Minutes - Recycling - 2009-11-23•
COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT
MINUTES OF RECYCLING COMMITTEE MEETING
November 23, 2009
The Costa Mesa Sanitary District Recycling Committee met at 12:00 p.m. at 628 W.
19th Street, Costa Mesa.
Directors Present: Robert Ooten and Gary Monahan
Staff Present: Don McIntyre, Tom Fauth, Joan Revak, Sherry Kallab,
Teresa Gonzalez, AJ Cully
Others Present: Trisha Throop, Community Relations Recycling Coordinator
CR &R
Mike Carey, OCC Recycling Center
Director Ooten called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m.
I. Recycling Committee Goals for 2009 -2010
Staff reviewed the Recycling Committee Goals for 2009 -2010 with no recommended
updates.
II. Orange County Waste and Recycling Sub - Regional Meetings and Grant
Program
The Sub - Regional meeting was attended by Jocelyn Schamber, of the City as District Staff
was attending a WDR meeting. All the required documentation for the second grant was
provided on November 16, 2009, as required and a Grant check for $142,256 will be released
the second week in December.
With regard to the 2007 -08 Grant, the District received $40,000 for both the City and the
CMSD and the District has performed all the work. 90% of the funds provided under the first
Grant was expended with a remainder of $6,000 the District collected as residents are
charged $20 per container to demonstrate their intent to use the containers for the intended
purpose.
An article from the California Integrated Waste Management Board for fall 2009 was provided.
The publication noted the California Integrated Waste Management Board will be eliminated
• as of January 1, 2010 with nearly all of its authority and resources being transferred to a new
recycling department.
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111. 2009 School Telephone Book Recycling Program
Ms. Revak presented a copy of the flyers provided to Costa Mesa Schools participating in the
2009 Telephone Book Recycling Program. Ms. Revak reported twenty -one schools signed up
for the 2009 program.
IV. Plastics Presentation to Cub Scout Pack 711
Bins were delivered to the Pack Leader for collecting plastic recyclables. The Scouts will
receive $50 for recycling the plastics from the OCC Recycling Center and the District will
reward the Cub Scouts with a matching $50
V. CR &R Report on Other Agencies Recycling Programs
Ms. Throop of CR &R provided information on the collection of the telephone books from the
schools.
Discussion was held on the food recycling pilot program in the Laguna Hills Mall that CR &R is
involved in.
VII. Report on Other CMSD Recycling Programs
• Mr. Fauth provided a report from the CMSD Code Enforcement Officer Isidro Gallardo on
code enforcement activity in the Mesa Verde Avenue and residents failing to properly remove
trash containers from the street curb in a timely manner as required by District and City
Ordinances.
Mike Carey of the OCC Recycling Center reported the collection of 160,000 pounds of a -waste
by the Center by end of this calendar year with the majority coming from Costa Mesa
residents. The items are tracked by proof of residency in the City of Costa Mesa. If they are
not residents of Costa Mesa, they must supply their address for reporting to the State of
California.
Mr. Carey stated their biggest challenge is the reduction in state funding through the beverage
container recycling act. The Center was receiving handling fees from the state Department of
Conservation provided to recycling centers that provide convenience to the public for
recycling. Primarily those are super- market based recycling centers. In addition, non - profits
were eligible to receive those fees and OCC Recycling Center is one of only five eligible in the
state. The Governor "borrowed" $34M from the beverage container recycling fund to help
balance the general fund and the state has no mechanism of paying back those funds. The
state has eliminated the handling fees. Without these funds a lot of supermarket sites will
close, with a projection of 1200 supermarket sites closing by the end of the year. Once the
sites close the grocery association will have to redeem those containers at the stores. A suit
was filed with the state to refund the "borrowed" funds, however, the state does not have the
funds. Consumers, who have paid the CRV deposits, will not have a convenient site to
• redeem their deposits.
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Ms. Gonzalez reported on the Pharmacy Sharps - Pharmaceuticals Collection Program.
The District is pursuing adding both sharps and pharmaceutical collections to pharmacies and
adding pharmacies to the current list of six supported pharmacies.
Ramsay Rexall Drugs expressed an interest in expanding the current sharps collection to
include the pharmaceutical collection after meeting with Ms. Gonzalez and Bill Anderson from
Curbside, Inc. Cost of the sharps and pharmaceutical programs are variable. The District will
review the option to purchase the boxes or pay a slightly higher fee per stop rather than select
the box purchase option. The estimated cost per pharmaceutical box for a typical pharmacy
location will range from $250 to $375 per month. The estimated sharps box cost ranges from
$100 to $300 per month.
Public Comments
There was no public present at the meeting.
Director Ooten adjourned the meeting at 12:43 p.m.
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