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COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
MINUTES OF RECYCLING COMMITTEE MEETING
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
The Costa Mesa Sanitary District Recycling Committee met at 9:30 a.m. in conference
room 5A at the Civic Center, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.
Directors Present: Arlene Schafer, Art Perry
Staff Present: Rob Hamers, Tom Fauth, Joan Revak
STANDARDIZED CONTAINER PROGRAM
PROGRESS REPORT
• Mr. Fauth provided a matrix on the status of container orders to Roto Industries and
reported the container distribution process is working well. As of August 31, 2001,
containers have been ordered and invoiced as follows:
3,000
90 gallon
$167,377.50
5,880
60 gallon
$283,812.90
250
35 gallon
$ 10,682.81
6,150
Total
$461,873.21
Press Releases have been issued to the newspapers noting the streets that will be
serviced with the new containers during the month of September.
LARGE ITEM COLLECTION PROGRAM
Ms. Revak reported the 2001 Large Item Collection Program ran from June 18 to August
24, and the program, as always, is very well received by the residents. A total of 529 tons
were collected and taken to the landfill at a cost of $11,634.00. The District received a
credit for 110.14 tons of white goods in the amount of $2,519.66, resulting in a total
program cost of $9,114.34. The 2001 program showed a decrease of 19.06 percent in
• white goods tonnage over last year's program.
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Minutes of Recycling Committee Meeting
September 11, 2001
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MINI TELEPHONE BOOK RECYCLING PROGRAM
Ms. Revak reported on the final totals from the Mini Telephone Hook Recycling Program,
which ran from July 16 through August 27, 2001, with collection bins placed in front of
City Hall and at the Orange Coast College (OCC) Recycling Center. A total of 4,500(9.00
tons) yellow page directories were collected which compares with 2,870 books (5.72 tons)
collected in last year's program. The bulk of the collected directories were deposited at
the OCC Recycling Center.
UPDATE ON OTHER MATERIALS — CRT's, DIAPERS AND .JAPANESE
HOME GREASE PREVENTION PRODUCTS
Mr. Harriers reported Staff is continuing to determine a solution for the disposal of
CRT's. Ms. Revak will be attending a Household Hazardous Waste Information
Meeting on September 19, and one of the agenda items is CRT disposal.
Staff is also working on the translation of information on the Japanese home grease
prevention products.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 a.m.
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