HomeMy WebLinkAbout20 SB1066 STATUS REP 03-20-06AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: MARCH 20, 2006
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: SUBJECT:
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
SB-1066 TIME EXTENSION STATUS REPORT
SUMMARY
The City has fully implemented all plan elements of its SB-1066 Plan of Correction. The
major accomplishments are increasing the commercial diversion rate by 70% (from 70
tons/month to 130 tons/month); adoption of a revised Construction and Demolition(C&D)
Debris ordinance and internal training to track all City projects; full development and
distribution of brochures and production of a video for single family, multifamily and
commercial sectors; introduction of a source separation program for 10,000+ multifamily
units with the innovation of new bins and collection routing; utilization of transformation to
augment the commercial and multifamily diversion efforts and utilization of Material
Recovery Facility (MRFing) to capture additional material from the multifamily sector. No
action is required by the City Council at this time.
RECOMMENDATION
This report is provided for information purposes only. Staff recommends that the City
Council receive and file this report.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
BACKGROUND
AB-939, the California Integrated Waste Management Act requires the City to divert from
landfills at least 50% of waste generated in the City starting in the year 2000. The City has
not yet complied with this requirement. In March of 2005, the City Council approved a
Diversion Services Agreement with Federal Disposal Service (FDS) to implement the
California Integrated Waste Management Board's (CIWMB) SB-1066 Time Extension. The
CIWMB required the City to fully implement a "Plan of Correction" by December 31, 2005 to
improve diversion. Listed below is a description and the status of each program identified in
the Plan of Correction.
Residential Curbside Recycling
Monitoring of residential contamination and increased educational efforts by the hauler
resulted in lower contamination levels throughout the City. Given the significant number of
multifamily units in the City the collection of multi-family mixed recycling that began in
August 2004 proved to be very effective. The program was expanded to over 10,000 units
by the end of December 2005 and has diverted 532 tons of recyclables. The program
improved over the year and by November the monthly diversion was 116.79 tons. Using this
number as a basis for monthly diversion it is expected that approximately 1,400 tons will be
diverted in 2006 from the multifamily waste stream. As part of the expansion of the
multifamily program, extensive work was done by the hauler's program manager to educate,
train, and troubleshoots the expansion process. The positive results of the attention placed
on the program are shown by the tonnage data. Program tonnage increased from 25.95
tons in April to 52.67 tons in July and, as noted above, finished off the year with tonnage
levels of 116.79 and 111.47 in November and December respectively-
Residential Drop-Off
Although not a significant source of tonnage, the program provides a community education
value to park users and provides a recycling opportunity to all park uses and functions.
Commercial On-Site Pickup
In the first quarter of 2005 the average monthly diversion was 77 tons. In November and
December the average climbed by 70% to 130 tons per month. A full 37% of the City's
commercial three-yard bins are now devoted to recycling (A total of 407 recycling bins and
over 1,000 desk side containers are placed in the City's commercial sector.) The annual
tonnage goal for this program was 1,600 tons. The program diverted 1,157 tons in 2005.
Although this fell short of the goal, the projected diversion tonnage for 2006 should be
approximately 1,600 based on an annualized projection of the diversion levels achieved in
November (134.27 tons) and December (126.56 tons) of 2005.
In addition to the placement of the normal three-yard recycling bins, the City's hauler also
devised an innovative approach by modifying the standard refuse bin into a wheeled square
shape. This allowed the placement of one modified 2-yard bin for trash and one modified 3-
yard bin for recyclables. This gave the customer a total of five yards of service and provided
recycling within the same enclosure space.
Residential Curbside Greenwaste Collection
The total green waste diverted for 2005 was 6,054.28 tons. Educational efforts and printed
material were distributed as part of the curbside recycling promotion and the City is satisfied
with the level of diversion being achieved by this program.
Concrete/Asphalt/Rubble (Construction/Demolition)
The City has fully implemented this program by revising the City's C&D Ordinance to
remove various exceptions and to lower the threshold for private projects from $100,000 to
$50,000. Public Works staff has also improved internal coordination and is working closely
with the Building Division to insure the ordinance is properly implemented and enforced. In
2005, the City reviewed and approved over 40 Waste Management Plans and 26 Final
Project Reports. Based on the tabulation of these reports the City is achieving an overall
C&D diversion rate of 82% (21,528 tons diverted and 3,536 tons disposed.) Finally, a total of
2,020 tons of the roll off C&D waste handled by the City's franchised hauler was diverted in
2005.
Print (brochures, flyers, guides, news articles)
A complete set of new brochures was prepared for the single family, multifamily and
commercial sectors. In addition the hauler assigned a full time person to promote all the
programs. A significant effort was also made by the hauler's public relations person to work
directly with apartment house managers and commercial businesses. New signage for bins
and containers at the multifamily complexes was designed and distributed during program
expansions. A similar effort was directed to office and retail stores with desk side containers
and signage being placed on new bins as they were placed out for program initiation.
As a follow-up to the brochures, a video was made that was focused on explaining the
single-family recycling programs. The video was shown at civic functions and is aired on the
City's in-house studio.
Outreach
The City staff, its consultant and the City's hauler compiled a complete listing of all
businesses in the City of Tustin. Waste audits were done for the top 100 generators in the
City and implementation was carried out by the hauler for all 100+ accounts. This was
accomplished through cooperative efforts between City staff and the City's hauler. To
achieve the level of effort required the hauler assigned a full-time person to conduct waste
audits, train the generators and follow-up to resolve contamination issues and monitor
reductions in trash service.
Over 400 hours of City staff and consultant time were devoted to providing technical
assistance in program implementation, monitoring, and overall tracking of all elements of the
SB-1066. The franchised hauler devoted 2 full time staff over the period of nine months to
technical assistance to implement the programs in both the multifamily and commercial
sectors.
Finally, both City staff and its franchised hauler promote recycling and source reduction at
community events such as the Spring Egg Hunt, Business Expo, Chili Cook-off, Concerts in
the Park, Christmas Tree Lighting and numerous other community gatherings by providing
opportunities for recycling and information on available diversion programs.
Economic Incentives
The City has applied a strong incentive for the commercial sector to recycle by enacting a
significant increase in commercial rates. This rate increase provided a strong incentive to
recycle to the businesses and the additional rate revenues generated were used to pay the
hauler for expanded program implementation. Monitoring of commercial businesses by City
staff and its consultant have confirmed that the rate increase was effective in both
encouraging recycling and in providing sufficient incentive to the franchised hauler to
undertake a more proactive approach to implementation of recycling programs.
Manual Materials Recovery Facility
As noted in prior reports, the MRFing of multifamily wastes was used as a backup program
while the Source Separation Program was being designed, tested, and brought to full
implementation. The MRFing of multifamily wastes was done during the months of April
through October 2005. The tonnage delivered to Sunset Environmental for MRFing was
processed and the amount of material recovered by month was: April - 39.44, May - 196.88,
Jun - 208.85, July - 205.09, Aug - 151.14, Sept - 175.49, Oct - 114.65, Nov - 0, and
December - O. The total MRFed for 2005 was 1091.54 tons. The goal was 1,600 tons;
however, the original plan did not contain source separation. The source separation plan was
piloted in the spring of 2005 and the tonnage recovered by month was: April - 58.86, May -
55.61, Jun - 59.95, Jul - 52.67, Aug - 50.68, Sep - 44.01, Oct - 57.23, Nov - 116.79, Dec-
111.47. The total combined MRFing and source separated tonnage diverted from the
multifamily wastes for 2005 was 1,796.81 tons, which slightly exceeds the 1,600-ton goal for
multifamily diversion.
Waste-to-Energy
This program element was utilized as a backup to source separation and MRFing of
commercial and multifamily wastes. The use of the South East Resource Recovery Facility
(SERRF) by Tustin is not a 100% reliable option as acceptance of Tustin tonnage at the
SERRF Long Beach facility is governed by the availability of tipping capacity. During 2005
waste was directly delivered to the Long Beach SERRF by FDS. In addition, FDS delivered
loads to Sunset Environmental which were then transferred to SERRF for transformation.
The total over all tonnage deliveries were: Commercial - 1,780.35 tons and Multifamily -
1516.59 tons. Total tonnage delivered to SERRF was 3,296.94 tons. This is double the 1066
goal of 1,600 tons.
In conclusion, the City is progressing in its effort to comply with state requirements to
increase recycling and implement diversion programs. No further action by the City Council
is necessary at this time. Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file this report.
Tim D. Serlet
Director of Public Works/City Engineer
Joe Meyers
Administrative Services Manager
TDS: JM: ccg: AB903-1066 Status Report