They are not included in the statewide recovery rate calculation. More discussion needs to take place on how it would be measured. He would like to see some provision that would give credit for what they are doing. It would not be a problem to submit the documentation on work that has already been done to the state. Requires commercial generators to recover their waste at wasteshed recovery goal levels.
Commercial waste represents about of the waste stream.
This proposal would require commercial waste generators to pull their fair share. It is patterned after the City of Portland and puts the requirements on generators not the haulers. The City of Portland allowed the generators the freedom to make the decision on how the goals would be met. Some rural areas do not have active wasteshed representatives. Give generators positive reinforcement.