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Title 21, Chapter 7 of the DC Municipal Regulations - who is responsible for trash services in the District
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The Sustainable Solid Waste Management Amendment Act - established DC’s 80% waste diversion goal to be achieved by 2032.
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Sustainable DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2014 - established the expanded polystyrene food service ware ban and requirement for disposable food service ware to be compostable or recyclable
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2020 Zero Waste Omnibus Amendment Act includes multiple zero waste requirements – many of which have yet to be implemented – including:
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Requirements for DC Department of Public Works (DPW) to:
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Provide recycling infrastructure in public places;
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Develop a comprehensive organics management plan;
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Provide source-separation and collection of glass;
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Provide training and guides on source-separation for private collection properties;
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Conduct outreach to ensure back-of-house composting for retail stores, colleges and universities, arenas and stadiums, hospitals and nursing homes;
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Requirements for the DC Department of Energy & the Environment (DOEE) to:
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Establish a battery stewardship program (Producer organization created; plan expected January 1, 2023),
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Establish a donation and reuse program;
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Conduct education, outreach and enforcement of serve-on-request requirements for restaurants & food-ordering platforms, and
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Provide grants for reusable food service ware
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Material requirements for food service ware which effectively bans expanded polystyrene foam along with straws and stirrers because they do not appear on the Mayor’s List of Recyclables and Compostables