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TO: -BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Costa
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FROM: HARVEY E. BRAGDON County
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT s>,
DATE: JUNE 4, 1991
SUBJECT: DECLARE OPEN HOUSE FOR COUNTY GOVERNMENT RECYCLING CENTER
SPECIFIC REQUFST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Declare June 4, 1991 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. as the OPEN HOUSE
for the COUNTY GOVERNMENT RECYCLING CENTER and for the expansion of
the County government recycling program;
Encourage all County departments and employees located in the
downtown Martinez area, the Douglas Drive area, and in Central
Service to participate in recycling white and mixed paper, computer
paper, newspapers, cardboard, cans, bottles, polystyrene
packaging/pellets, and laser printer toner cartridges;
Encourage employees in other County facilities to coordinate
pickup of cardboard, paper, polystyrene, and other recyclable
materials with General Services Department staff.
FISCAL IMPACT
None to County General Fund. Approximately $25, 000 was used from
the Resource Recovery Fees for the purchase of a baler, recycling
bags and stands, two fork lifts obtained from State surplus, a
pallet jack, and storage bins. A small baler, to be used for
polystyrene, and a shredder, for confidential documents, were
obtained from the Data Processing Division of the County
Administrator's Office.
Staffing costs are part of existing budgets; staffing includes
current custodial staff, Sheriff's Department Work Alternative
assignees, and Social Service Department General Assistance Work
Program clients.
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SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Orig: Community Development Department (CDD) ATTESTED .c. 99
cc: County Administrator P L BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
General Services Department THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Sheriff-Coroner AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Social Service. Department
East Bay Conservation Corps (via CDD)
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Additional minimal funding from the Resource Recovery Fees will be
used to fund a training contract with the East Bay Conservation
Corps (EBCC) to train Work Alternative and Work Program
participants in recycling activities and to assist them, as approp-
priate in obtaining employment in this growing .job market.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMIENDATIONS
To significantly expand the County Government recycling program,
the Community Development Department has worked with the General
Services, Social Services, and Sheriff ' s Departments and with the
County Administrator' s Office in estab lishing a County Government
Recycling Center. The materials which will be recovered from
County offices include: white and mixed paper, computer paper,
newspaper, cardboard, polystyrene . packaging, .cans, bottles,
plastics, and used computer toner cartridges.
The Recycling Center is located in the area formerly used for Fleet
Maintenance and has been under test operation for three ( 3 ) weeks;
in this 3 week period the following materials have been recovered:
6,000 lbs. of white paper (6 bales) ; 4,500 lbs. of cardboard
(5 bales) ; 1,200 lbs. of mixed paper (1 bale) ; and, 2 pallets of
computer paper. This amount of baled paper and baled cardboard is
equal to 14 cubic yards of in-place density in a landfill which is
being saved by recycling.
The County Government Recycling Center carries out the Board
directive from June, 1990,. to expand the County Government
recycling program. The Environmental Affairs Committee of the
Board supported the inter-departmental coordination and the focus
on a multi-material recovery effort, as initially outlined in the
Recycling Action Plan. Previously, the County Government recycling
program included only white paper.
Presently, the expanded multi-material recycling program is serving
County .buildings located in downtown Martinez, the Douglas Drive
area, supervisorial offices, and the Central Service . office in
Concord. Collection of cardboard from Merrithew Hospital and the
West County Detention Facility is also included.
The County Government Recycling Center is operated by General
Services Department staff; custodial staff collect the materials.
. Sheriff ' s Department Work Alternative assignees and Social Service
Department Work Program clients sort materials and operate the
baling equipment. A training program is being developed wht EBCC,
as noted, and discussions with haulers/recyclers are underway to
provide future employment opportunities for the participants.
The availability of .Work Alternative and Work Program participants
along with the cooperation of General Services staff affords our
program the opportunity to use a labor-intensive recycling effort.
Alternative, recycling programs would have required significantly
higher expenditures of funds for equipment.
Equipment costs for this expanded program were around $25 , 000.
Under the June, 1990 Board action, Resource Recovery Fees were used
for these purchases. County costs for contractual waste collection
services came to $455,000 in 1990-91 . It is expected that the
expanded County Government Recycling Program will result in reduced
waste collection costs, reduced costs to a number of departments
for shredding of confidential. files, and some actual revenue from
marketing of the recovered materials. bales