Chevy Chase Village Environment and Energy Committee met June 5.
Here is the agenda provided by the Committee:
• Update on appeal of Montgomery County Lawn Care Bill 54-14 as it applies to private property and options for the Village (Marilyn)
• Recycling issues—contamination of recyclable materials resulting in rejection of truckloads of otherwise eligible materials destined for recycling (Ellen and Marea)
• Plastic waste and the glut of single-use plastics ending up in our stream beds and ocean, (Marea)
• Food composting: status in the County and the Village (Ollie?). Can we advocate for a local food composting facility for the greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase area?
• Solar and renewables
• Speaker series:
• Organic Lawn care (Jay Feldman, Beyond Pesticides)
• Reducing Plastic Waste (Plastic Pollution Coalition)
• Reducing run-off and contamination of our streams and rivers (The Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
• Other topics?
• New Members: Should we assign each person to recruit a new committee member?
• Other Business?
https://www.chevychasevillagemd.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06052018-250
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