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No• 89-Or-060 Date Ist Reading AN ORDINANCE Date to Mayor Ref. to Comm. of the Date Returned Public Hearing �� O� Date Resubmitted to Council 2nd Reading & yin°` Passage MI N N EAPOUS Cramer, Coyle, Niemiec, Johnson, Hilary, Scallon, O'Brien, and Cap� 9its the following ordinance- Amending Title 10 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Food and Food Handlers .by adding thereto a new Chapter 204 relating to Environmental Preservation: Environmentally Acceptable Packaging. -The Citv Council of the City of Minneapolis do ordain as follows: Section 1. That the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances be amended by adding thereto a new Chapter 204 to read as follows: "Chapter 204. Environmental Preservation: Environmentally Acceptable Packaging 204.10. Legislative Purpose. The City Council finds that discarded packaging from foods and beverages constitutes a significant and growing portion of the waste in Minneapolis' waste stream. Regulation of food and beverage packaging, therefore, is .a necessary part of any effort to encourage a recyclable and compostable awaste stream, thereby reducing the disposal of solid waste and the economic and environmental costs of waste management for the citizens of Minneapolis and others working or doing business in Minneapolis. The Council further finds that plastic packaging is rapidly replacing other packaging material, and that most plastic packaging used for foods and beverages is nondegradable, nonreturnable and nonrecyclable. The Council also finds that the two main processes used to dispose of discarded nondegradable, nonreturnable and nonrecyclable plastic foods and beverage packaging, are land filling and incineration, both of which should be minimized for environmental reasons.