Solid Waste Advisory Commission

AGENDA Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Advisory Commission Wednesday, October 24, 2023 5:30 P.M. I. Welcome/Introductions II. Review of Public Comments III. Approval of Minutes: September 20, 2023 and August 16, 2023 IV. Reports:  Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful  Recycling/Recovered Materials Processing Facility (RMPF)/TRS  Collections Division  Landfill Status V. Old Business  Adopt-A-Highway Clean-up - (Saturday, October 28th 10-11 am)  Elimination of plastic bags and Styrofoam – Presentation of existing data on the presence and impact of plastic bags and plastic foam items in ACC – Taylor Maddalene  Bulky Waste recommendation – Suki VI. New Business VII. Adjournment NOTE: Items Assigned - Future Consideration: Develop a draft ordinance for presentation to the Mayor and Commission by the end of CY 2019 (extended but needs to move forward in the next six months) eliminating plastic bags and Styrofoam containers at points-of-purchase, including at least a 12-month phase-in timeline for community-wide education and distribution of alternative items. The committee should engage with retail and restaurant businesses to identify alternatives for their use of these products. They should also develop a timeline for elimination of these items at events on ACC public property. (Update: Attorney’s office needs data to show bag impacts in ACC before ban would be acceptable. Staff/residents using DebrisTracker App to attempt data collection for impact information.) From the ACC Manager’s Office: (please see SWAC webpage https://accgov.com/1373/Solid-Waste-Citizens-Advisory-Committee for details)  Environmental Justice concerns  Expansion of landfill  Composting and bio-solids  Odor Complaints  Old schoolhouse (UPDATE – coming soon. ACC hired an Environmental Attorney to make recommendations on landfill property. The meeting will be streamed and broadcast live. Interested members of the public can watch live online via YouTube at www.youtube.com/accgov. At the February 1, 2022 Mayor & Commission meeting, Mayor Girtz referred the following to the SWAC: Note: The Solid Waste Advisory Commission is open to the public. However, public comments are not received during the meeting unless the Commission Make a recommendation Chairperson requests that antoindividual the M &provides C regarding the tofuture information of our residential the Commission. collection Public comments can bezones and emailed franchise to SWAC arrangements, Secretary Susan Lyon atand consider/modifying the status of collections that create differences in the urban services district and general services district. susan.lyon@accgov.com. Future meeting dates: November 15, 2023 December 20, 2023