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COUNTYWIDE INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE/ CRRA San Diego Chapter and Zero Waste San Diego Public Meeting
MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
WHEN: Thursday, May 8, 2025 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm
This meeting will be in-person with the option for virtual attendance
PLEASE NOTE: floor and room change for in-person attendance
County of San Diego, Department of Public Works
5510 Overland Ave
3rd Floor, Conference Room #371
(For access - please ring the C&D bell located at the County Surveyor counter)
San Diego, CA 92123
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Phone call in through Teams:
Call +1 619-343-2539 United States, San Diego (Toll) and enter the meeting ID 591 154 284#
Contact: Steve Weihe 858-694-2559
Submit Agenda Items to Chair Rick Anthony and County Staff Steve Weihe 2 weeks prior to the next meeting: RicAn...@aol.com and Steve...@sdcounty.ca.gov
Agenda
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Approval, Minutes April 2025
3. Chair’s Report
4. Staff Reports
a. Cities
b. County
c. Haulers
d. Non-Profits
5. Public Comments and Communication
6. Regional Planning Issues
a. Wasting Fee
7. Legislative Update
8. Roundtable
9. Adjournment
Minutes
WHEN: Thursday, April 10, from 12:00-2:00 p.m.
1. Welcome and Introductions
a. Chair
i. Richard Anthony* (*in-person attendee)
b. Guests
i. April Andrews, County of San Diego*
ii. Kirk Kinder, County of San Diego*
iii. Madeline LaScola & Lotte Phoumnavong – Goodwill of San Diego
iv. Beryl Flom – League of Women Voters
v. Ron Askeland - Sierra Club
vi. Louise Batchelor - EnviroGreen
vii. Julia Glorioso – I Love A Clean San Diego
viii. Steve Mergener – Zero Waste San Diego*
ix. Anais Putnam – City of San Diego
2. Approval, minutes from March 2025
a. Approved
3. Chair’s Report
a. Grant funding is being looked at.
b. San Diego City Council meeting Monday regarding Measure B.
c. Chula Vista Fix It Clinic coming up on Saturday, 4/12
4. Staff reports
a. City of San Diego
i. Events
1. Measure B
a. Monday, April 14 – 2 pm “Open House.” FAQ website is live Potential Future Fees for Waste Collection Service | City of San Diego Official Website
b. Open house calendar and website - City of San Diego Trash Study | Participate
ii. Compost Giveaways
a. https://cleangreensd.org/participation/
2. Future giveaways can be found by visiting https://www.sandiego.gov/environmental-services/recycling/composting-events
b. County of San Diego
i. Site Visits
1. Actively visiting C&D sites, Tier I/II business (under SB 1383), commercial as well as multi-family residences to assist with recycling and organic waste educational outreach.
a. 47 site visits conducted in March. three were Tier II, three were Tier I, two were MFC and one was C&D. 31 staff site visits and 16 contractor visits.
ii. Waivers
1. Reviews continue both on organic waste waiver exemptions and self-haul forms for recyclables.
iii. Outreach
1. Starting to give out kitchen pails to multifamily residents to help with the convenience of storage/transport. Bringing to tabling events.
2. Master Composter Course beginning March 15th through April 12th at Water Conservation Garden in El Cajon
3. Continuing school presentations.
4. Newly revised MFC bag designs are finished and will be printed within the coming months.
5. Working on OOPS Tag program (beginning procurement steps)
iv. Self-Haul
1. Some businesses have decided to stop self-hauling recyclables (too much work) and have switched back to cart/dumpster service.
c. Haulers
i. EDCO – no report
d. Non-profits
i. Zero Waste San Diego (ZWSD)
1. Fix-It Clincs
a. Events https://zerowastesandiego.org/sdfixitclinic/
ii. Goodwill
1. Hosting a Sustainability Fair from 11 AM to 2 PM on April 27th at the Sports Arena location - https://sdgoodwill.org/goodwill-san-diegosustainability-fair-2025/
iii. I Love A Clean San Diego
1. https://cleansd.org/events/category/events/list/
2. Many upcoming events around various topics.
a. 4/12 9-11 am Watershed Warriors.
b. 4/19 at 8 am – noon - compost giveaway with City of San Diego at Lake Murray Park.
c. Saturday, April 26th cleanup events throughout San Diego. Registration is now open; looking for site captains and volunteers; over 40 sites available to sign up.
d. 4/12/25 from 10am-2pm: Outreach booth at Barrio Logan Science & Art Expo
e. 4/19/25 from 11am-6pm: Outreach booth at San Diego EarthFest
f. 4/30/25 from 6-7pm: Food Hacks that Prevent Waste Webinar
g. 5/14/25 from 5:30-7pm: Food Hacks that Prevent Waste Workshop at Mountain View Community Center
B. Solana Center’s knowledgeable speakers will present practical solutions for reducing food waste in your home, and discuss how to incorporate these practices into your daily life.
h. Miramar Landfill Bus Tour
B. Saturday 4/12 9:00 - 11:00am, Parking and Pickup/Dropoff Location (carpooling highly encouraged): Metro Biosolids Center
C. This two (2) hour bus tour will give you a peek behind-the-scenes to find out what really happens when you dispose of waste and clear up the myth of throwing something “away”. This event is available for City of San Diego residents ONLY. As a safety precaution, long pants and close-toed shoes are REQUIRED. A signed waiver will be required at the start of the tour. This tour is not recommended for children under 12 years of age. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
D. Register, learn more, and find waivers.
E. View Details
iv. Sierra Club.
1. Ron is working with Laura Anthony to build a wasting fee coalition.
vi. Zero Waste San Diego
1. Twenty Fixit Clinics planned with 60 “fixes” occurring, on average, at each event; 25 Fixers helping.
vi. League of Women Voters– No report
5. Public Comments and Communication
a. Attendees discussed
1. Louise Batchelor – considering starting an e-waste by mail collection model with EnviroGreen. Would like to start a committee with CAC attendees and others to see if creating a box program would enhance e-waste collection efforts (laptops, phones, cords, etc). Boxes would be reused from existing inventory. If interested, contact Lou...@Sandiegorecycles.com
6. Regional Planning issues
a. Wasting Fee discussion (from Chair)
i. Steve Mergener (Zero Waste San Diego) outlined his cost for City of San Diego waste services at $19 - $20 per household.
7. Legislative update (https://www.calpsc.org/legislation)
a. Old bills
a. AB 2 – Ward – Recycling: solar photovoltaic modules
Solar panel EPR - Merged into AB 1238. Died in the Senate Com. on APPR. on 8/16/24
b. SB 560 – Laird – Solid waste: gas cylinders: stewardship program
Gas cylinder EPR - Dead bill as of 1/18/24.
c. SB 707 - Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2023
Textiles EPR - Signed into law.
d. AB 234 – Bauer-Kahan – Microparticles - dead bill as of 1/31/24.
e. AB 347 – Ting - Household product safety: toxic substances - Signed into law.
f. AB 660 – Irwin – Food labeling: quality dates, safety dates, and sell by dates - Signed into law.
g. AB 1290 – Luz Rivas – Product safety: plastic packaging: substances
Banning colored PETE (#1) bottles - Dead bill as of 2/1/24.
h. AB 1347 – Ting – Solid waste: paper waste: proofs of purchase
“Skip the Slip.” Amended on 07/13/23. Sitting in Senate Com. on APPR. as of 08/21/23.
i. AB 1659 – Gabriel – Sale of small electronic devices: charging devices
Universal small electronics receptacle.
Now a 2-Year bill. Sitting in Senate Appropriations Committee as of 08/15/24.
j. SB 54 regulations have been released (updated covered materials list) - https://calrecycle.ca.gov/packaging/packaging-epr/cmclist/
h. SB 1053 -- Solid waste: reusable grocery bags: standards: plastic film prohibition
Signed into law.
i. SB 1143 – Paint products: stewardship program
Amended from HHW EPR bill to Paint Stewardship bill - Signed into law.
j. SB 1280 -- Waste management: propane cylinders: reusable or refillable
Signed into law.
k. AB 2762 -- Plastic waste: California Reusable Beverage Container Act
Dead bill as of 5/17/24.
l. AB 2761 – Reducing Toxics in Packaging Act
Held in Committee at the request of the author 6/13/24.
AB-863, Carpet and flooring recycling: producer responsibility organizations: fines: succession: training.
This bill would establish a flooring producer responsibility program.
Signed into law.
New 2025 bills introduced:
m. AB-762, Single-use Vaping Devices Sales Ban
This bill would prohibit, beginning January 1, 2026, a person from selling, distributing, or offering for sale a new or refurbished disposable, battery-embedded vapor inhalation device in this state. The bill would define a “disposable, battery-embedded vapor inhalation device” to mean a vaporization device that is not designed or intended to be reused, as specified.
n. AB-823, Solid waste: plastic microbeads.
This bill would, on and after January 1, 2027, prohibit a person from selling, distributing, or offering for promotional purposes in this state a cleaning product, as defined, or a personal care product in a rinse-off product, containing one ppm or more by weight of plastic microbeads that are used as an abrasive, as specified. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2028, prohibit a person from selling, distributing, or offering for promotional purposes in this state a coating, as defined, cleaning product, or personal care product, that contains one ppm or more by weight of plastic microbeads that are not used as an abrasive.
o. AB-864, Hazardous waste: solar photovoltaic modules
This bill would exempt solar photovoltaic modules not identified as hazardous waste and treated as universal waste, as defined, from state hazardous waste regulations, if transferred to a designated recycler for legitimate recycling.
p. SB-45, Recycling: beverage containers: tethered plastic caps
The bill would require, on and after January 1, 2027, beverage containers, as defined, intended for sale in this state, to have a cap that is tethered to the container that prevents the separation of the cap from the container when the cap is removed from the container by the consumer. (Rick spoke on this one)
q. SB-501, Household Hazardous Waste Producer Responsibility Act
This bill would create a producer responsibility program for products containing household hazardous waste and would require a producer responsibility organization (PRO) to ensure the safe and convenient collection and management of covered products at no cost to consumers or local governments. The bill would define “covered product” to mean a consumer product that is ignitable, toxic, corrosive, or reactive, or that meets other specified criteria.
r. SB-561, Hazardous waste: Emergency Distress Flare Safe Disposal Act (Marine Flares)
This bill would create a manufacturer responsibility program for the safe and proper management of emergency distress flares. The bill would define “covered product” to include certain pyrotechnic devices that meet the criteria for household hazardous waste, as specified. The bill would require a manufacturer of a covered product, individually or through a manufacturer responsibility organization, to develop and management of covered products, as specified.
s. SB-615, Vehicle Traction Batteries
This bill would require a battery supplier, as defined, to be responsible for, among other duties, ensuring the responsible end-of-life management of a vehicle traction battery if it is removed from a vehicle that is still in service, as provided, or if the vehicle traction battery is offered or returned to its battery supplier, and reporting information regarding the sale, transfer, or receipt of a vehicle traction battery or module to the department, as provided.
t. AB-80 Carpet recycling: product stewardship for carpet: fines
The act includes a product stewardship for carpet program and a successor carpet producer responsibility program. The product stewardship for carpet program requires a manufacturer of carpets sold in this state, individually or through a carpet stewardship organization, to submit a carpet stewardship plan to the department. The program authorizes the department to administratively impose a civil penalty of $25,000 per day on any person in violation of the program if the violation is intentional, knowing, or negligent.
u. Bills vetoed by the Governor (previous session):
i. SB 1066 -- EPR for Marine Flares
ii. SB 615 – End-of-life management for vehicle traction batteries
8. Roundtable
a. Federal Senate has approved a Recycling and a separate composting bill
i. S. 1194 Recycling and Composting A87ccountability Act
ii. S. 1189 Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2024 Passed Senate on 3/12/24.
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8. Adjournment