City of Philadelphia - File #: 090075

• File #: 090075
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: LAPSED
• File created: 2/5/2009
• In control: Committee on the Environment
• Title: Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by adding a new Section 9-614, entitled "Advanced Recovery Fee (Green Fee) for disposable shopping bags," to establish an advanced recovery fee (a green fee) for disposable shopping bags, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Kenney
• Code sections: 9-600 - Service Businesses

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/10/2009	1	Committee on the Environment	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/10/2009	1	Committee on the Environment	HEARING HELD
6/10/2009	1	Committee on the Environment	RECESSED
6/4/2009	1	CITY COUNCIL	RECOMMITTED
6/4/2009	1	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
6/4/2009	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
5/7/2009	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
5/7/2009	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
5/7/2009	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
5/1/2009	0	Committee on the Environment	HEARING NOTICES SENT
5/1/2009	0	Committee on the Environment	HEARING HELD
5/1/2009	0	Committee on the Environment	AMENDED
5/1/2009	1	Committee on the Environment	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
4/3/2009	0	Committee on the Environment	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/3/2009	0	Committee on the Environment	Cancellation of Scheduled Public Hearing
2/5/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
2/5/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by adding a new Section 9-614, entitled "Advanced Recovery Fee (Green Fee) for disposable shopping bags," to establish an advanced recovery fee (a green fee) for disposable shopping bags, all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

Section 1. Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 9-600. SERVICE AND OTHER BUSINESSES.

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§ 9-614. [Reserved.] Advanced Recovery Fee (Green Fee) for disposable shopping bags.

(1) Purpose.

The purpose of the Green Fee established by this Ordinance is to regulate the generation of waste from disposable shopping bags by creating an economic incentive for customers to use reusable shopping bags. To further promote the use of reusable shopping bags and reduce the quantity of disposable shopping bags entering the City's waste stream, the Director of Sustainability is authorized to make available to the public free-of-charge reusable shopping bags to the extent the Director determines that such a program will significantly reduce the costs associated with the recycling and disposal of disposable shopping bags.

(2) Definitions.

(a) "Advanced Recovery Fee" or "Green Fee" means a charge or regulatory fee levied against the distribution, purchase, or use of a product in order to discourage its use, thereby reducing its presence in the waste stream and its ancillary environmental impacts, and to recover costs associated with the recycling or disposal of the product.

(b) "Compostable Plastic Bag" means a plastic bag that is certified and labeled as meeting the current ASTM Standard by a recognized verification entity such as the Biodegradable Product Institute.

(c) "Convenience stores" means all retail stores falling under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 445120 (convenience stores...