California Integrated Waste Management Board. 58 Percent Diversion Generated 94 Million Tons...

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2008A 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 milestoneSACRAMENTO 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.”

Sites Cleaned Up

15 Year Anniversary for AB2136

Nearly 1,000 sites cleaned up

12 projects in 2008 for $6 million

Tires Being Diverted

74 Percent Tire Diversion

Up from 33 percent in 1990

Grants Awarded

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

Recycled Market Development Zone Program

Over $100 Million in Loans

153 loans to 120 businesses

Electronic Waste Recycling Program

500 million pounds recycled

$240 million paid outOver 650 collectors &

60 recyclers

Local Jurisdictions

340 Jurisdiction have met 50 percent61 good faith efforts15 under court orders

PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS

Streamlining Grants

Process ImprovementEfficiency

Fiscal Integrity

More effectively meeting needs of stakeholders

Improved Enforcement Tools

Expanded and Enhanced Local Enforcement Agency and Board authority

Administrative civil penalties

Criminal penalties

PROGRAM PROGRESS

Climate ChangeCalifornia 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

Extended Producer Responsibility

Adopted an Extended Producer Responsibility

Framework

Working with broad stakeholder community

Permitting

13 new permits 18

Renewals/revisions Complex,

controversial Sunshine Canyon Redwood

Inspections

686 Sites inspected

Financial Assurances for Post Closure Maintenance

Long term care after closure

Quantified financial risk to State

Regulations drafted

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 

2008 IN REVIEW

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