California county develops C&D recycling ordinance.Following the lead of several other cities and counties in California The U.S. state of California is divided into fifty-eight counties. Counties are responsible for all elections, property-tax collection, maintenance of public records such as deeds, and local-level courts within their borders, as well as providing law enforcement (through the county , officials of Butte County Butte County can refer to any of the following:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the Mercury-Register (Oroville, Calif.). The proposed ordinance would make C&D recycling mandatory for construction or demolition projects that are larger than 10,000 square feet or that generate 1,000 cubic yards of debris or more, according to the report. Violators could be subject to fines of up to $500 per incident. According to local media reports, several cities in California's Contra Costa Contra Costa can refer to:
Many of California's cities and counties are turning to C&D recycling to boost overall recycling rates to meet the state-mandated standard of 50 percent. Cities that fail to meet that standard could face hefty fines from the state of up to $10,000 per day. The county supervisors will review the proposed ordinance for Butte County at least one more time before it is enacted, according to the report in the Mercury-Register. |
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