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TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1990 Upon motion by Councilman McClain, duly seconded by Councilman Cole, and unanimously carried, Council adopted the following Resolution involving solid waste management issues before the 1990 General Assembly. Council deleted a portion of the Resolution originally presented that concerned a Bottle Bill issue and asked the City Administration to study and report back to Council at a future meeting for further discussion. Councilman McClain requested that representatives from industries that would be affected by a Bottle Bill be invited to such meeting to express their concerns. WHEREAS, solid waste management issues are becoming environmental, political and financial crises in many Virginialocalities; and WHEREAS, State and local governments cooperation is essential in addressing these issues and solving solid waste problemS; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, feels members of the General Assembly need to take certain actions in support of this cooperative effort; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled January 9, 1990, that said Council does hereby request the General Assembly to take the following actions in the interest of cost effective and environmentally effective solid waste programs: 1. To establish standards that prevent or strongly discourage any existing privately-owned landfills from importing large quantities of waste (e.g., Despite strong local objections, the Kim-Stan landfill in Alleghany County is being allowed by the State to accept 60 to 75 loads of trash a day from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.); and 2. To adopt more reasonable single liner design standards for landfills after 1992, as endorsed by both VACo and VML, unless local drinking water supplies and ground water conditions require double liners; and 3. To establish a program to promote recycling firms and markets within reach of Virginia localities to accept goods such as paper, glass andsplastic for which recycling outlets are often unavailable at present; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said Council hereby instructs its Clerk to send a copy of this resolution to its representatives in the General Assembly seeking their support for the adoption of these measures.