TO: Board of Directors
FROM: Amanda Griffis - Supervising Environmental Resource Specialist
REPORT BY: Amanda Griffis - Supervising Environmental Resource Specialist
SUBJECT: California Integrated Waste Management Act
RECOMMENDATION
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CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Staff to provide an update on the status of activities relevant to the Act.
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BACKGROUND
WASTE REDUCTION, RECYCLING, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAMS UPDATE
HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTIONS - Upper Valley Waste Management Agency (UVWMA) staff have scheduled the spring hazardous waste (HW) collection event for Friday April 24 1:00pm - 4:00pm (business) and Saturday April 25 8:00am - 1:00pm (residential), to take place at the Upper Valley Compost & Recycling Yard in Rutherford. In addition to HW, residents can drop off electronic waste, documents for shredding and pick up free compost.
UVWMA’s HW collections contractor Clean Earth will mobilize for the temporary event, collect and dispose of HW dropped off by the public. UVWMA pays a flat fee for mobilization dependent upon the number of cars that use the event. Businesses will schedule appointments and pay disposal costs for their materials, residents are not charged a fee and are not required to schedule appointments. UVWMA will pay for HW disposed of by residents.
Electronic waste will be collected by Upper Valley Disposal Service (UVDS) and document shredding will be provided by a third-party vendor during the hazardous waste event. The electronic waste collection and document shredding are one of the three times per year events provided by UVDS per the franchise agreement. The electronic waste collection and document shredding will be for residents only, not businesses. UVWMA will not pay separate fees for the electronic waste collection and document shredding.
The max per drop off for hazardous waste is due to state law, it is 15 gallons or 125 pounds per vehicle for both businesses and residents. The maximum drop off for document shredding will be five banker boxes. Residents may pick up compost in their own vehicle or container, there is a maximum of one cubic yard per resident. UVWMA will pay for compost distributed to the public, counting towards the annual SB 1383 required organic product procurement target.
UVWMA staff have worked with City of Calistoga staff to schedule the fall hazardous waste collection event for November 13 and 14 at the Calistoga Fairgrounds. This is one to two weekends later than the normally scheduled weekend for the fall event. This later date may result in a rainy event, which would not cancel the event but may deter residents from attending. It will however allow for use of a larger space in the fairgrounds and there will not be any competing events to increase the risk of incident or confusion. Event entrance will likely be at the Boys and Girls Club driveway and exit will be near the Butler Building. Staff will provide details on the event and route closer to the event date.
SHARPS AND MEDICATIONS DISPOSAL - SB 212 requires pharmaceutical companies to run statewide stewardship programs that provide safe and convenient disposal options for pharmaceutical and home-generated sharps waste at no cost to the consumer. Medication collections will be available in receptacles and via pre paid mail back options at no cost to consumers. Sharps will be collected via a secure mail back container at no cost to consumers. Secure sharps mail back containers are to be provided at the point of sale or with five days by stewardship programs and containers can also be requested online. More information on these programs can be found at napacounty.gov/hazwaste.
In addition to the above mentioned stewardship programs, Clean Earth accepts non-controlled medications and sharps at up-valley hazardous waste collection events. Clover Flat Landfill accepts sharps at no charge during regular business hours. A medication collection bin is located at the St. Helena, Calistoga and Yountville Police Department; non-controlled and controlled medications are accepted.
Staff have received the invoice from the sharps collection contractor from the fall 2025 Napa Countywide medications and sharps event. The invoice totaled $4,532. Reimbursements for disposal costs from the City of Napa and Napa County were determined based on event location and quantity of sharps collected. $1,508 will remain a UVWMA cost. UVWMA have requested reimbursement of $1,758.80 from the City of Napa and $1,265.20 from Napa County.
BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING PROGRAM - UVWMA applies as a regional agency for payments that CalRecycle issues for beverage container recycling programs. Staff use the $25,000 of funds for beverage container recycling and litter reduction activities. Examples include the purchase of recycling bins for public buildings, community parks, main streets, businesses, schools and public gathering areas, and expenditures related to the installation of water refill stations. UVWMA staff have completed expending the “FY 2023-24” funding cycle and will submit the required report to CalRecycle on or before the due date of April 1, 2026. UVWMA has begun expending the “FY 2024-25” funding cycle, funds can be expended thru January 5, 2027. UVWMA have submitted an application for the “FY 2025-26” funding cycle, the application has been approved for payment by CalRecycle. Payment is expected to be received in April 2026. Funds can expended between early 2026 (after award) and January 5, 2028.
CALRECYCLE - UVWMA received notice from CalRecycle’s Local Assistance and Market Development Brach that the Jurisdiction and Agency Compliance and Enforcement Branch (JACE) will soon reach out to UVWMA for a SB 1383 compliance evaluation. This will include an inspection of all SB 1383 required records from January 1, 2022 to date. UVWMA staff have begun preparing the required records, with the assistance of UVDS and member jurisdiction staff. UVWMA staff sent out a request to member jurisdictions requesting records that are held by members and not the agency, an example is recycled content paper purchasing records. MOU’s assigning SB 1383 responsibilities between UVWMA and member jurisdictions are included as Attachment A: Member Jurisdiction SB 1383 MOU’s.
Staff have continued expenditures towards the CalRecycle SB 1383 local assistance grant and submitted the required progress report four on February 1, 2026. Progress report four reported on grant activities from October 1, 2025 through January 31, 2026.
Senate Bill 1215 amends the Electronic Waste Recycling Act and adds covered battery-embedded products to the Covered Electronic Waste (CEW) Recycling Program. Covered battery-embedded product means a product covered in this program that contains a battery that is not designed to be easily removed by the user with no more than commonly used household tools. Beginning January 1, 2026, consumers will pay a recycling fee for covered battery-embedded products at the time of purchase. On April 1, 2026, the CEW Recycling Program will begin accepting payment claims for covered battery-embedded waste from recyclers. This means that new electronic waste products will be accepted at no charge through collection events and the UVDS bulky item program. More information will be provided after the list of products is finalized.
SB 1383 IMPLEMENTATION - UVWMA and UVDS staff continue work together to reach out directly via phone, email and site visit to non-compliant accounts to provide education and assistance with meeting SB 1383 organics recycling requirements.
UVWMA has completed procuring organic products (compost) on behalf of member jurisdictions and met 2025 targets. SB 1383 local assistance grant funding was used to pay for compost purchases. The total amount of compost procured in 2025 was 1,072.72 tons at a total cost of $40,149.70. It was distributed to residents, vineyards and farms.
UVWMA continues outreach, education and assistance to ensure Tier One and Tier Two commercial edible food donors are compliant with SB 1383 requirements. UVWMA will partner with Napa County and the City of Napa to meet with all food recovery organizations and services in Napa County in the coming months to ensure information is up to date on what they can accept and they are aware of SB 1383 requirements.
In January, Napa County staff presented to the Climate Action Committee on countywide progress and efforts toward SB 1383 food recovery requirements. A copy of the presentation is included as Attachment B: SB 1383 Food Recovery.
OUTREACH - UVWMA’s multi family dwelling outreach consultant, Soluna Outreach Solutions, has continued with outreach and education to multi family dwelling managers and owners on SB 1383 requirements in English and Spanish. Onsite resident training and drop-off of resources like brochures and compost pails continued in December and January.
UVWMA and UVDS staff have prepared the annual all commercial account mailer, which will be mailed to all commercial accounts in February 2026. The mailer includes information on the requirements of SB 1383 as well as the available business assistance program. A copy of one of the letters is included as Attachment C: SB 1383 commercial mailer.
UVDS is working to update their contamination monitoring, noticing and tracking procedures. This will result in more real time alerts to customers who have contaminated their landfill, recycle or compost bins/carts and will provide UVWMA with improved reporting for evaluating compliance and state reporting.
BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - UVWMA and UVDS offer free assistance to any business requesting help in improving waste diversion, it is also available to any business working to become complaint with SB 1383 and is often offered in the initial direct outreach to businesses who are notified they are not compliant with SB 1383. Assistance includes: a walk through to assess needs, UVDS suggested service changes to allow for compliance with SB 1383, recycling and composting interior bins, staff trainings, interior and exterior signs, interior bins stickers and on going support. Businesses may request assistance by calling UVDS at 707-963-7988 or emailing UVWMA at upvalleyrecycles@countyofnapa.org.
ZERO WASTE EVENT SUPPORT - UVWMA staff have created and made available a Request for Zero Waste Event Support application. The purpose of the form is to request from UVWMA a one-time reimbursement of up to $250 for efforts relating to making events that are free and open to the public zero or low waste. Reimbursements for the following items will be considered: temporary recycling and/or compost service, temporary bins for waste sorting stations, clear bags for recycling or compostable bags for compost, compostable service ware and signs for bins. The application was included in the October 2022 agenda packet, requests can be made via email to upvalleyrecycles@countyofnapa.org.
HOME COMPOSTING WORKSHOPS - Workshop co-sponsors, UVWMA, Napa County, City of Napa, and Napa County Master Gardeners have scheduled countywide 2026 workshop dates. The up valley workshop for 2026 has been scheduled for May 16, 2026 at the up valley campus. This will be a dual workshop again, where attendees choose to either learn about backyard composting or worm composting.
New this year, to encourage commitment to using and continued use of worm compost bins, there will be a fee of $10 for a worm composting kit, that workshop attendees will set up with Napa County Master Gardeners. The approximate per bin cost for the worm composting kit is $35, the difference will be paid for by Napa County. Backyard compost bin costs remain the same at $20, the average retail value of backyard compost bins is $80 and the difference is paid for by the City of Napa.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California
Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.