[Grosseschnauzer]

Quote: Repeal "MANDATORY RECYCLING"

A proposal to repeal a previously passed resolution

Category: Repeal

Resolution: #13

Proposed by: Herconia

Description: UN Resolution #13: MANDATORY RECYCLING (Category: Environmental; Industry Affected: All Businesses) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: OBSERVING the need for practical recycling legislation,

APPALLED by the failures of "Mandatory Recycling" to deliver suitable solutions, and its restriction on the ability of the UN to adopt more workable recycling policies,

REGRETTING the lack of clear guidelines, measurable goals and regulations in aforementioned resolution,

AWARE that not all member states have the industrial capacity for the scale of recycling mandated by this resolution, for which no allowance is made,

CONCERNED by the irresponsibility of forcing member states without the requisite facilities to engage in this level of recycling,

NOTING the distinct possibility of environmental damage caused by inappropriate recycling of materials by member states without developed, safe industrial facilities,

CONSIDERING that recycling "all paper, glass, aluminum, and batteries", regardless of needs, value, other uses of these items, etc, as this resolution mandates, is not a safe, intelligent, or effective way to issue a resolution encouraging recycling,

REMAINING OPEN to a replacement which adopts a more effective set of recycling regimes

REPEALS "Mandatory Recycling"

Co-authored by Gruenberg, Jey

Voting Ends: Tue Jan 10 2006 [/quote]

UN Resolution 13 reads:

Quote: UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #13
MANDATORY RECYCLING

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.

Category: Environmental

Industry Affected: All Businesses

Proposed by: Techno prisoners

Description: Be it hereby resolved that all paper, glass, aluminum and batteries be recycled by all UN member states.

Votes For: 17,211
Votes Against: 4,178

Implemented: Thu May 8 2003 [/quote]

[Eisophca]

I would like to vote in the affirmative.

[Grosseschnauzer]

Only one vote?

OK, you guys have until late Monday night to chime in on this before I cast the region's vote.

[Lawtonia]

There you go another vote

[Antrium]

I'll vote FOR I guess.

But if there isn't a replacement soon, then I think someone from the IDU needs to write one.

[Groot Gouda]

I actually quite like the to-the-pointness of the resolution, so I'll abstain.

[Grosseschnauzer]

Quote: FOR    [ 3 ]    [75.00%]
AGAINST  [ 0 ]  [0.00%]
ABSTAIN  [ 1 ]  [25.00%][/quote]

Apparently not a lot of interest in this proposal, but the votes will be cast FOR the proposal, based upon these results.

[Mikitivity]

GrosseschnauzerJan 9 2006, 10:03 PM Quote: FOR? ? [ 3 ]? ? [75.00%]
AGAINST? [ 0 ]?  [0.00%]
ABSTAIN? [ 1 ]?  [25.00%][/quote]

Apparently not a lot of interest in this proposal, but the votes will be cast FOR the proposal, based upon these results. [/quote]
I would have voted for the repeal, though the storms that hit California over NYE set me back ... I had to work 5 straight 15-hour shifts. And then a friend bought a house, so my *next* weekend (i.e. last weekend) was taken up helping him work on his place.

*grumble*
Translation: I've had very little time to spend on-line, and sadly I don't foresee too much free time in the next three weeks!