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Austin Apartment Recycling Update

19th April, 2010 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

Carsi and I have written before about the recycling requirements in Austin apartments (in general and compared to Portland). The Statesman today has more details on a proposal city council could consider this summer which would require apartment complexes with fewer than 100 units to recycle.

The article states that “The financial impact of the proposal is unknown, but the city would either pick up and process recyclables from some of the properties or require them to contract with private haulers” and that “currently, Austin requires only apartment complexes with at least 100 units and offices with at least 100 employees to recycle and pay private haulers to pick up the materials. The city provides containers and picks up recyclables from single-family homes, duplexes, fourplexes and some small businesses. Larger apartment complexes must recycle four materials of their choice, and larger offices must recycle two.”

The article also notes that “an additional 2,015 offices and 5,469 multifamily properties would have to comply with the proposed rules.”