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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12011987 - IO.6 Ta ^' BOARD OF SUPERWORS • / FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE C=tra November 23 , 1987 Costa DATE: u 'r '+y / SUBJECT: White Paper Recycling Program VV�+�w' „J SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Reaffirm the Board' s continuing support for the white paper recycling program. 2 . Direct the County Administrator-. to clarify respective responsibilities between his office, the Community Development Department and the Department of General Services for the operation of the white paper recycling program and insure that each department is aware of its responsibilities to make the program operate as efficiently as possible and at the lowest possible cost. 3 . Direct the County Administrator to send a memorandum to all department. heads reminding them of the white paper recycling program and encouraging County staff to cooperate in consolidating white paper and, wherever possible, transporting white paper to centralized disposal points. 4 . Direct the County Administrator to insure the continued operation of the white paper recycling program, adjusting departmental priorities as necessary in order to continue the program as a priority of the Board of Supervisors. 5. Direct the County Administrator to insure that ' the white paper recycling program is maintained at the level achieved earlier this yearand is expanded incrementally to as - many county facilities , as possible. 6. Direct the County Administrator to remind all departments in writing of the value of photocopying on both sides of paper to reduce the volume of paper which is consumed and to keep all written correspondence to the absolute minimum necessary in, order to avoid the unnecessary use of paper. 7 . Direct the `County Administrator to remind all departments that the disposal of cigarette butts in other than appropriate receptacles adds to the litter problems confronting the County' s custodial staff, costs money to clean up after, and is indicative of a lack of pride in the appearance of public buildings. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES pyySIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE X APPROVEOTHER ��.. SIGNATURE s : %ncy F Men Tom Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON December 1 . 198np 7 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED , OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT -THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 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. cc: County Administrator ATTESTED .December 1, 1987 Community Development Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF General Services Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR M382/7-83 BY ' u/ _.DEPUTY Page 2 BACKGROUND- Due to a lack of adequate financial resources and the need to establish priorities among many competing services, the white paper recycling program is in jeopardy. Our Committee believes strongly that the white paper recycling program is one important way in which County staff can help reduce the amount of refuse which must be disposed of in a landfill. This program is also one way in which County staff can assist conservation efforts by recycling paper and reducing the need to cut down trees. While we recognize that there is a cost associated with collecting white paper and transporting it to a central disposal point, we also believe that this program can be run more economically than it has been if all County employees will cooperate in sorting their own used paper, collecting it centrally in each office and, where feasible, transporting it to a central disposal point. We also believe that this program is a high priority with the Board of Supervisors and must be continued even if other custodial services must be reduced slightly. We have been advised that some employees who smoke are not properly disposing of their cigarette butts, thus increasing the time and effort which custodial staff must put. into cleaning up after these employees. We would like to launch a program which might be entitled: "Pick Up Your Butt" , to encourage all employees who smoke to properly dispose of their cigarette butts rather than simply leaving them on the floor of the outside stairs and corridors of buildings, such as the County Administration Building. This little effort alone might be enough to free up enough custodial time to allow the white paper recycling program to continue at little, or no, increase in cost. Our Committee has also noted with dismay the frequency with which photocopying of multiple page documents is done on only one side of the page, thus doubling the number of sheets of paper which must be used to reproduce a report. We believe that in most cases this is wasteful and unnecessary. We believe many of these conservation measures will be supported by County employees if they are simply reminded periodically of some of the things they can do to assist in conservation and recycling, and to reduce unnecessary custodial services.