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| Summary Generated on: | Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 8:25:20 AM |
| Report Year Filed: | 2006 |
| Date Report Submitted: | Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
| Jurisdiction: | Riverside-Unincorporated |
| Jurisdiction Contact: | DIANE CHRISTENSEN |
| Address: | 14310 FREDERICK STREET MORENO VALLEY, CA 92553 |
| Phone Number: | (951) 486-3282 |
| Fax Number | (951) 486-3205 |
| E-mail Address: | dchristensen@co.riverside.ca.us |
| Contact Information Outdated? | E-mail updated information to CIWMB. |
| Person Completing Report: | |
| Name: | Diane Christensen |
| Phone: | (951) 486-3282 |
| E-mail Address: | dchristensen@co.riverside.ca.us |
| Calculation Method: | Adjustment Method |
| Petition for Rural Reduction: | No |
| BioMass: | Yes |
A-1. Calculated Diversion Rate:
| Base-Year: | 1990 | ||
| Base-Year Generation Amount (tons): | 560,689 | ||
| Base-Year Residential Generation Rate: | 35% | ||
| Reporting-Year: | 2006 | ||
| Diversion Rate Requirement: | 50% | ||
| Reporting-Year Disposal Amount (tons): | 628,877 | ||
| Reported Disaster Waste (tons): | 0 | ||
| Reported Medical Waste (tons): | 0 | ||
| Reported Regional Diversion Facility Residual Waste (tons): | 0 | ||
| Reported Out-of-State Export (Diverted) (tons): | 0 | ||
| Reported Other Disposal Amount (tons): | 0 | ||
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| Total Disposal Reduction Credit Amount Reported (tons): | 0 | ||
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| Total Adjusted Reporting-Year Disposal Amount (tons): | 628,877 | ||
| Source | Base-Year | Reporting-Year |
% Change | |||
| Population: | County | 1,170,413 | 1,966,607 | 68.0% | ||
| Taxable Sales (x1000): | County | 9,522,631 | 29,816,237 | 213.1% | ||
| Employment: | Industry | 321,700 | 624,500 | 94.1% | ||
| Taxable Sales Deflator Index: | CIWMB | 115.14 | 130.41 | 13.3% | ||
| Change in Residential Sector (%): | 101.7% | Growth | |
| Change in Non-Residential Sector (%): | 135.3% | Growth | |
| Estimated Reporting-Year Generation Tonnage: | 1,253,622 | ||
| Biomass Tonnage Reported: | 36,329 | ||
| The Calculated Reporting-Year Diversion Rate (%) Before Biomass Credit: | 50% | ||
| Biomass Credit: | 3% | ||
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| Reporting-Year Diversion Rate (%) After Biomass Credit: | 53% |
Diversion Rate Accuracy:
| Question: | |
| 1. Are there extenuating circumstances pertaining to your jurisdiction's diversion rate that the Board should consider, as authorized by the Public Resources Code Section 41821(c). If so, please use the space below to tell the Board. If you wish to attach additional information to your annual report, please send those items or electronic files to your LAMD representative; include a brief description of those files below. | |
Jurisdiction's response: | |
| No response from Jurisdiction. | |
| Adjustment factor used | Source of adjustment factor | |
|---|---|---|
| Population: | County | Not required |
| Taxable Sales: | County | Not required |
| Employment: | Industry | Not required |
| Taxable Sales Deflator Index: | CIWMB | Not required |
| 1. Requesting correction to existing base year: | NO |
| 2. Requesting alternative disposal tonnage: | NO |
| 3. Requesting deductions to DRS disposal tonnage: | NO |
| 4. Requesting Biomass diversion credits: | YES |
Based on these selections, you must fill out the following additional sheets
- Biomass facility diversion claim sheet
Although you will be able to file your electronic Annual Report without filling out these sheets, your annual report will not be deemed complete until they are completed and received by CIWMB. Contact your LAMD representative for details.
| B1 - SWGS needs revision: | No |
| B2 - SRRE needs revision: | No |
| B3 - HHWE needs revision: | Yes |
| On March 18, 2006 the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the transfer of the administration of the countywide Household Hazardous Waste Program from Environmental Health Department to the Waste Management Department, effective July 1, 2006. Program funding continues from solid waste tipping fees, grants and from Flood Control District. | |
| B4 - NDFE | |
| Changes in use of nondisposal facilities: | |
| NDFE needs revision: | No |
| Program Code | Program Name: | Owned and Operated | Program Tons | Status: | Reason: | Target Sector: |
| 1000-SR-XGC | Xeriscaping/Grasscycling | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: County continues to provide public outreach materials to the public, attends numerous community events and provides a wide array of promotional materials. The County developed a comprehensive Recycling Guide made available to residents and businesses. The guide promotes grasscycling in the Source Reduction sections. Grasscycling methods continue to be taught at the Backyard Composting workshops. County Land Use Ordinance 348 Article XIXf Water Efficient Landscaping (Ordinance 859) has been updated and continues to promote water efficient landscaping, requiring the use of mulch and compost in landscaping. The Ordinance was adopted on 12/19/2006 and became effective: 1/8/2007. All County parks (hundreds of acres) are mowed using low deck grasscycling mowers and clippings are left on the turf. The Department Planning Staff continue to recommend conditions of approval on development projects within the County that promote recycling of greenwaste and xeriscaping. | |||||
| 1010-SR-BCM | Backyard and On-Site Composting/Mulching | Yes | 17,179 | Selected and Ongoing | Residential | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to promote this countywide program through its website, hotline, ads, brochures (at events and through direct mail to most County residents) and flyers distributed at community events in the County. In 2006, 22 Backyard Composting (BYC) workshops, vermicomposting and composting presentations were made throughout the County utilizing Master Composter volunteers and County staff. A six-week Master Composting Training class was also conducted with Department Master Composter staff to recruit additional volunteers. 349.5 Master Composter volunteer hours were contributed to the program. 414 residents attended workshops, and 436 compost bins were sold. In addition to the BYC workshops the Department and master composters conduct a Composting/Vermicomposting presentation at the Eastern Municipal Water District. This is a presentation that attracts a large group of individuals and provides information to interested residents. The Recycling Guide addresses BYC and use of mulch. County Parks District contracts for plant trimming services. In 2005, contracts required trimmings to be chipped and recycled as mulch. County Flood Control uses mulch along the Santa Ana River for erosion control and as a weed preventive. The Department used 17,179 tons of mulch for erosion control at active and inactive landfill sites. The Department Planning staff continue to recommend conditions of approval on development projects within the County that promote the use of mulch and/or compost in development and maintenance of landscaped areas. | |||||
| 1020-SR-BWR | Business Waste Reduction Program | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | Commercial, Industrial, Government, School | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Technical assistance continues to be available to businesses that inquire about waste reduction methods. The Department continues to support and use the CALMAX Directory for business wastes, both "wanted" and "available" materials. Landscapers coming to landfills are encouraged to use greenwaste processors. The County Recycling Guide addresses business source reduction. The Department began mailing the Recycling Guide, CESQG brochure and CalMax information to new businesses whose name showed up on the fictitious business list. In 2006/2007 the Department began tracking the names of residents and what information they requested. | |||||
| 1030-SR-PMT | Procurement | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | Government | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to purchase a variety of recycled content office products in accordance with purchasing policies, and it is looking for additional recycled content products to purchase in place of virgin material products. Materials purchased for used tire recycling promotion, used oil recycling promotion, and beverage container recycling promotion were made from recycled content, in accordance with CIWMB and DOC grant requirements. The Riverside County Transportation and Land Management Agency purchased rubberized asphalt (made with crumb rubber from waste tires) for certain paving projects. Facilities Management is now using environmentally friendly ''green'' chemicals, ergonomic tools and cutting-edge cleaning technology. The County handles the re-utilization of computer related assets through its Surplus/Salvage Office, a part of the Purchasing Department. Used computers and peripheral equipment are turned in to the Salvage office and the County makes every attempt to re-distribute working items to other County departments or County sponsored organizations, including school districts and non-profit agencies associated with the County. To date, this program has been highly successful. Non-serviceable assets are sent to auction with the proceeds returned to the County. | |||||
| 1040-SR-SCH | School Source Reduction Programs | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | School | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The program continues supporting school source reduction efforts through presentations, compost bin donations, and school garden assistance. Recycling Specialists continue to provide technical assistance for schools inquiring about recycling resources available to them. Presentations for recycling, composting, and vermicomposting are available to classrooms upon request. In 2006 the Department donated 4 Biostack Composting Bins and 7 books to public schools within Riverside County. | |||||
| 1050-SR-GOV | Government Source Reduction Programs | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | Government | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to source reduce within its offices. The Waste Management Department and other County departments continue to file and store County documents and to conduct all purchasing and human resource activities electronically rather than using print copies. Staff have access to this software and archives. Waste Management continues to serve as a model for many source reduction efforts that are adopted countywide. The Recycling Guide is available in electronic format online. The California State Association of Counties Challenge Awards honored Riverside County Facilities Department with Honorable Mention for Green Cleaning for Health and Safety. The Department has adopted team cleaning methods to clean county buildings more efficiently and cost-effectively with environmentally sensitive "green" chemicals, ergonomic tools and cutting -edge cleaning technology. The county is the first local government in the U.S. to implement the OS1 Team Cleaning Program, which has a main goal of "clean for health first, then appearance." The program includes task specialization, reducing the use of chemicals and only using those that are safe, employee safety through the use of ergonomically engineered equipment, use of recycled paper, a focus on indoor air quality, reducing the amount of cleaning equipment used and a focus on safety. | |||||
| 1060-SR-MTE | Material Exchange, Thrift Shops | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: For this report year, the County continues to encourage residents and businesses to recycle reuseable materials in good working condition through thrift and reuse stores. Usable lawn mowers, computers, and other salvagable items diverted at the County-operated landfills are sold to a metallics salvage vendor to be reused. County provides regional CalMax Exchange links from Department website to CalMax database. | |||||
| 2000-RC-CRB | Residential Curbside | No | 41,506 | Selected and Ongoing | Residential | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County hauler franchise system continues to streamline refuse collection in the unincorporated county. Hauler programs diverted 41,506 tons of recyclable material in 2006. | |||||
| 2010-RC-DRP | Residential Drop-Off | No | Selected and Ongoing | Residential | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County, through contract operators, continues to provide two rural transfer collection centers with bins for recyclables located in Idyllwild and Anza. The use of these collection locations are promoted to local residents through various presentations and promotional materials. | |||||
| 2020-RC-BYB | Residential Buy-Back | No | Selected and Ongoing | Residential | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to promote recycling centers throughout the County. The WMD maintains a database of recyclers and makes the list available at educational events and fairs, through mailings, the Department`s web-site, and provides updates to the staff of Earth`s 911 phone service/web-site. This information is also available in the Recycling Guide online. | |||||
| 2030-RC-OSP | Commercial On-Site Pickup | No | 11,034 | Selected and Ongoing | Commercial, Industrial, Government, School | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Recycling collection services are still offered within the franchise agreements in most service areas of the County. 3,116 tons of recyclables were collected from commercial sources and 7,918 tons from industrial sources. | |||||
| 2060-RC-GOV | Government Recycling Programs | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | Government | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: County offices continue to recycle office paper, cardboard and telephone books. Additionally, scrap metal and tires generated through vehicle repairs are recycled through Fleet Services. Pallets and toner cartridges are recycled in Supply Services. County Parks District grasscycles all park turf areas and grinds woody waste into mulch for use at County parks. County Surplus (Purchasing) auctions usable items at public auctions or redistributes items to County departments for continued County use. Waste Management Dept. has comingled recycling at its offices. The Transportation & Land Management Agency of the County recycles aluminum signs, stencils and poles, and ferrous scrap from road yards and thousands of tons of recycled asphalt from locations throughout the County. | |||||
| 2070-RC-SNL | Special Collection Seasonal (regular) | No | Selected and Ongoing | Residential | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to promote seasonal recycling activities, such as telephone book and Christmas tree recycling. Public information is available on the County’s website and Recycling Hotline. Telephone book recycling is promoted using press releases in selected areas when new books are distributed and information is also available on our Recycling Hotline. Although these programs are effective, tonnage information is difficult to gather due to residents using their curbside containers for comingled recycling. | |||||
| 2080-RC-SPE | Special Collection Events | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | Residential | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to work with community groups to promote community/neighborhood cleanups and to promote the diversion of recyclables from our landfills. These events include HHW events and special solid waste cleanups. Each city or community receives the opportunity for gate fee waivers for community solid waste clean up events twice per year per Board of Supervisors Resolutions 80-119 & 84-453. Additionally, the Waste Management Department`s Illegal Disposal Clean-Up Program (IDCUP Program) began to cleanup illegally dumped solid waste on the County brown roads. Tires and metallics collected through these programs are diverted for recycling. In mid 2005, the County formed the Community Improvement section, which is part of Code Enforcement. The Community Improvement Specialists attend meetings within the Community and disseminate recycling information. They inform the residents of upcoming solid waste clean-up events and opportunities to recycle. The California State Association of Counties Challenge Awards honored Riverside County with Honorable Mention for the Waste Management Department`s Illegal Dumping Clean-up Program (IDCUP) and Code Enforcement Department''s Special Enforcement Team (SET) for enforcement on illegal dumping. The IDCUP program has assisted communities in mitigating illegal dumps throughout the county by cleaning up and disposing of illegally dumped refuse. It works closely with SET to gather evidence for the team`s investigations of suspected illegal dumpers. IDCUP is also part of a multi-agency trash task force assembled to develop and implement strategies to combat illegal dumping. IDCUP is funded through landfill tipping fees. Since 2002, the program has cleaned up more than 3,200 tons of refuse and 1,000 waste tires from roadways. SET is a team of six code enforcement officers who proactively patrol and investigate illegal dumping activities. Techniques used to apprehend suspects include video surveillance and coordination with the County Sheriff and District Attorney`s office. On average, the team has issued 60 citations per month and has a 100% conviction rate on all infractions, misdemeanor citations and arrests. These officers are able to respond to complaints within 24 hours. Communities have been involved with their own neighborhood clean-up events. In 2006, 24 Community Clean-ups events were organized and held within the County. In October of 2006 devastating fires erupted in Southern California. In Riverside County the Esperanza Fire destroyed 34 homes, 20 outbuildings and took 5 firefighters` lives. On October 26, 2006 Riverside County declared a local emergency and on October 27, 2006 Governor Schwarzenegger signed a Proclamation of a State of Emergency. The Waste Department waived tipping fees for fire disaster victims in the months of November 2006 through January 2007 to assist victims of this fire without insurance to dispose of their fire disaster waste. In addition on November 14, 2006 the Board of Supervisors authorized the use of Community Improvement Designation Funds to reimburse Waste Management of the Inland Empire (WMIE) for waste removal resulting from the Esperanza Fire Comminity Clean-up. In December 2006, the County held a fire disaster clean-up and household hazardous waste collection event in the Poppet Flats area to dispose of fire disaster waste. | |||||
| 3000-CM-RCG | Residential Curbside Greenwaste Collection | No | 34,888 | Selected and Ongoing | Residential | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: County Franchise haulers collected 34,888 tons of curbside greenwaste. | |||||
| 3010-CM-RSG | Residential Self-haul Greenwaste | No | Selected and Ongoing | Residential | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to encourage residents to recycle their green waste by providing education materials listing green waste recycling benefits and giving them green waste recycling options. These lists are provided at the landfill gates when a resident arrives with a load of green waste and also is provided on the Department`s website. $10/ton greenwaste surcharge at landfills is still in effect. | |||||
| 3030-CM-CSG | Commercial Self-Haul Greenwaste | No | Selected and Ongoing | Commercial | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to encourage businesses to recycle their green waste by providing education materials listing green waste recycling benefits and giving them green waste recycling options. These lists are provided at the landfill gates when a resident arrives with a load of green waste and also is provided on the Department`s website. $10/ton greenwaste surcharge at landfills is still in effect. | |||||
| 3040-CM-FWC | Food Waste Composting | No | Alternative and Ongoing | All sectors | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to encourage residents to recycle their green waste by providing education materials listing green waste recycling benefits and giving them green waste recycling options. These lists are provided at the landfill gates when a resident arrives with a load of green waste and also is provided on the Department`s website. $10/ton greenwaste surcharge at landfills is still in effect. Riverside County has one composter that accepts food waste (California Biomass) located in the Coachella Valley. The Department also offers vermicomposting information through our Back Yard Composting program. | |||||
| 3050-CM-SCH | School Composting Programs | Yes | Alternative and Ongoing | School | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Department staff continue to provide composting and vermicomposting presentations to schools. Free compost bins and vermicomposting bins are donated to local schools that wish to start a sustainable recycling program in the classroom. Master Composters give a presentation as the bins are being set-up. Seven (7) school presentations were completed in 2006. | |||||
| 3060-CM-GOV | Government Composting Programs | No | Alternative and Ongoing | Government | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The Local Task Force continues to meet and support the efforts of Green Waste Processors operating in Riverside County. Legislative review by staff is presented to members at LTF meetings to encourage member support of processing efforts to divert green waste from the landfills. In 2005 the LTF formed a Greenwaste Subcommittee to analyze the Green and Woody Waste Status in the County. The Report researched the facilities that accept green and woody waste and the practices of other businesses that handle green and woody waste, such as golf courses, schools and parks. During 2006 the Department updated the information and presented the material to the Local Task Force for further comment. | |||||
| 4000-SP-ASH | Ash | No | Dropped in an earlier year | Other | Residential | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Dropped | |||||
| 4010-SP-SLG | Sludge (sewage/industrial) | No | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Land application of Class B sewage sludge was prohibited per County Ordinance 812. Synagro Regional Composting Facility continues as the only sludge/biosolids composting facility located in the County. A Settlement Agreement reached by Synagro and the County in February 2004 will require Synagro to cease operations by December 2008. On February 18, 2004, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance 830 which now regulates the land application of Class A sewage sludge for agricultural activities. | |||||
| 4020-SP-TRS | Tires | Yes | 165 | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continued to collect tires for a fee at three landfills: Badlands, Lamb Canyon and Blythe. The tires are source-separated, and removed from the landfill to an acceptable disposal or recycling location. (108 tons of tires were collected at landfills.) The County was awarded a Tire Amnesty Grant with events to be conducted in the Rural unincorporated areas of the County. There were 5 events in 2006 with 5,724 tires collected and 451 participants (57.24 tons). Tires are also collected and subsequently recycled through Illegal Dumping Clean Up Program (IDCUP). The IDCUP tonnage is combined with landfill tire tonnage. | |||||
| 4030-SP-WHG | White Goods | No | 934 | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to accept metallic discards for recycling. White Goods have special wastes, such as freon, mercury switches and oil, removed by qualified in-house staff, and hazardous materials are then shipped offsite for recycling or incineration. Metallics vendor contracted by County recycles white goods and other metallics diverted at the landfills. Plastic components of disassembled appliances were shipped to a plastics recycler beginning January 2006. White goods are tracked as scrap metal. County landfills diverted 2,097 tons of metal. The $10 surcharge was deleted in September 2002 to encourage recycling of white goods at the landfills. Franchise haulers in the County diverted 934 tons of white goods. | |||||
| 4040-SP-SCM | Scrap Metal | Yes | 2,097 | Selected and Ongoing | Residential | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: County diverts all self-hauled metallic material from landfilling (2,097 tons). All hazardous materials are removed by trained department staff prior to crushing or transporting. (Recycled tonnage includes the following separated categories: white goods, tin, steel, copper, aluminum, brass, stainless steel, insulated wire, circuit boards, electric motors, and drained Freon compressors.) Operating usable computers and lawnmowers and other usable metallic items are salvaged by contract salvager. | |||||
| 4050-SP-WDW | Wood Waste | No | 36,329 | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Wood waste continues to be diverted to green/woody waste recyclers (for processing into mulch and fuel) and to Colmac, a biomass-to-energy facility in the Coachella Valley. 154,883 tons of wood waste was procesed into fuel from all Riverside County jurisdictions, 36,329 tons from the unincorporated County. The landfill surcharge disincentive of $10/ton is still in effect to discourage the landfilling of woody waste and greenwaste. A grinding facility in Idyllwild was established to manage the slash wood waste generated from tree cutting operations due to Bark Beetle infestation. Disaster proclamation was made 1/03. (9,764 tons from Bark Beetle wood sent to Colmac for 2006.) | |||||
| 4060-SP-CAR | Concrete/Asphalt/Rubble | Yes | Alternative and Ongoing | All sectors | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Program is continuing. The County promotes C & D recycling facilities in its educational materials and on its website. Since 2000, the County Transportation & Land Management Agency grinds asphalt and reuses the material as road base on County-maintained roads. Landfill system uses crushed asphalt in metallics collection area and on landfill roads. Department Planning staff continue to recommend conditions of approval on development projects within the County that requires recycling of C&D materials. | |||||
| 4090-SP-RND | Rendering | No | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to accept large animals from residential farms only at landfills. Rendering is encouraged at commercial operations. Community Recycling sent for rendering tons of bone and fat from contract grocery stores in the unincorporated area (tonnage not available). | |||||
| 5000-ED-ELC | Electronic (radio ,TV, web, hotlines) | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The Department has its own website, www.rivcowm.org, to promote recycling and proper waste management. Local recycling centers are listed by material type, landfill hours and locations, recycling events, Household Hazardous Waste information and events, and the Backyard Composting Program are just some of the highlights of the website. The website also provides useful links to other agencies that provide additional valuable recycling information. A supportive effort to update and promote the Earth`s 911 website with collection events and current vendor information is an ongoing process. The Department hotline (800-366-SAVE) is promoted on all printed public education literature and has drop-out links to other 24 hour hotlines that offer zipcode locators for recycling locations. | |||||
| 5010-ED-PRN | Print (brochures, flyers, guides, news articles) | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | |||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Print media is used to promote tire amnesty collection events, composting workshops, Household Hazardous Waste information and events, and public education to increase awareness for used motor oil, and beverage container recycling. Local community newspapers and community program guides are used when ever possible. The countywide direct mail inserts for Earth Day and Pollution Prevention Week continue as a cooperative effort with the Environmental Health Department and Flood Control District. Inserts promote countywide programs, good environmental stewardship and are distributed to over 600,000 homes throughout the County, twice per year. All printed materials, public education literature, flyers, etc. are printed on recycled content paper when available. Press releases are distributed through the County`s Executive Office. Some program literature is available in Spanish. | |||||
| 5020-ED-OUT | Outreach (tech assistance, presentations, awards, fairs, field trips) | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | |||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The department is active in providing speakers for schools and community groups that request presentations on waste issues, recycling, composting and vermicomposting. Public education booths at community events and community fairs promote many SRRE waste diversion programs. Scheduled field trips are welcomed at operating landfills. The department participated in 64 local community events and distributed public education materials. Staff was also available at the events to answer questions about programs and waste issues. Department staff attended 9 community meetings with Community Improvement Specialists (CIS). The purpose was to inform the residents and CIS of programs available. In 2006, the Department began tracking the types of information requested by residents. | |||||
| 5030-ED-SCH | Schools (education and curriculum) | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | School | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Seven schools were visited by Department staff or volunteer Master Composters who presented composting, recycling, and/or environmental programs. The Department continues to provide support for the Western Riverside Council of Governments school assembly program that has an emphasis on recycling and litter abatement. | |||||
| 6000-PI-PLB | Product and Landfill Bans | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | |||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Program is continuing with TVs and monitors containing Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) being diverted through recycling. CPUs and other electronics are now regulated as Consumer Electronic Devices (CEDs) and can no longer be landfilled. Dismantling stations have been set-up on site, which allow staff to remove collected CRTs and CEDs from their housings. This has reduced the additional expense of electronics recycling. Some fees are offset by the sale of data chips and circuit boards that are recovered. In 2006, 221 tons of CRTs were shipped for recycling. Tires are received near the metallics area for diversion and recycling (108 tons removed from Lamb Canyon, Badlands and Blythe Landfills). | |||||
| 6010-PI-EIN | Economic Incentives | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | |||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The greenwaste surcharge of $10/ton is still in effect at County landfills. The appliance surcharge was removed in 2002 to encourage appliance recycling at the landfills and reduce illegal dumping. | |||||
| 6020-PI-ORD | Ordinances | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | |||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to recommend that recycling storage/collection areas are provided within new commercial, industrial and multi-family developments. Xeriscaping is still promoted on new development through the Riverside County Land Use/Zoning Ordinance No. 348. Land application of Class B sewage sludge was prohibited per County Ordinance 812. | |||||
| 7000-FR-MRF | MRF | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The transfer station and material recovery facility sited at the Edom Hill Landfill opened in November 2004 when the landfill closed. | |||||
| 7010-FR-LAN | Landfill | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | |||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to source separate tires, electronic waste and metallic discards at its landfills for recycling in increasing amounts. Hazardous wastes are removed and shipped for recycling or incineration before metallic waste is recovered. Suspected business Hazardous/Medical Waste disposal at the landfills continues to be referred from Loadcheck Program inspection staff to the County District Attorney`s office for follow-up. The California State Association of Counties Challenge Award honored Riverside County with an Honorable Mention for the County Landfill Safety Program. Landfills and recycling facilites are inherently dangerous working environments. To increase safety, the Waste Management Department created and implemented a safety program with two components; a traffic direction program and a communication system. For the traffic direction program, specifically trained and dedicated program staff were assigned to manage traffic at the landfill sites. The communication program uses a state-of-the-art radio system for all operators and ground personnel, and included an emergency all-stop alarm. In addition to enhancing the safety at county landfills, the new programs have garnered the attention of other counties and the private sector. | |||||
| 7020-FR-TST | Transfer Station | No | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The Anza, Idyllwild, Coachella, Moreno Valley, Perris, Pinion Flat, Edom Hill and Robert A. Nelson transfer stations continue to receive recyclable materials and to serve as solid waste transfer stations. | |||||
| 7030-FR-CMF | Composting Facility | No | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: There are still two active and permitted green waste composting facilities located in Riverside County, California Biomass and Coachella Valley Compost Facility. Synagro Regional Composting Facility is the only sludge/biosolids composting facility located and operating in the County. | |||||
| 7040-FR-ADC | Alternative Daily Cover | Yes | 35,402 | Selected and Ongoing | All sectors | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County continues to use ADC at its landfills (35,402 tons Riverside Unincorporated). The use of curbside greenwaste as ADC is valuable in that most of the curbside green materials collected are unsuitable for compost or use as mulch due to high contamination. Use of green materials as ADC also helps recover landfill space as it breaks down compared with soil as cover. | |||||
| 8000-TR-WTE | Waste To Energy | No | Dropped in an earlier year | Other | All sectors | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Dropped in an earlier year. | |||||
| 8010-TR-BIO | Biomass | No | 36,329 | Selected and Ongoing | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: The County completed the Jurisdictional Biomass Woody Waste Feedstock Tonnage Count for 2006. The County and its cities diverted 163,687.26 tons officially documented tons of wood waste to Colmac Energy Inc., a biomass facility located in the Coachella Valley. The County conducts a biomass survey of the greenwaste recyclers that utilize Colmac and develops the final survey from these numbers. This allows the jurisdictions within the County to apply for Biomass Diversion Credit. The County provides a list of wood waste recyclers to landfill customers by gate fee staff. This list is also available by request, on our website, and at our various public education events. Please see attached survey which has been previously submitted under separate cover. (36,329 County Unincorporated tons.) | |||||
| 9000-HH-PMF | Permanent Facility | Yes | 231 | Selected and Ongoing | Residential | |
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Effective July 1, 2006 the County Waste Management Department took over the operation of the County Household Hazardous Waste Program from Environmental Health. The Waste Management Department HHW Program continued its partnership with the City of Lake Elsinore to operate its Permanent HHW Collection Facility. The Pedley facility is the second permanent HHW facility in the County. These facilities served 5,769 participants and collected 397,309 lbs. of waste in 2006. The facility details have been reported through the CIWMB Form 303. Two Permanent ABOPs continue to operate every Saturday except holiday weekends (41 open days. 3,403 participants were served, and 137,067 pounds of waste was collected in 2006. (231 tons) Construction planning for Lamb Canyon PHHWCF continues; equipment grant funded by CIWMB. In 2006, the Department was awarded another grant from the CIWMB that will allow for development and/or expansion of three sites to Permanent HHW Collection Facilities. Improvements will be made to the Lake Elsinore facility to expand its operation and two new permanent facilites will be built in Palm Springs and northern Riverside on Agua Mansa Road near the RAN Transfer Station. | |||||
| 9010-HH-MPC | Mobile or Periodic Collection | Yes | 395 | Selected and Ongoing | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Effective July 1, 2006, the County Waste Management Department took over the operation of the Household Hazardous Waste Program from the Environmental Health Department. These events continued to operate successfully throughout the County and operated 59 event-days serving 11,904 participants and collecting 789,575 pounds of waste. The program continued collection of residential sharps. Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator Waste was collected through a Door-to-Door Program. (395 tons) In December 2006, in response to the Esperanza Fire in the Poppet Flats area, the Department hosted an HHW event. | |||||
| 9020-HH-CSC | Curbside Collection | No | 7.0 | Selected and Ongoing | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Used Motor Oil is collected curbside in most solid waste franchise hauler areas. 1,543 gallons were collected in the unincorporated areas by franchised haulers in 2006. (7.0 tons) | |||||
| 9040-HH-EDP | Education Programs | Yes | Selected and Ongoing | |||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: All HHW Programs are promoted through newspaper ads prior to each event, event schedule flyers, the Waste Management Department HHW website and hotline, Spanish radio in Coachella community events and school presentations and direct mail to over 600,000 households twice each year. This regional city and County program is also promoted by the cities to their residents. | |||||
| 9045-HH-EWA | Electronic Waste | Yes | 345 | Selected and Ongoing | ||
| Additions to Program Notes: | Per 2006 AR: Diversion of CRT electronic wastes began in March 2001. Program continued to 2002 when it was determined the disposal cost could be lowered by Riverside County Waste Management Department staff doing the demanufacturing. In 2006, 221 tons of CRTs were collected and recycled at County landfills. Also, 6,706 units of E-Waste (CEDs) (67 tons) were collected and recycled at County landfills. In 2006, 36 tons of CRTs and 21 tons of miscellaneous e-waste were collected at the Temporary HHW Collection events. | |||||
No program added during this reporting year.
| D1 - Summary plan needs revision: | No |
| E1 - Total agency-wide disposal capacity: | 19 years |
| E2 - Siting element needs revision: | No |
| F1 - Areas of concern: | No |
| F2 - Conditional approvals: | No |
Last updated: February 05, 2008
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