Minutes - Recycling - 2006-02-10 (2)COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
MINUTES OF RECYCLING COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 10, 2006
The Costa Mesa Sanitary District Recycling Committee met at 7:30 a.m. at 628 W. 19th
Street, Costa Mesa.
Directors Present: Greg Woodside, Arlene Schafer
Staff Present: Rob Hamers, Tom Fauth, Joan Revak, Denise Gilbert
Others Present: Mike Planck, CR &R
Director Woodside called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m.
RECYCLING COMMITTEE GOALS FOR 2005/2006
• The Committee reviewed the 2005/2006 recycling goals.
2005 SCHOOL TELEPHONE BOOK RECYCLING PROGRAM
Ms. Revak reported the Telephone Book Recycling Program School presentations
are underway and are scheduled through March 2006. Mr.. Planck advised the
books go in with mixed paper. They are baled and go to China.
CHRISTMAS TREE COLLECTION
Ms. Revak presented a report of Christmas tree collection from 1997 through 2005.
The number of trees collected from Christmas 2005 was 5,704, the lowest in the
eight -year period. Mr. Planck reported the trees go in with green waste, are
processed and sent to power plants up north.
UNIVERSAL WASTE - REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 9, 2006
Mr. Planck addressed the Federal Universal Waste recycling requirements that
became effective February 9, 2006.and how CR &R plans to comply. Television and
computer monitors are pulled out of the waste stream by CRT load inspectors and
palletized for pickup by their a -waste recycler, AERC, located in Hayward, California.
The recycling process begins by disassembling the units and breaking the vacuum,
• knocking off the copper yoke which renders the tube useless. Lead is taken out of
the glass tube through a smelting process and reused to manufacture more TV's or
monitors. The plastics are removed, sorted and baled and are also used in the
manufacturing of new TV's and monitors. Copper and metals are sold as scrap.
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Automotive batteries are pulled out manually by load inspectors and household
batteries are picked up by a series of large magnets. The batteries are shipped to a
battery recycler, Exide, located in Vernon, CA. These batteries are shredded and
the lead is separated to make new batteries.
Mercury switches and all electronics will also be checked by load inspectors and
sorters and pulled out of the waste stream. These items will also be handled by
AERC.
Of concern are fluorescent light tubes being crushed in the trucks. Mr. Planck
recommends sending out educational material to residents describing household
hazardous waste materials that are not to be dumped into trash containers as well as
directing residents to the County HHW dump sites where the U -Waste and E -Waste
materials can be disposed of at no cost.
District staff will include information on disposing of U -Waste in the Spring 2006
newsletter.
TOUR OF CRR AND LANDFILL - FEBRUARY 21, 2006 .
Ms. Gilbert reported a Home School group of students will tour the CR &R
Recycling facility and the landfill on February 21, 2006. Tentative tour dates for a
Church group and Newport Heights Elementary School are March 24, 2006 and
June 1, 2006, respectively.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 a.m.
Secretary
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