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Discussion of implementation timeline and warning period for wheelie bin requirements

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Council Member Julie Won inquires about the implementation timeline and warning period for the wheelie bin requirements. Commissioner Jessica Tisch provides details on the timeline and approach.

The mandate went into effect on November 12th
The warning period is expected to last through January 2, 2025
The department aims to drive compliance rather than be punitive
Warnings look like summonses but have no cost attached, encouraging compliance

Julie Won

0:42:06

I would love to work with you on that.

0:42:07

I also want to follow-up, from our first question.

0:42:10

You were say I love that you were doing this in phases, and it takes 9 months to go into effect.

0:42:15

How long is the warning period that you have out of the 9 months?

0:42:19

For the wheelie bin?

Jessica Tisch

0:42:21

For the wheelie bin?

Niki Cross

0:42:21

For the

Julie Won

0:42:22

Yeah.

0:42:22

For the current Canadianization with the wheelie bins for citywide.

Jessica Tisch

0:42:26

So the mandate went into effect last week on November 12th, and we do not we expect to for the warning period to last through January 2, 2025.

0:42:40

We don't wanna be punitive here.

0:42:42

We really just wanna see compliance.

0:42:45

And what we saw with businesses was that warning period really did give an opportunity to drive compliance.

0:42:53

Because the warnings look just like a summons.

0:42:55

There is no cost attached.

Christine Datz-Romero

0:42:57

I can

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