Official:Amending Chapter 10-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," to clarify the obligations of certain places of business that sell food to provide waste and recycling bins for use by their patrons, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: March 12, 2015
Signed: May 7, 2015
: Committee on the Environment
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law requires businesses that sell prepared food to provide separate waste and recycling bins for customers near their public entrances.
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