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) held a hazardous waste (HW), electronic waste (e-waste), paper shredding and compost distribution event on Saturday April 26. A HW event for businesses was held on Friday April 25. UVWMA's HW collections contractor, Clean Earth, collected HW dropped off by the public. Upper Valley Disposal Services (UVDS) collected e-waste, a subcontractor of UVDS provided paper shredding. E-waste collection and paper shredding was provided at no additional cost, due to the franchise agreement with UVDS. UVWMA has received and paid for the invoice from Clean Earth for the event, the cost totaled $21,984.45. Included in the cost is mobilization of Clean Earth for the temporary event and disposal of collected hazardous wastes.
One business made an appointment and paid for disposal of hazardous materials on Friday April 25. On Saturday April 26, residents from each of the UVWMA member communities participated in the household HW collection. See Attachment A - 2025 Rutherford Event Data for survey data from the event. There were 233 attendees at this event, only a slight decrease from the 2024 event with 235 attendees.
35.75 cubic yards of compost were distributed to 37 residents, counting towards the annual SB 1383 required organic product procurement target for UVWMA.
UVWMA staff have scheduled the fall HW collection events for Friday October 31 1:00pm - 4:00pm (business) and Saturday November 1 8:00am - 1:00pm (residential), to take pl...
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