City Council Passes Bill for Recycling of Plastic Bags
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The New York City Council overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring large stores and retail chains to collect and recycle the plastic bags they give to shoppers.
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By KEVIN BLANCHARD  LAFAYETTE - The City-Parish Council tweaked an ordinance Tuesday enacted last year that allows residents to report litterbugs to the authorities to resolve some gray areas.
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Plan to have domestic rubbish weighed by microchips in bins in order to encourage recycling.
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By Donna Littlejohn, Rick Orlov  and Kerry Cavanaugh STAFF WRITERS  A $117 million cleanup of Machado Lake and the Wilmington Drain in the Harbor Area was approved Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council as part of a sweeping package of citywide water quality improvement projects.
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By Georgia Evdoxiadis Daily Herald Staff Writer  Three neighboring governments have teamed up to bring consumer electronics recycling to all their residents.
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The Bloomberg administration announced today that it will sign a 20-year contract with one of the nation's largest recycling companies, a move that assures the city's broad recommitment to recycling.
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The City Council gave tentative approval Friday to an overhaul of an anti-illegal-immigration law considered to be one of the nation's toughest, hoping to put the measure on sounder legal footing.
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By Eric Curl, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  May 31--The Rincon City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday  night establishing fines for violating set water-usage restrictions.
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By Michael Martz, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 16--A City Council committee voted unanimously last night to let the state's largest telephone company bring cable TV competition to most homes in Richmond.
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By Leigh Dethman Deseret Morning News  Trash is to blame for a political tug-of-war among members of the Salt Lake County Council and the mayor.
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By Kathy A. Goolsby, The Dallas Morning News  Dec. 9--Since opening his Grand Prairie winery 18 months ago, City Council member Rick Sala has hauled a lot of cardboard boxes to the recycling center.
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Electronic Recyclers:  WHAT: The Clovis East High School Football Booster Club in Clovis will hold a one day electronics recycling fund raiser on Saturday, February 3rd from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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By Kathleen Kreller, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Jan. 30--Boise residents would have to pay more for garbage pickup,  recycling and sewer hookups with proposed fee increases.   The Boise City Council will consider the fee increases during a public  hearing tonight.
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Households could be charged per bag of rubbish as part of the government's plans to boost recycling.
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By Michael Davis, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 12--The Hamilton County Election Commission today signed off on  allowing a petition process to begin in an effort to get weekly curbside  recycling reinstated in Chattanooga.
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By M.K. Guetersloh, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Sep. 12--BLOOMINGTON -- A possible solution to keep taste and odor problems from reoccurring in the city's water supply received the Bloomington City Council's approval Monday.
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If voters approve, the city would combine refunds with loans to help citizens meet their energy needs through solar power. It's the most sweeping program yet devised by a U.S. municipality.