Florida overturns yard waste ban

[JenMcD]

From a Resource Recycling email:

In a move that many are complaining comes at the behest of waste
disposal interests, the Florida Legislature has overturned Governor
Charlie Crist's veto of House Bill 569, a repeal of a yard trimmings
disposal ban in the Sunshine State, by an overwhelming vote of 114-5
in the state House and 39-0 in the Senate.

HB 569 repeals the state's 22-year-old disposal ban on yard trimmings
and other green waste — originally justified so the compostable
material could be landfilled for eventual methane capture. The repeal
came during the special session called by the new, veto-proof
majorities that Republicans won in the recent elections. A total of
seven other bill vetoes were overridden by the state legislature.

In his veto message — now overturned — Crist said, "Although the bill
requires landfills to capture and make beneficial use of methane gas
to qualify to accept yard trash, it directs materials to landfills
that would otherwise be recycled … I have not been presented with
compelling reasons to abandon this longstanding state policy that
provides an opportunity to reach our recycling goals."