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2008. A Year In Review. California Integrated Waste Management Board. Successes. Statewide Diversion. 58 Percent Diversion Generated 94 Million Tons Disposed 39.6 Million Tons Diverted 53.5 Million Tons. California hits recycling milestone SACRAMENTO December 29, 2008

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2008

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  1. 2008 A Year In Review California Integrated Waste Management Board

  2. Successes

  3. Statewide Diversion 58 Percent Diversion Generated 94 Million Tons Disposed 39.6 Million Tons Diverted 53.5 Million Tons California hits recycling milestone SACRAMENTO December 29, 2008 Fifty-eight percent of solid waste in California is now recycled or otherwise diverted away from landfills, the Integrated Waste Management Board says today. It’s the highest percentage of any state, it says, ahnd amounts to diverting 54 million tons of trash for reuse and recycling. California produces about 93 million tons of solid waste per year. Fifty-four million tons of diverted waste is equivalent to filling more than 100 football fields to a height equal to the Empire State Building, the waste board figures. “We are proud to be the nation’s recycling leader,” says Board Chairwoman Margo Reid Brown. “This great accomplishment is testimony to the hard work and very successful partnership between state and local government, the solid waste industry, businesses, and everyday citizens.”

  4. Sites Cleaned Up 15 Year Anniversary for AB2136 Nearly 1,000 sites cleaned up 12 projects in 2008 for $6 million

  5. Tires Being Diverted 74 Percent Tire Diversion Up from 33 percent in 1990

  6. Grants Awarded Awarded almost $41 million in grant funds to approximately 600 governmental, educational and private entities in the State

  7. Recycled Market Development Zone Program Over $100 Million in Loans 153 loans to 120 businesses

  8. Electronic Waste Recycling Program 500 million pounds recycled $240 million paid out Over 650 collectors & 60 recyclers

  9. Local Jurisdictions 340 Jurisdiction have met 50 percent • 61 good faith efforts • 15 under court orders

  10. Environmental Enforcement • Golden By-Products • Tri-C • City of Cerritos • Mono County LEA • Notice of Intent • Rigid Plastic Packaging Container certification

  11. Program improvements

  12. Changing Our Measurement System SB 1016 Signed From diversion to disposal Simpler, more accurate & timelier

  13. Streamlining Grants Process Improvement Efficiency Fiscal Integrity More effectively meeting needs of stakeholders

  14. Audits & Evaluations Enhancing fiscal integrity 17 percent goal 73 grants, 21 ewaste audits are underway or completed

  15. Waste Tire Hauler Enforcement Streamlined program for waste tire hauler violations 80 streamlined penalty cases

  16. Improving Program Efficiency • Tire Enforcement • Used Oil Program • RMDZ • WRAP • E-Waste

  17. Improved Enforcement Tools Expanded and Enhanced Local Enforcement Agency and Board authority Administrative civil penalties Criminal penalties

  18. Program Progress

  19. Climate Change California has reduced annual green house gas emissions related to manufacturing and disposal by almost 4 MMTCO2 equivalent Landfill Gas Capture Life Cycle Assessment of Organic Materials Management Options Identified a CAT strategy for increasing landfill methane capture to achieve 3 MMTCO2 equivalents by 2020

  20. Extended Producer Responsibility • Adopted an Extended Producer Responsibility Framework • Working with broad stakeholder community

  21. Organics Road Map • Updated Organics Policy Roadmap • 8 actions to increase siting and capacity • Focus on research, outreach, tools & enforcement

  22. Infrastructure Project Comprehensive inventory of infrastructure Modeling material flows

  23. Greening California Through Department of General Services contracting EPP Best Practices Manual (40 products)

  24. Permitting • 13 new permits • 18 Renewals/revisions • Complex, controversial • Sunshine Canyon • Redwood

  25. Inspections 686 Sites inspected

  26. Financial Assurances for Post Closure Maintenance Long term care after closure Quantified financial risk to State Regulations drafted

  27. Landfill Gas Monitoring Program 146 plans due 103 received by Board 29 approved or acceptable 41 ongoing evaluations

  28. Disaster Debris Southern California Wildfires Golden Guardian

  29. Cleaning Up Litter Collaboration with Ocean Protection Council Implementing Plastic Bag Recycling

  30. Education and the Environment • 85 EEI curriculum units in development • National expert on review • When approved, EEI made available to more than 1,000 California school districts serving over 10 million K-12 students

  31. Training • External • 1112 participants – 33% increase • Internal • Over 350 participants • 91 classes • 900 enrollments

  32. 2008 in Review Welcome 2009

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