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COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
MINUTES OF RECYCLING COMMITTEE MEETING
OCTOBER 8, 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 Flamers, Tom Fauth, Joan Revak
Public Present: Don Sherman
923 Augusta Drive
Moraga, CA 94556
TELEPHONE BOOK RECYCLING PROGRAM
• Ms. Revak informed the Committee that the Telephone Book Recycling Program will run
from November 4 to December 20, 2002. Twenty -seven public and private schools have
signed up for the program and Ms. Revak presented a draft of the flyer /poster for this
year's program. Ms. Revak also reported on a new feature to the program — a CMSD Fall
Quiz — that will be provided to the students. Each school can determine which 10 or so
students can participate in the Quiz. The 15- multiple- choice questions are to be returned
to the District office for judging, and students are encouraged to visit the CMSD website to
aid in their search for answers. The winners will receive a gift certificate for a CD from
Best Buy at Metro - Pointe.
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Director Worthington suggested contacting the new Baskin Robbins in the Target Center
at Harbor and Baker to elicit participation in the program. Confirmation of sponsors for the
2002 Program is being obtained.
USED TIRE ROUND -UP
Mr. Fauth reported on the Used Tire Round -up being held on Saturday, October 12, 2002,
from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the City Corporation Yard. CMSD, the City of Costa Mesa
and the Orange County Conservation Corps sponsor the program. Last year's collection
produced 370 tires that were recycled into crumb rubber for playground covers and
rubberized asphalt street surfaces
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Minutes of Recycling Committee Meeting
October 8, 2002
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E -WASTE
Staff provided an update on the handling of E- Waste. California Governor Gray Davis
vetoed Senate Bill 1253, which would have assessed a tax of $10 for each computer,
television and electronic product sold in the state. The legislature would have been the
first in the country that would have imposed a tax on electronics for the purpose of
improving the products recycling level.
Also provided was a notice from the County of Orange Integrated Waste Management
Department on the landfill disposal ban on Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT's) as well as a report
from the United States House of Representatives on legislation to set up a computer -
recycling program. The report points out that five hundred million computers will need to
be disposed of by 2007. Up to 80% of a -waste is actually exported to Asia, where it ends
up in riverbeds or is illegally and improperly disposed. Over 50% of American households
own computers and are discarding them faster and sooner. A computer's average
lifespan now is only two years. By 2007, this trend will have generated 1.58 billion pounds
• of lead and 632 pounds of mercury, much of which will end up in our environment. The
bill (H.R. 5158) will provide an important first step mechanism for dealing with a -waste
while ensuring that less and less hazardous wastes will contaminate U. S. soil. The
legislation will be funded by assessing a fee of up to $10 for all retail sales of individual
computers, monitors and laptops. This is the first time this problem has been addressed
on the federal level.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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There were no public comments.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:17 a.m.
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