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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK LETTERS
TO SOFT DRINK MANUFACTURERS URGING THEM TO INCREASE RECYCLED
CONTENT AND THE RATE OF RECYCLING OF THEIR CANS AND BOTTLES
Whereas, Orange County has a commitment to achieving a waste reduction rate of 61 % per
capita by 2006; and
Whereas, recycling as a means of waste reduction can be achieved only when there are sound
markets for the materials collected for diversion; and
Whereas, industry has a significant role to play in determining the demands for use of the
recyclable materials; and
Whereas, industry also shapes the demand for product and the types of containers it is
packaged in;
Now, be it therefore resolved, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners endorses the
attached GrassRoots Recycling Network letters urging soft drink manufacturers to increase the
recycled content of their plastic containers to 25% post- consumer waste and increase the rate
of container recycling to 80 %.
This, the 17th day of April, 2001.