Green Riverside Green Accountability Performance Comittee

"When I appointed the Clean & Green Task Force, in 2005, I asked them the create a report on how to become a clean, green, more sustainable city. The result of excellent work by the Task Force was these simple guidelines: Save Water, Keep it Clean, Make it Solar, Make it Shady, Clean the Air, Save Fuel, Make it Smart, and Build Green."

Ronald O. Loveridge, Mayor

Californians recycled a record 7.6 billion beverage containers between January and June 2008 raising the six-month California Refund Value (CRV) recycling rate to 76 percent. The jump is an increase of nearly 600 million beverage containers over the same period in 2007 when the recycling rate was 72 percent.

– California Department of Conservation

What began as Riverside's Clean & Green Task Force has been transformed into the larger Green Accountability Performance (GAP) Committee.

Members of the committee come from every walk of life and represent local business, faith communities, engineers and architects, schools and the wider community.

Each quarter, the GAP Committee meets at Riverside City Hall to discuss the goals of the Green Action Plan and to ensure that it is successfully implemented by city agencies, local businesses and community groups. The dedicated individuals of the GAP Committee monitor the impact of the original Green Action Plan, with all of its later enhancements, and make recommendations as Riverside moves toward a greener, more sustainable future.

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