Minutes - Recycling - 2004-02-090
COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
MINUTES OF RECYCLING COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 9, 2004
The Costa Mesa Sanitary District Recycling Committee met at 9:00 a.m. in
conference room 5A at the Civic Center, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.
Directors Present: Dan Worthington, Arlene Schafer
Staff Present: Rob Hamers, Tom Fauth, Joan Revak
Director Worthington called the meeting to order at 9:00 a. m.
STRATEGIC PLANNING 2004 — PUBLIC OUTREACH — CLASSROOM RECYCLING PROJECTS
• Director Worthington reported a presentation at Killybrooke School was cancelled.
A presentation is scheduled for February 23, 2004 at Adams Elementary School.
COSTAMAZING — DISTRICT PARTICIPATION
Ms. Revak reported the CostaMazing event went very well. Pepper Tree packets,
District brochures, promotional materials and videotapes were distributed at the
District's booth. Representing the District at the event were Directors Woodside,
Perry and Ferryman as well as Staff members Rob Hamers, Tom Fauth, Joan
Revak and Denise Gilbert.
2003 SCHOOL TELEPHONE BOOK RECYCLING PROGRAM
Ms. Revak presented the final report on the 2003 School Telephone Book
Recycling Program. It was another successful year in the program with a total of
16,155 books (32.31 tons) collected. Kline school won for the elementary category,
TeWinkle won for middle school, and Estancia won again for the high school
competition. A total of $10,239 will be distributed to the schools.
Ms. Revak reported a total of 125,000 books (250 tons) have been collected since
the inception of the program in 1996 with schools receiving awards from the District
. totaling $71,000.
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2003 CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING PROGRAM
Ms. Revak presented a final report on the 2003 Christmas Tree Recycling Program,
reporting that 9,126 trees (118.63 tons) were collected for recycling.. The City of
Costa Mesa reimbursement request totaled $5,913.70.
RECYCLING DRY CELL BATTERIES
Director Worthington reported CR Transfer currently separates batteries from the
trash with their magnetic system. Since a large percentage of batteries are
currently being removed from the waste stream, Costa Mesa Sanitary District will
not pursue a program at this time.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
• The meeting was adjourned at 9:57 a.m.
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