Minutes - Recycling - 2002-06-110
COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
MINUTES OF RECYCLING COMMITTEE MEETING
JUNE 11, 2002
The Costa Mesa Sanitary District Recycling Committee met at 9:30 a.m. in conference
room 1A at the Civic Center, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.
Directors Present: Dan Worthington, Arlene Schafer
Staff Present: Rob Hamers, Tom Fauth, Joan Revak
STANDARDIZED CONTAINER PROGRAM
DISTRIBUTION PROGRESS REPORT AND CONTAINER IDENTIFICATION
Mr. Fauth provided a summary of container orders for the period July 2001 through
• May 2002. As of June 6, 2002, containers have been ordered and invoiced as follows:
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14,000
90 gallon
$770,725.38
28,140
60 gallon
$1,359,639.35
1,050
35 gallon
$42,783.42
43,190
Total
$2,173,148.15
Mr. Fauth reported the Roto invoices reflect a completion of the ordering process as the
containers have been delivered to all 10 routes plus the initial inventory orders. Initial
inventory orders were placed for 200 — 90- gallon and 50 — 35- gallon containers.
AT &T memorialized the completion of the rollout of the final containers on May 7, 2002.
To date, the District has ordered and delivered 9% above (to a total of 43,190
containers) the total number of containers estimated for the program at an approximate
.6% cost under -run ($2,186,735.91) for the $2.2M program. The variances are due to
differences in the number and sizes of containers requested by residents. The initial
goal is to maintain approximately 50 -100 containers of various sizes in inventory at the
Costa Mesa Disposal year. Initial orders will maintain these quantities and gradually
decrease over the next six months.
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Discussion was held on the concern with standardized containers being left on the
streets at many residences instead of being placed on the curb.
Mr. Fauth gave an update on the container identification tags pilot program.
WASTE DIVERSION
Director Worthington presented the theory of encouraging residents to place more food
in their garbage disposals thereby increasing the waste stream in the sewer system and
decreasing the solid waste stream that requires pickup, transportation, sorting, and
landfilling. Director Worthington questioned whether it was more cost effective to use
the sewer system because the resulting biosolids by- product can be used as a land
application. After discussion, the following questions were posed:
1. Does the food that now gets collected in the solid waste stream become
composted?
• 2. If the food was removed from the solid waste stream, would the recyclables such
as newspapers in the resulting solid waste stream become less contaminated
and a higher diversion percentage achievable?
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3. What percentage of the residential food waste stream is currently placed in the
sewer system through the garbage disposal and would the public be receptive to
a campaign to increase the percentage?
4. What are the implications to the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) of
increasing the waste stream by the addition of more food and the associated
increase in water?
5. What percentage of food waste in the sewer system ends up as biosolids versus
going out through the ocean outfall?
6. What is the cost of producing Class A biosolids and the trucking costs to
transport the biosolids to Kings County or Kern County? What are the long term
costs associated with biosolids considering OCSD is contemplating a plant in
Colton to process biosolids to Class A?
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After additional discussion, President Schafer suggested Director Worthington request
full Board consideration of the item due to the Staff effort needed to follow through with
the research.
LARGE ITEM COLLECTION PROGRAM — 2002
Ms. Revak reported the Annual Large Item Collection Program begins on Monday, June
24 and will run through the week of August 26, 2002, and provided a copy of a press
release to be distributed to local newspapers. A sample of the door hanger that will be
placed at the door of residences two weeks prior to the collection date was also
presented.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments; no public in attendance.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:38 a.m.
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