City of Philadelphia - File #: 070672

• File #: 070672
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: LAPSED
• File created: 9/20/2007
• In control: Committee on the Environment
• Title: Enacting a new Chapter 9-3100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance," to prohibit the use of disposable food service ware that contains polystyrene foam and to require the use of biodegradable/compostable or recyclable disposable food service ware by food vendors, city facility food providers, city departments and city contractors and lessees unless there is no affordable alternative; all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco
• Indexes: FOOD SERVICE WASTE REDUCTION ORDINANCE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/24/2007	0	Committee on the Environment	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/24/2007	0	Committee on the Environment	AMENDED
10/24/2007	0	Committee on the Environment	HEARING HELD
10/24/2007	1	Committee on the Environment	RECESSED
10/24/2007	1	Committee on the Environment	RECESSED
9/20/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
9/20/2007	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Enacting a new Chapter 9-3100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance," to prohibit the use of disposable food service ware that contains polystyrene foam and to require the use of biodegradable/compostable or recyclable disposable food service ware by food vendors, city facility food providers, city departments and city contractors and lessees unless there is no affordable alternative; all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHIILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. A new Chapter 9-3100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Food Service Waste Reduction Ordinance," is hereby enacted, to read as follows:

CHAPTER 9-3100. FOOD SERVICE WASTE REDUCTION ORDINANCE.

§9-3101. Definitions.
(a) "Affordable" means purchasable for not more than 10 percent more than the purchase cost of the available alternative containing Polystyrene Foam.
(b) "ASTM Standard" means meeting the standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International Standards D6400 or D6868 for biodegradable and compostable plastics, as those standards may be amended.
(c) "Biodegradable" means composed of organic material such as plant or animal matter that is capable of being decomposed by microorganisms within a five-year period.
(d) "Compostable" means all the materials in the product or package will break down into, or otherwise become part of, usable compost (e.g., soil-conditioning material, mulch) in a safe and timely manner in an appropriate composting program or facility, through a program operated by the City. To qualify as Compostable, Disposable Food Service Ware must meet ASTM-Standards for compostability and any bio-plastic or plastic like product must be clearly labeled, preferably with a color symbol, to allow proper identification such that a compost collector and processor can easily distinguish the ASTM Standard Compostable plastic from non-ASTM S...