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RESOLUTION NO. 7,791
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CITY OF LITTLE
ROCK'S SUPPORT OF HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
COLLECTION DAY.
WHEREAS, household wastes contribute to many hazardous waste
problems in municipal landfills throughout our country and
through seepage into the soil; and
WHEREAS, household hazardous wastes may be corrosive, flammable,
reactive, and toxic and include such household products as
automotive wastes, old garden supplies, used paint products,
unwanted cleaners and other household chemicals; and
WHEREAS, the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and
Ecology has reported that regulations regarding household
hazardous wastes are being proposed by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and
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WHEREAS, The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock is
extremely concerned about this problem and desires to educate the
citizens about the safe disposal of household hazardous wastes;
and
WHEREAS, The League of Women Voters of Arkansas, The League of
Women Voters of Pulaski County, Environmental Systems Company,
the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and the Arkansas Department
of Pollution Control and Ecology are co- sponsoring a Household
Hazardous Waste Collection Day on June 13, 1987; and
WHEREAS, The League of Women Voters of Arkansas has agreed to
provide the City of Little Rock with a cost /benefit analysis of
the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day so that this
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information may be available for future discussion on how to best
address the problem of household hazardous wastes.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Board of Directors of the City of Little
Rock hereby expresses its wholehearted support of Household
Hazardous Waste Collection Day and agrees to co- sponsor the event
so that the citizens may be better informed and thereby create a
safer living environment.
SECTION 2. This Resolution shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its passage and approval.
ADOPTED: June 2, 1987
ATTEST:
CIT CLERK JAPE CZECH YOR LOTTIF. SHACKLLPORD
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
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