Elgin Sustainability Commission April 2024 Meeting: More Single Use Bag Fee

The Elgin Sustainability Commission met on Tuesday, April 9th at the Edward Schock Centre of Elgin. 

Surely, this meeting occurred in an alternative universe because: 1) 100% of the city council appointed commissioners were in attendance AND 2) the commission got through a very busy agenda within the 1.5 hour time limit they recently mandated for themselves in 2024.  
   
In this episode, Tia Aagesen & Erik Anderson  summarize the agenda items and discussions. They also jump into their time machine, travel back in time, and have a deep dive conversation on the commission's multi-year drama -- the Single Use Bag Fee ordinance.  (queue up the Jack Benny music)

The following is a laundry list of topics you will hear discussed in this episode:

• 2nd Annual Elgin Earth Summit event  scheduled for April 20, 2024
• Zero Emission Yard Equipment Rebate program
• Single Use Bag Fee (proposed ordinance) Community Education Program
• Sustainability Grant Program
• Proposed Removal of the Fox River Dam at Kimball Street
• Proposed Turf Removal Program

If you are interested in getting caught up on previous episodes pertaining to the Single Use Bag Fee ordinance, then you can CLICK HERE, and  CLICK HERE, and HERE, and HERE (interview with council member Tish Powell), and HERE (interview with council member Corey Dixon), and HERE, and HERE, and HERE, and HERE, and HERE (interview with Batavia council member and commissioners), and HERE (more Batavia updates after they passed their ordinance), and OMG HERE. And if you want to listen to the most boring thing ever, CLICK HERE to listen to the audio from the March 22, 2023 Elgin City Council Committee of the Whole meeting where they talk about the Elgin Sustainability Commission's proposed Single Use Bag Fee ordinance before "tabling it" for another day (and quite possibly "never").
 
Oh, and Happy Elgin Earth Month! If you want to participate in our Elgin Earth Month community project that we're calling "Is This Recyclable Or Not Recyclable?" you can CLICK HERE to learn more.

Even if you don't want to participate, you can follow along and learn surprising things about what you can and can't put in your curbside recycling cart by checking out our blog at https://www.elginwatchman.com/blog. For example, can you recycle steel aerosol cans (e.g., Lysol, anti-perspirant, etc.)? Hmmmm? I guess you'll need to click-thru and check out the blog.  ;-)    

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