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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION cm iMr.,, ..rcTiNQ <br />DATE: February 10. £665 1 4 2005 <br />ITEM NO: 14 OF ORONO <br />Department Approval: <br />NatiM LinVoe <br />Title City Clerk <br />ppru Administrator Reviewed: <br />Item Description: CRT Waste - Rc^lution <br />Agenda Section: <br />City Adminislrator's <br />Report <br />Electronic wastes are a growing concern for local governments that arc involved with solid waste <br />and recycling programs. The State has acknowledged the environmental problems associated <br />with electronic waste (£• waste) and adopted legislation to prohibit the disposal of CRTs (cathode <br />ray tubes) in the mixed waste stream effective on July 1,2005. Although state and local <br />governments have worked with manufacturers and retailers for at least five years to study a range <br />of possible solutions for disposal of CRTs, no consensus has been reached. <br />lliis year Hennepin County, along with other member counties of the Solid Waste Management <br />Coordinating Board (SWMCB), arc supporting legislation to ensure that recycling options are <br />available to all Minnesotans and that lead from discarded electronics does not end up in <br />Minnesota's air and water. The proposed legislation incorporates shared responsibility among <br />manufacturers, retailers, and generators; reliable and convenient collection options; responsible <br />recycling of CR I's; a mechanism to address the ba'^.klog of CRTs; and a preference for cost <br />internalization or advance recycling fees over end ’-of-Ufe fees and without relying on local <br />government. <br />Attached is a resolution in support of the SWMCB’s legislative initiative regarding CRT waste <br />for Council's consideration. <br />COUNCIL ACTION RRQUESTICD: <br />Motion to adopt the attached resolution in support of the S WMCB's legislative initiative <br />regarding CR f waste.