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2008A YEAR IN REVIEW
California Integrated Waste Management Board
SUCCESSES
Statewide Diversion
58 Percent Diversion
Generated 94 Million Tons
Disposed 39.6 Million Tons
Diverted 53.5 Million Tons
California hits recycling milestoneSACRAMENTO December 29, 2008 Fifty-eight percent of solid waste in California is now recycled or otherwise diverted away from landfills, the Integrated Waste Management Board says today. It’s the highest percentage of any state, it says, ahnd amounts to diverting 54 million tons of trash for reuse and recycling. California produces about 93 million tons of solid waste per year. Fifty-four million tons of diverted waste is equivalent to filling more than 100 football fields to a height equal to the Empire State Building, the waste board figures. “We are proud to be the nation’s recycling leader,” says Board Chairwoman Margo Reid Brown. “This great accomplishment is testimony to the hard work and very successful partnership between state and local government, the solid waste industry, businesses, and everyday citizens.”
Sites Cleaned Up
15 Year Anniversary for AB2136
Nearly 1,000 sites cleaned up
12 projects in 2008 for $6 million
Tires Being Diverted
74 Percent Tire Diversion
Up from 33 percent in 1990
Grants Awarded
Awarded almost $41 million in grant funds to approximately 600 governmental, educational and private entities in the State
Recycled Market Development Zone Program
Over $100 Million in Loans
153 loans to 120 businesses
Electronic Waste Recycling Program
500 million pounds recycled
$240 million paid outOver 650 collectors &
60 recyclers
Local Jurisdictions
340 Jurisdiction have met 50 percent61 good faith efforts15 under court orders
Environmental Enforcement
Golden By-Products
Tri-C City of Cerritos Mono County LEA Notice of Intent Rigid Plastic
Packaging Container certification
PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS
Changing Our Measurement System
SB 1016 Signed
From diversion to disposal
Simpler, more accurate & timelier
Streamlining Grants
Process ImprovementEfficiency
Fiscal Integrity
More effectively meeting needs of stakeholders
Audits & Evaluations
Enhancing fiscal integrity
17 percent goal
73 grants, 21 ewaste audits are underway or completed
Waste Tire Hauler Enforcement
Streamlined program for
waste tire hauler
violations
80 streamlined penalty cases
Improving Program Efficiency
Tire Enforcement Used Oil Program RMDZ WRAP E-Waste
Improved Enforcement Tools
Expanded and Enhanced Local Enforcement Agency and Board authority
Administrative civil penalties
Criminal penalties
PROGRAM PROGRESS
Climate ChangeCalifornia has reduced annual green house gas emissions related to manufacturing and disposal by almost 4 MMTCO2 equivalent Landfill Gas Capture
Life Cycle Assessment of Organic Materials Management Options
Identified a CAT strategy for
increasing landfill methane
capture to achieve 3 MMTCO2
equivalents by 2020
Extended Producer Responsibility
Adopted an Extended Producer Responsibility
Framework
Working with broad stakeholder community
Organics Road Map
Updated Organics Policy Roadmap
8 actions to increase siting and capacity
Focus on research, outreach, tools & enforcement
Infrastructure Project
Comprehensive inventory of infrastructure
Modeling material flows
Greening California
Through Department of General Services contracting
EPP Best Practices Manual (40 products)
Permitting
13 new permits 18
Renewals/revisions Complex,
controversial Sunshine Canyon Redwood
Inspections
686 Sites inspected
Financial Assurances for Post Closure Maintenance
Long term care after closure
Quantified financial risk to State
Regulations drafted
Landfill Gas Monitoring Program
146 plans due
103 received by Board
29 approved or acceptable
41 ongoing evaluations
Disaster Debris
Southern California Wildfires
Golden Guardian
Cleaning Up Litter
Collaboration with Ocean Protection Council
Implementing Plastic Bag Recycling
Education and the Environment
85 EEI curriculum units in development
National expert on review
When approved, EEI made available to more than 1,000 California school districts serving over 10 million K-12 students
Training
External• 1112 participants – 33% increase
Internal• Over 350 participants• 91 classes• 900 enrollments
2008 IN REVIEW
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