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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 04041989 - IO.1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS I . 0. 1 Contra Y_S FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Costa of 's O: :. � March 27, 1989 n, County DATE: °ST.. . .... ct - a couKf� SUBJECT: REPORT ON VARIOUS RECYCLING ISSUES SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Request the Community Development Director to prepare a letter for the Chairman' s signature to the Director, State Department of Conservation, noting the fact that the 20/20 Company has abandoned nearly half of its recycling sites in this area and requesting that the Department of Conservation advise the Board of Supervisors of those actions it plans to take to restore the level of consumer recycling sites which were mandated by AB 2020 (Sher) . Copies of this letter should be sent to the members of the County' s Solid Waste Commission, members of this County' s State legislative delegation, and Assemblyman Byron Sher. 2 . Request staff from the Community Development Department to make a presentation on office white paper recycling to the Solid Waste Task Force of the Contra Costa Council and to the Industrial Associations, urging their cooperation in implementing white paper recycling programs in their firms. 3 . Request staff from the Community Development Department to evaluate the Office White Paper Recycling Program and recommend to our Committee on June 26, 1989 additional ways to increase efficiency, participation, and the quantity of paper which is recycled through the program. 4 . Request staff from the Community Development Department to request the Director of the East Bay Conservation Corps and the Director of the Richmond Office of the California Conservation Corps to either meet with our Committee, or CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE X APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(s): Tom Powers Sunne Wright McPeak ACTION OF BOARD ON — April 4, 1989 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT I ) 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 �� 0, /,?p 7 p Director, Community Development David Oki to, Assistant Director PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Community Development Sheila Cogan, Resource Recovery Specialist M382 (10/88) BY e, V. DEPUTY Page 2 4. (continued) with the full Board of Supervisors, to review their programs in this County and discuss ways of strengthening the County' s involvement with these organizations. BACKGROUND: On March 27, 1989, our Committee met with David Okita, Assistant Director of the Community Development Department, and Sheila Cogan, Resource Recovery Specialist. We received and reviewed the attached report. In addition, we received an oral report from Ms. Cogan on the status of consumer recycling programs established under the Beverage Container Recycling Program established under AB 2020. It appears that some 500 of all sites in this area for deposit of beverage containers which have been operated by the 20/20 Company have been abandoned by the company. While the grocery stores in the area could take over the program and make the beverage container deposit program available to their customers, few seem to be taking advantage of this option. As a result, fewer and fewer locations are available to the general public for the deposit of beverage containers to be recycled. We believe that this situation needs to be brought to the attention of the State Department of Conservation and have, therefore, recommended that the Chairman send a letter to the Department asking for an explanation of what plans they have to replace the sites which have been abandoned by the 20/20 Company. Our other recommendations stem from the report on the status of the white office paper recycling program made to us by the Community Development Department staff and our understanding of the need to cooperate more fully with the two Conservation Corps programs which are operating in this County. fw LQ ` ��:�;'•/%�ji��fi"i fry:.•. ��//�%//.��qr/• ��J� ti "r,M, / ru/; r rvj • • `�� //y�,`+!!'.r.�iy � iii/ • • • • //gid _ f :.�jl • • • • • 0 1 1 �i. v 1 � O •,tom"' y +� � N � . 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E lNh N Vco r�a TMoDd .O '^ GN + S a� ® � NQ NU � +� U OmO o 7 to �: N .0 0 0 4 61 ¢ t� G CO S `O ° N a 0 CO% +' �i 41.1° d N T O tl"- .N co vsN O vd NO +° co0 v °' @yam CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO: ' Internal Operations Committee DATE: March 23, 1989 FILE: FROM: Sheila Cogan Resource Recycling Specialist SUBJECT: Status of Recycling Activity: Used Office Paper Program; Joint Projects with East Bay Conservation Corps USED OFFICE PAPER RECYCLING PROGRAM In 1981, the Board of Supervisors initiated a program to recycle white paper from Martinez offices. In 1982, that program received an Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties. It was expanded last Fall to include six departments in the Richmond office complex. Staff is currently preparing an analysis of the total program with recommendations to expand and improve its effectiveness. Currently, the County purchases a wide variety of types of paper for copying and printing. One vender reports that about 95 percent of County-purchases.,consist of white copier paper. This amounts to approximately 220,000 pounds per year or 110 tons. Last year, about 30 tons of this paper were recycled from the Martinez and Stanwell Drive offices in .Concord alone. Data on the quantity of paper collected for recycling from Richmond is not yet available. Staff is working with the current collector, Richmond Sanitary Services, to obtain this information. .r Since the beginning of the Richmond program in November, other cities, agencies and businesses have followed the County's lead to start their own office paper recycling programs. They include the Cities of Richmond, Hercules, San Pablo, Pinole, Pittsburg, Lafayette, Clayton, Concord, as well as the Pinole Valley High School, and the Contra Costa Water District. Inquiries have been received from the private sector as well. Both Chevron and Dow Chemical have started office paper collection programs. The County's new brochure entitled "Recycle Your White Office Paper" (attached), ~ has been distributed to attendees at the Contra Costa Council's EXPO. This generated requests for assistance from large and small businesses alike: Mechanics' Bank, Wells Fargo Merchants' Center, Caldwell Banker Real Estate, and McCutcheon, Doyle, Brown and Emerson, Attorneys, among numerous others. In addition, all new County employees now receive information about the program, along with a desk-top collection container, during New Employee Orientation. However, more can be done. Early data indicates that the quantity of paper collected at the Richmond complex to be disappointingly low. This may be due to the fact that most of those offices produce documents which contain confidential information. Current systems in place for confidential document destruction prohibit this paper from being included in the office paper program. Staff is seeking ways in which the confidential documents may be made available for recycling through the Office Paper Recycling Program, as well as other means of increasing quantities and cost effectiveness of the program. There are at least 70-80 tons of paper generated each year which could potentially be included in the County's recycling effort. EAST BAY CONSERVATION CORPS The County hopes to develop a stronger relationship with,' the East Bay Conservation Corps (EBCC) this year. The EBCC, which is headquartered in Oakland, is funded by the State Department of Conservation. The organization has provided job training and services to the East Bay Community for five years. However, most of the focus for training and service has remained in Alameda County. As the Board of Supervisors may be aware, representatives from the County Administrator's Office, the Community Development Department, and Supervisor Torlakson's office, in cooperation with EBCC staff worked closely together to design and develop a new Summer program which would provide opportunities to involve young people in environmental ducation, litter abatement and recycling. The program, which was to focus initial y on West Pittsburg, is called "PROJECT Y.E.S." (Youth in Environmental Service) . In order to implement this program and other litter reduction efforts in the County, an application for a contract for salary for a new Litter Prevention Program Specialist was submitted to the Department of Conservation. The initial proposal was not funded; however staff plans to resubmit a strengthened proposal in mid-April and would anticipate funding. in June. Y In the meanwhile, the EBCC has made a decision to eliminate Contra Costa County from participation in the program this Summer, although we are assured that the organization would provide some services to the County this year. RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Evaluate the Office Paper Program and recommend additional ways to increase efficiency, participation and quantity of paper recycled through it. 2. The Board of Supervisors should invite the Director of the East Bay Conservation Corps to review and discuss ways of strengthening the County's involvement with that organization. SC:jal SC1:ioc.mem Attachments 2.