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Carbondale Sustainability Commission hears presentation on plastic bag recycling

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Carbondale Sustainability Commission met Thursday, July 21.

The Carbondale Sustainability Commission advises the city council on matters related to energy conservation, the use of renewable energy, the facilitation of inter-agency exchange of information and recycling. The board consists of nine members appointed for four-year staggered terms, along with one Carbondale Community High School member and one Southern Illinois University student member appointed for one year-terms.

Here are the minutes as provided by Carbondale:

MINUTES

City of Carbondale Sustainability Commission

Thursday, July 21, 2016

City Hall / Civic Center – 6:00 p.m.

1. Roll Call: Ms. Gary called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m.

Members Present: Ms. Gary, Mr. Kunath, Mr. Beck, Ms. Shimada, Mr. Thorne

Members Absent: Mr. Grant, Ms. Wagner, Ms. Sockow

Staff Present: Loren Polley

Others Present: Ed Ford, Sarah Heyer from KCB, Greg Sprague, Phil Kozenski from Novolex

Minutes: No Motion for approval of May 19, 2016, minutes

2. Communications:

Review of the current Status Report of the Former Koppers Wood-Treating Site. Updates should be posted on website.

Old Business: 

Polystyrene Foam, Plastic bag ban

New Business: 

Phil Kozenski from Novolex gave a presentation about the recyclability of plastic bags.

Citizen Comments:

Commission Comments:

Adjournment:

With no further business to be conducted the meeting was adjourned at 7:06 p.m.

3. Respectively submitted by Loren K. Polley, City of Carbondale Staff Liaison

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