Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, TN - File #: BL2023-1993

• File #: BL2023-1993
• Type: Bill (Ordinance)
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 6/9/2023
• In control: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
• On agenda: 8/15/2023
• Final action: 8/15/2023
• Title: An ordinance amending Chapter 10.20 Waste Management and Title 16 Buildings and Construction, of the Metropolitan Code of Law, to add the requirement that construction and demolition materials be diverted from landfills.
• Sponsors: Burkley Allen, Kevin Rhoten, Russ Pulley, Russ Bradford

Date	Action By	Action
8/15/2023	Metropolitan Council	withdrawn
8/1/2023	Metropolitan Council	deferred indefinitely
8/1/2023	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	approved with an amendment
7/18/2023	Metropolitan Council	deferred
7/18/2023	Metropolitan Council	amended
7/6/2023	Metropolitan Council	deferred
7/5/2023	Budget and Finance Committee	approved
6/20/2023	Metropolitan Council	passed on first reading
6/13/2023	Metropolitan Council	filed

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An ordinance amending Chapter 10.20 Waste Management and Title 16 Buildings and Construction, of the Metropolitan Code of Law, to add the requirement that construction and demolition materials be diverted from landfills.
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WHEREAS, Metropolitan Government's Solid Waste Region Board, formed pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. ? 68-211-812, is tasked by statute to create a ten-year plan for the disposal of solid waste which achieves reduction by twenty-five percent (25%) through waste reduction and recycling; and,
WHEREAS, in 2019, the Solid Waste Region Board drafted a Solid Waste Management Plan with a primary objective of Metro reducing reliance on landfilling over the next 30 years; and,
WHEREAS, the state of Tennessee, Department of Environmental Protection, approved Metro's solid waste plan pursuant to Tenn. Code. Ann. ? 68-211-814(a)(1); and,
WHEREAS, to reduce reliance on landfilling, Metro must minimize waste generation and maximize the diversion of materials from landfills by implementing sustainable solid waste management practices such as increased recycling; and,
WHEREAS, to that end, the Solid Waste Management Plan emphasized that Metro should adopt recycling programs that address Nashville's explosive growth in the construction and demolition waste stream, which has nearly doubled since 2008, to divert those materials from landfills; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of the Metropolitan Government to divert construction and demolition waste from landfills.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY.
Section 1. That Section 10.20.010 of the Metropolitan Code of Law is hereby amended by adding the following definitions:
"Beneficial Reuse" means the use of materials that would otherwise be discarded as solid waste for reuse, recycling, composting, or other diversion from landfill, not including alternative daily cover or other application where the material is u...