Mayor Gavin Newsom today commended the Board of Supervisors for its passage of the mandatory recycling ordinance. The ordinance, which today passed on the Board’s first reading, requires residential and commercial building owners to sign up for recycling and composting services.
Mayor Newsom’s ordinance will require all residences and businesses in San Francisco to take advantage of the city’s recycling and composting collection programs. While several other cities require recycling service and participation, San Francisco is the first city to require the collection of food scraps and other compostables. Refuse collection has been mandatory since the 1930s. Read more...
