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Bill: Waste Disposal Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 2363
Description[?]:
| Recycling is inefficient, and is not cost effective. This bill stresses that landfills are the solution to our waste disposal needs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government-sponsored recycling programs.
Old value:: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Current: The government funds recycling facilities and enforces mandatory recycling for residents, commercial enterprise, and industry.
Proposed: There is no national policy regarding recycled garbage.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Waste disposal responsibility.
Old value:: Private companies are responsible for disposing of their own waste. The government disposes of residential waste.
Current: The government is responsible for waste disposal.
Proposed: Waste disposal is left entirely to the private sector but is regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:51:59, February 20, 2007 CET | From |  Liberal Party | To | Debating the Waste Disposal Act |
| Message | The Liberal Party stresses that landfills are very green and often misunderstood and misrepresented. Landfills, when they are full, are often converted into parks and golf courses. |
| Date | 09:18:59, February 20, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Waste Disposal Act |
| Message | Landfills are not green and should be used as a last resort. Landfills produce staggering amounts of CO2 even when compared with recycling centres and also take up huge tracts of land. We have a population of over 95million and growing, the amount of landfill required is astronomical. We would also point out the increased environmental damage and economic cost due to the required increase in attempting claim primary resources in order to reproduce those things that would otherwise be placed in landfill in abundence. In regards article 2, private companies are inherently expensive and unreliable when disposing of waste and this disposal is best handled by the government who can then guarantee best and cost effective disposal. Allowing the private sector to deal with the private sector rather than forcing people to pay extraordinate amounts to private companies, assuming they even attempt to find a company to remove their waste and don't just "fly tip" their waste, is inefficient and inconsiderate as well as ignoring the governments social responsibility. |
| Date | 10:26:32, February 20, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazia Democrats | To | Debating the Waste Disposal Act |
| Message | we do not support this proposal |
| Date | 12:26:46, February 20, 2007 CET | From | First Party Of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Waste Disposal Act |
| Message | we cannot either |
| Date | 00:10:17, February 21, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Waste Disposal Act |
| Message | Landfills take up hardly any space at all. And CO2 is a harmless gas. |
| Date | 08:28:50, February 21, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Waste Disposal Act |
| Message | Well done on failing mammal biology 101. |
| Date | 23:46:51, February 21, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Party | To | Debating the Waste Disposal Act |
| Message | CO2 is a building block of life. |
| Date | 00:32:49, February 22, 2007 CET | From | Classical Republican Party | To | Debating the Waste Disposal Act |
| Message | Catholic Nationalist Congress supports this proposal. |
| Date | 14:31:36, February 22, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Waste Disposal Act |
| Message | So's nitrogen, but it'll still kill you. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 93 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 234 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 73 |
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