HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 80
(By Delegates Morgan, Stephens, Argento, Butcher, Givens, Hall,
Hartman, Hatfield, Manypenny, Martin, D. Poling, Ross, Skaff,
Staggers, Swartzmiller, Talbott, Azinger, Cowles, McGeehan, C.
Miller, and Porter)
[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;
April 6, 2009.]
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study a
"Pay As You Throw" system for waste management fees.
Whereas, A typical person produces about one thousand four
hundred eighty pounds of waste a year, about sixty percent of which
is at the residence while about forty percent comes from commercial
establishments; and
Whereas, Typical "Pay As You Throw" programs reduce the
nonrecyclable residential trash to about five hundred pounds per
year per person, which provides about forty-four percent reduction
in residential trash taken to the landfill; and
Whereas, The forty-four percent reduction goes mostly into
recycling, and including organic waste recycling could reduce
residential trash taken to the landfill to near seventy-five
percent; and
Whereas, An organic recycling facility, which would take yard
waste and kitchen waste and turn the materials into either mulch or
compost, would also reduce the amount of residential trash; and
Whereas, Typical "Pay As You Throw" disposal costs for bags
and curbside collection, along with enhanced recycling programs, could greatly reduce the amount that families are currently paying
for waste disposal; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby
requested to study "Pay As You Throw" system for waste management
fees; and, be it
Further Resolved,
That the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2010, on
its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts
of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations;
and, be it
Further Resolved,
That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be
paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance.