According to an article by the Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star, the city of Lincoln conducted a three-hour public hearing Monday night, July 25, 2016, regarding a proposal to ban all paper products from the city landfill.
The plan, proposed by Mayor Chris Beutler, would divert corrugated cardboard from the landfill beginning April 2017, then newspapers the following year. By 2019, all paper products would be banned from the city landfill, the article says.
More than 1,100 residents and businesses supported the proposal through an online petition, according to the article. It also would require trash haulers to offer curbside recycling services and would hold landlords responsible for overseeing tenant recycling.
The mandatory requirements have been opposed by some landlords and business owners, who said the plan would raise housing costs. As an alternative, they suggested the city continue a voluntary curbside program, the article says.
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