Plank #17 · Environment
Zero Waste, Circular Economy & Environmental Justice
Expand composting, food recovery, repair and reuse programs, and push city events and businesses away from disposable plastics and other wasteful packaging. City operations, contracts, city events, partnerships F.S...
Classification
City tools can move parts of the proposal, but key pieces depend on state law, outside partners, or unresolved legal authority.
§ 01The Promise
Expand composting, food recovery, repair and reuse programs, and push city events and businesses away from disposable plastics and other wasteful packaging.
§ 02Authority Scope
F.S. 403.7033 preempts local plastic-bag and polystyrene rules, and F.S. 500.90 limits local regulation of food containers.
§ 03Analysis
The city can change procurement, event rules, and partnership programs. It cannot create a citywide packaging-regulation regime that Florida has already reserved to the state.
§ 04Recurring Barriers
Implementation barriers identified across the audit; tap to expand a definition.
§ 06Legislative Record
No separate legislative delivery record is central here; the municipal question is what the city can change in its own operations.
§ 07Within-Authority Path
Keep the agenda on composting, city-event standards, repair and swap programs, and vendor transitions the city can influence directly.
- Authority scope
- City operations, contracts, city events, partnerships
- Category
- Environment
- Candidate
- Anna Eskamani
- Last reviewed
- May 4, 2026
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- Prepared by
- OrlandoFirst.city
- Published
- April 24, 2026
- Last reviewed
- May 4, 2026
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026