§ 8.124.010 — Findings and purpose

8.124.010 Findings and purpose.

A. The city council of the city of Sacramento finds and declares as follows: 1. The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) requires each local jurisdiction in the state to divert a minimum of fifty (50) percent of discarded materials away from disposal in landfills. 2. Construction and demolition (C&D) debris account for approximately twenty (20) percent of the waste stream generated in the city. These materials have significant potential for waste reduction and recycling. 3. The reuse and recycling of C&D debris will reduce the amount of waste transported for disposal in landfills and return these materials into the economic mainstream, thereby conserving natural resources and stimulating markets for recycled and salvage materials. B. The purpose of this chapter is to establish recycling requirements for construction and demolition debris to further the city's efforts to reduce waste deposited in landfills and to meet or exceed the mandatory diversion requirements imposed by AB 939. (Ord. 2009-001 § 1)