In February 2006 the City of Oakland, California passed ordinance 12727, which enacts a fee on fast-food restaurants, gas stations, and convenience markets to cover...
This is a five year pilot program (expires 2010). Producers pay a $5000 registration fee per year to the state’s recycling fund (or $500 in...
Maine’s e-Waste law passed in 2003 represents a partnership between the private sector, the public sector and consumers. The legislature wrote in the law that...
The California Electronic Waste and Recycling Act of 2003 places an advanced recycling fee on the sale of new computer monitors, TVs, and laptop computers...
In March 2006, the state of Washington passed an electronics recycling bill that requires manufacturers to finance the collection, transportation and recycling of old computers,...
On December 15th, 2004 the City of Chicago approved a new construction and demolition recycling requirement. The new rules will take effect in March 2006....
In 1999, Atherton, California passed an ordinance that requires all construction, renovation and demolition projects to divert fifty percent of waste from landfills (Section 15.52.040)....
The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (pop. 136,000), pursuant to the Litter Control Regulations under the Environment Protection Act, all flavoured carbonated beverages must...
Refillable beverage containers are generally considered environmentally preferable to one-way containers – containers designed for a single use. Yet, for decades, their use has dwindled...
A 2002 report on beverage container recycling suggests that we can double recovery of beverage containers – and save money at the same time. These...
In 1999 New York adopted legislation to enable municipalities to regulate the use of jet skis and other personal watercraft on local waters. Using the...
In 1998 San Francisco County adopted an ordinance aimed at reducing conflicts and adverse impacts in coastal waters. Central to the ordinance is the restriction...
The first limits on personal watercraft came in 1996, when Washington state’s San Juan County moved to ban their use in and around the San...
Many communities have enacted laws defining maximum levels for amplified noise (similar to muffler laws for autos). City governments can amend the community noise ordinance...
The Noise Control Code for Chapel Hill sets maximum permitted sound levels for certain times and days of the week. As of March 2011, the...