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3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION ENDORSING GRASSROOTS RECYCLING NETWORK LETTERS <br />TO SOFT DRINK MANUFACTURERS URGING THEM TO INCREASE RECYCLED <br />CONTENT AND THE RATE OF RECYCLING OF THEIR CANS AND BOTTLES <br />Whereas, Orange County has a commitment to achieving a waste reduction rate of 61 % per <br />capita by 2006; and <br />Whereas, recycling as a means of waste reduction can be achieved only when there are sound <br />markets for the materials collected for diversion; and <br />Whereas, industry has a significant role to play in determining the demands for use of the <br />recyclable materials; and <br />Whereas, industry also shapes the demand for product and the types of containers it is <br />packaged in; <br />Now, be it therefore resolved, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners endorses the <br />attached GrassRoots Recycling Network letters urging soft drink manufacturers to increase the <br />recycled content of their plastic containers to 25% post-consumer waste and increase the rate <br />of container recycling to 80%. <br />This, the 17t" day of April, 2001. <br />