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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 08141990 - 2.2 z-ooh, ro: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra _ Costa FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon Director of Community Development County &ATE: August 14, 1990 SUBJECT: Status Report on Curbside Recycling Programs SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION Accept the status report on curbside recycling programs within Contra Costa County. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND The Board of Supervisors requested a status report on curbside recycling programs in Contra Costa County. Data for the report was collected from the recycling processing centers, collectors and, as necessary for clarification, the franchising agencies. Curbside recycling programs are relatively new activity in Contra Costa County, consequently data collection varies widely. Data on recycling programs will become more reliable through the AB 939 planning process. Each jurisdiction will be required to detail how it is achieving its diversion goals through recycling, composting and other programs. ' In addition, waste characterization studies will provide base data to assess the potential for recycling programs. Waste characterization data should be available from the cities by April 1991 and from the unincorporated areas by January 1991. During the second quarter of 1990 approximately 6,900 tons of recyclables were collected at curbside programs. Over 6, 358 tons of recyclable materials were recovered at curbside in the Central-East County wasteshed. This is in comparison to 5, 930 tons recovered at curbside by November of 1989 . An additional 573 tons were collected curbside in West County in the second quarter of 1990. With the exception of Brentwood, all incorporated cities will have phased in curbside recycling programs by February 1991. Brentwood is now developing its program. Concord will be completely phased in by November, and Pleasant Hill by September. Richmond Sanitary Service will begin phasing in curbside to its cities in October and expects to be done by February 1991. The status of the unincorporated area is basically the same as the nearby incorporated area. 4 CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X VES SIGNATURE: _RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION 80 C MMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON August 14, 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X & OTHER X REQUESTED a further status report on October 30, 1990. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT — 1 AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTEDu-o.� CC: Community Development (Orig. Dept.) PHIL BATCHkOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND �COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY a-Gt�7�-u ��GvR��'�/ ,DEPUTY The attached charts detail the status of recycling by area, scope of the recycling program and types of materials collected for recycling. Other recycling efforts are expanding, including the Boy Scouts collection of newspaper and aluminum in Crockett, Many Hands in Pittsburg, and Delta Scrap and Metal in Oakley. Several areas are beginning to start recycling programs in schools. Walnut Creek just expanded its recycling program to include schools, E1 Cerrito, Pinole and Richmond High all have some of their schools involved in recycling. jl55:curb.brd STATUS OF CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAMS AUGUST 1. 1990 Antioch has fully implemented curbside recycling. Some commercial recycling has been implemented. Brentwood/Byron/Discovery Bay - Programs are in development. Concord - Curbside is being provided to 40% of the residences. Complete service will be provided by November of this year. Clayton - Curbside service has been available to the entire city since September of 1989. Danville - Alamo, Lafayette and the unincorporated area of Walnut Creek have fully implemented curbside programs as of May 1, 1990. A program to recycle glass from bars and restaurants is being phased in, as is a program to pick up cardboard from commercial accounts. EI Cerrito has received a grant to purchase recycling containers for large apartment complexes.; This program should be in place by November. They are currently recycling 10% of their total wastestream at the curb. Kensington plans to begin curbside recycling in January of 1991 . Martinez is currently in negotiations to provide bins to the entire city. They currently collect city-wide for a wide variety of items including used appliances on an on-call basis. _ Oakley/Knightsen/Big Break/Bethel Island - Programs are in development. Orinda/Moraga/Canyon have city-wide curbside recycling. They will be expanding to commercial accounts and schools in 1991 . Pittsburg is providing curbside recycling city-wide as of August 1990. Pleasant Hill will have its curbside recycling phased in by September. Pleasant Hill/Bayshore Disposal already provides recycling services to commercial accounts and to several schools. Port Costa has long had curbside service provided by a small group of individuals. Several small businesses are also included in this program. All proceeds go towards ,purchase or maintenance of trees. Richmond. San Pablo, Pinole. Hercules and the West Contra Costa Sanitary Districts expect to begin receiving curbside service by September 1990. The estimated completion date is February 1991. Plans are for an expanded drop-off and buy-back program in January 1991 . Richmond Sanitary Service is already providing glass recycling to bars and restaurants and cardboard and white paper pickup. They are also establishing recycling programs in several schools. Rodeo - Program is under development and will probably begin by October 1990. San Ramon has city-wide curbside recycling and is phasing in programs for bar and restaurant glass and commercial cardboard. Walnut Creek has city-wide curbside recycling and is expanding its program to 12,000 apartments. They will also be providing recycling in parks and schools. While the pilot program to accept plastics has ended, they are now accepting cardboard, tin, and high-grade paper at curbside. West Pittsburg/Vine Hill/Mountain View - Program is in development. Unincorporated Blackhawk/Alamo/Saranap/Taylor-Withers/Lafavette/San Ramon Have curbside recycling as of April 1990. JF:jal j155:curb.doc 2 Other Programs Materials Accepted I i i i i I i i Est. 2nd Bar Comp Qtr & Card- Date Tons Rest School Alum Glass News board PET Other Unincor. Areas F Alamo 5/90 499.85 x x x x Alhambra 8/90 B x x x x Bethel Island A Big Break A Blackhawk 4/90 x x x x Brentwood A Byron A Canyon 3/90 x x x x Clayton A Clyde A Crockett Diablo 4/90 Discovery Bay 11/90 B x x x x H T(?) EI Sobrante 2/91 B x x x x H Kensington 1/91 B x x x x Knightsen A Lafayette 4/90 x x x x Marsh Creek A Oakley A Pacheco 9/90 B x x x x H T PH BART 9/90 B x x x x H T Port Costa 6/80 13.53 x x x x x x T WP M S Richmond 2/91 B x x x x x H T Rodeo 10/90 B x x x x H T San Ramon 4/90 x x x Saranap 4/90 x x x x Vine Hill A Walnut Creek 5/90 160.02 x x x x x H T 11 West Pittsburg 11/90 B x x x x H TQ) n2:curbsrvy.jf Other Programs Materials Accepted Est. 2nd Bar Comp Qtr & Card- Date Tons Rest School Alum Glass News board PET Other Antioch 1/90 652.3 D x x x x x H T Brentwood A x Clayton 9/89 128 x x x x T Concord 11/90 724.64 C x x x x Danville 5/90 1203.36 x x x x x EI Cerrito 10/77 480.40 x x x x x T Hercules 2/91 B x x x x H T 0 Lafayette 5/90 384.92 x x x x x Martinez 11/908 324.50 x x x x x H T O M S WG Moraga 3/90 876 E x x x x Orinda 3/90 E x x x x Pinole 2/91 B x x x x x H T Pittsburg 8/90 B C x x x x Pleasant Hill 9/90 B D x x x x H T Richmond 2/91 79 x x x x x H T San Pablo 2/91 x x x x H T San Ramon 5/90 616.37 x x x x Walnut Creek 1/89 788.52 x x x x x x x H T WP A Project under development B Estimated completion date C Concord and Pittsburg data is combined D Antioch and Pleasant Hill data is combined E Orinda and Moraga data is combined F Unincorporated totals are not currently separated by area H HDPE M Magazines 0 Motor Oil S Scrap Metal T Tin WH White Goods WP White Paper n2:curbsvyl.jf