Description
Recycling Advisory Committee (RAC) Meeting Agenda
November 2, 2022, 8:00am – 9:30am
Minute Taker: Audrey Ng
To join meeting:
Web: https://cambridgema.zoom.us/j/88399786374
Phone: 301 715 8592; Meeting ID: 883 9978 6374
1. Housekeeping, 8:00am (10 min)
• Vote on October Minutes
2. City Updates (15 min)
• Annual waste mailer arrived in mailboxes in late-October
• Waste Survey update
• City conducted trash audit week of Oct 24
• Small Business Compost Pilot grew by 11 businesses, to 75 total small businesses
3. Sub-committee topics (20 min)
• Sub-committee break-out
4. More discussion items (30 min)
• Finished compost giveaway debrief
• Press release on new waste ban items for 11/1/22
• Sign up to volunteer for outreach if you can
• Plastic recycling
• Food waste laws in CA, VT, and MA and their impact.
5. Closing, 9:15am (15 min)
• Public Comment
• Action Plan/Decisions
• Announcements
Committee members are appointed by the City Manager. All meetings are open to the public. Members of the public may speak during the public comment section for up to two minutes. If you wish to speak, please contact Mike Orr at 617 349-4815 or morr@cambridgema.gov by 1pm the day before the meeting. You may also email or mail written comments for inclusion in public comments in lieu of speaking during the meeting. The Committee Chair must grant permission to non-members who request to speak at the meeting.
Meeting Minutes are located online here: CambridgeMA.Gov/Services/Recycling
Upcoming Meetings in 2022/2023
All meetings will be held virtually until further notice.
• December 14, 2022
• January 11, 2023
• February 8, 2023