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Diverting Coffee Pods from Landfills - by Councillor Michael Ford, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy

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2019-07-16 · Toronto City Council · referred

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City Council on July 16, 17 and 18, 2019, referred Motion MM9.47 to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services for consideration.

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Introduce Motion without Notice · Carried, 20-4

For (20)Ana Bailão, Anthony Perruzza, Brad Bradford, Frances Nunziata, Gary Crawford, James Pasternak, Jennifer McKelvie, Jim Karygiannis, Joe Cressy, John Filion, John Tory, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Mark Grimes, Michael Ford, Michael Thompson, Mike Colle, Mike Layton, Paul Ainslie, Stephen Holyday
Against (4)Denzil Minnan-Wong, Gord Perks, Jaye Robinson, Shelley Carroll
Absent (2)Cynthia Lai, Paula Fletcher
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As single use products become an increasingly serious and problematic environmental issue, many businesses are working to innovate and respond to these concerns. These innovations include the recent move to compostable and biodegradable products. Although we are seeing innovation that is working to address excessive waste, the City of Toronto must take a leadership role and keep pace with environmentally friendly options as well as supporting our local businesses.

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Inaction on this issue will also lead to potentially hundreds of lost jobs in Etobicoke. It is important that the City work with stakeholders to investigate the modernization of programs within the City of Toronto such as the Green Bin Program.

Staff recommended

Councillor Michael Ford, seconded by Councillor Joe Cressy, recommends that: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services, as part of the City's approved Waste Diversion Programs Policy (Adapt Policy), to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the fourth quarter of 2019 on a design for a potential pilot project to permit compostable/biodegradable coffee pods to be processed in the City's Green Bin Program; the pilot project design framework should include: a.

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opportunities for partnerships and cost-sharing pilot project costs with industry stakeholders; b. a methodology to align the pilot project with Solid Waste Management Services' Adapt Policy, including Agreements with Material Sponsors, as per the Adapt Policy; c. a comprehensive consumer education and information plan; and d. a performance monitoring and measurement plan.

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