HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1991.02.14 - 18473Miscellaneous Resolution # 91026 February 14, 1991
BY: Rudy Serra, County Commissioner-District #18
Hubert Price, Jr., County Commissioner-District #8
Teresa Krause, County Commissioner-District #10
Dennis M. Aaron, County Commissioner-District #19
RE: SOLID WASTE-RECYCLING - REQUIRE BATTERY DEPOSIT
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson. Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS there is increasing global concern for preventing environmental
catastrophes rather than merely reacting to them; and
WHEREAS Oakland County is committed to a policy of environmental
protection; and
WHEREAS the inadvertent incineration of household batteries and automobile
batteries causes damage to incinerators, releases toxic chemicals into the
environment and wastes valuable, recyclable resources; and
WHEREAS financial incentives may be one of the most effective methods of
modifying undesirable behavior; and
WHEREAS Michigan's "bottle bill" initiative has demonstrated how effectively
a financial incentive can alter waste disposal practices.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners urges the State Legislature to adopt a "deposit law" requiring a
deposit of $.10 on each household battery sold to a consumer and a deposit of
$5.00 on each automobile battery sold to a consumer in the State of Michigan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that funds raised from unclaimed deposits be
used for environmental protection.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the procedures used in Michigan's bottle
deposit" law which governs the administration of the deposit funds and apportions
responsibility for accepting bottles and distributing deposits be used as a model
for the new battery deposit law.
Mr. Chairperson, we move the adoption of t445\ foregoing resolution.
Misc. 91026 February 14, 1991
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee and the
Planning and Building Committee. There were no objections.
