommended a preferred alternative management plan to the City Council which indicates that the City should "provide a system for voluntary collection of residential recyclables If Such system should include "weekly collection of recyclables from single family residences. . .the City or hauler would provide recycling containers to all households (and) at a minimum the program would collect newspapers, aluminum cans, glass, and yard waste." Further, a system of incentives and disincentives to encourage recycling was recommended; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Everett adopted the solid waste management plan on May 24, 1989, and WHEREAS, the Washington State legislature in ESHB 1671 determined that, "(s)ource separation of waste must become a fundamental strategy of solid waste management. . .it is the responsibility of state, county, and city governments to provide for a waste management infrastructure to fully implement waste reduction and source separation strategies. . .(and therefore) waste reduction; (and) recycling, with source separation of recyclable materials as the preferred method" are the highest solid waste handling and collection priorities. Further, the legislature determined that "steps should be taken to make recycling at least as affordable and convenient to the ratepayer as mixed waste disposal." Additionally, the legislature directed the WUTC to regulate solid waste collection companies "by requiring compliance with local solid waste management plans and related implementation ordinances," and to include in the rates for solid waste collection, "all known and measurable costs related to implementation of the approved county or city comprehensive solid waste management plan." And; WHEREAS, the two waste haulers authorized by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) to collect wastes in Everett, Northwest Disposal Company and Rubatino Refuse Removal Company, have indicated a willingness to provide a system to encourage source separation and collection of recyclables from single family homes and duplexes; and WHEREAS, The City Council finds that the costs of collection, handling, sale, or disposal of recyclables will exceed income such that the rates and charges of Northwest Disposal Company and Rubatino Refuse Removal Company should include the costs therefor and the WUTC should approve implementation of such costs in the rates and charges in order to implement programs to collect recyclables; and WHEREAS, Northwest Disposal Company and Rubatino Refuse Removal Company have asked the WUTC for the necessary approvals to begin the recyclable collection service to Everett citizens, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EVERETT CITY COUNCIL: That the Everett City Council supports Tariff No.12, Page 7a for Residential Segregated Garbage Service for Northwest Disposal Company and Tariff No. 5, Page 7a for Residential Segregated Garbage Service for Rubatino Refuse Removal Company as consistent with the plans and policies of the City of Everett and declares that such requests will properly execute the City of Everett Solid Waste Management Plan for separation collection of recyclables from residences.