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Article: City Moves Into Age of Recycling // Apartments Start Plan; Blue Bags a Bust?
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 26, 1995
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Recycling newspapers, metal cans, glass jars and plastic
containers, a practice already well-established in the suburbs, is
now required of some - but not all - Chicagoans.
Under a new city ordinance all residential buildings of more
than four units, including condominiums and cooperatives who contract
for private waste hauling service, are required to recycle these
materials.
Building owners and managers are expected to have a written
plan for recycling at least 12 percent of their tenants' waste.
However, the law does not mandate a particular method of recycling.
Options include issuing tenants bins for their recyclables
and providing large bins in a common area where residents ...