(TPNN) – A tough new law passed in September by the People’s Republic of Seattle, Washington, which will literally make it illegal for residents and businesses to throw out food, is effective January 1st. The new city rules empowers garbage collectors to inspect trash, giving them police-like powers to issue tickets to offenders. The Seattle City Council, which notoriously includes an outright admitted socialist, passed the new law unanimously, 9-0. If the sanitation workers inspecting the garbage containers believe that the composition of the waste is over 10 percent or more compostable, they will leave a ticket of $1 for each occurrence for residences, and $50 for businesses. “The point isn’t to raise revenue,” Seattle Public Utilities director Tim Croll insisted. “We care more about reminding people to separate their materials.” “Our growth rate for recycling has stalled,” Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, the sponsor of the legislation, told the Seattle Times. “It’s surprising, but we still send 300,000 tons of garbage every year to a landfill in eastern Oregon. I think we can do a lot better than that,” she contended.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 15:20:09 +0000
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