COUNTYWIDE INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE/ CRRA San
Diego Chapter and Zero Waste San Diego Public Meeting
MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
WHEN: Thursday, April 14th, 2022 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm.
This meeting will be virtual
Phone call in through Teams:
Call +1 619-343-2539 United States, San Diego
(Toll) and enter the meeting ID 591 154 284#
Agenda
·
Welcome and
Introductions
·
Approval, Minutes March
2022
·
Chair’s Report
·
Staff Reports
·
Cities
·
County
·
Haulers
·
Non-Profits
·
LWV
·
Public Comments and
Communication
·
Regional Planning
Issues
·
Legislative Update
·
Roundtable
·
Adjournment
Minutes
WHEN: Thursday, March 10, from 12:00-1:00
p.m.
·
Welcome
and Introductions
o
Leslie Webb Blanco
(City of Vista), Anthony Smith (Republic), Derek Lam (City of San Diego), Steve
Weihe (County of San Diego), Tracy Black (Green STEAM Alliance), Beryl Flom
(League of Women Voters), Ric Anthony (Zero Waste San Diego), Bob Hill (EDCO),
Kristy Stone (Green STEAM Alliance)
·
Approval,
Minutes February 2022-approved, no changes
·
Chair’s
Report
o
Chair asked if Tier 1
Generators have been identified
o
Earth Fair this year
will be in-person
§
Rafael’s is lacking
staff for tent rentals, but volunteers may be able to fill the gap.
§
Two food courts and
beer gardens will be operating
·
Staff
Reports
o
City of
San Diego
o
City announced the
Organics Processing Facility Project (OPF)
§
Enhancement to
Greenery (RFP is in place), relocating the Greenery within the existing
footprint of the Miramar Landfill
§
City calculated the
additional tonnage influx due to SB 1383 requirement at 690 tons/day
§
Once OPF is complete,
maximum capacity for the Greenery would be up to 250K tons/year
o
Roll out to city
facilities with organics services has begun
§
All locations will get
a green cart from Republic services (holders of the citywide facility contract)
o
City completed their 2nd
monthly presentation to local waste and recycling haulers on SB 1383 info.
o
Multi-family/Commercial
locations
§
I Love A Clean San
Diego is coordinating, grassroots outreach within select neighborhoods to
multi-family properties.
§
City continues their
commercial business walks in South Bay and City Heights
·
County of
San Diego
o
Three new
Recycling Specialist I positions have been filled and employees have
started. These positions will focus on
commercial and multi-family outreach and inspections, including SB 1383.
o
County is
interested in developing outreach materials for an OOPS tag program.
o
Work
continues on organics recycling-related outreach. Staff is fielding daily calls/emails with
questions from residents and businesses around recycling and organic waste.
o
The
County continues to perform inspections of commercial and multi-family
locations for 1383 and mandatory recycling compliance.
·
City of
Vista
o
Working through 1383
rollout with help from Solana Center identifying Tier I/II generators as well
as capacity planning.
o
Vista is contracting
with EcoHero to target elementary schools in April for various presentations.
·
Haulers
o
EDCO
§ Main contaminants in found in anaerobic digester are
plastic and compostable plastic bags as well as rocks and stones (they settle
to the bottom of the tanks and cannot be easily removed)
§ EDCO is looking into a sorting line located prior to
the digester intake to help identify and remove contamination.
§ SB 1383
·
EDCO has
a team of field reps in Lemon Grove and San Marcos reaching out to commercial
businesses that they service about organics collection.
§ Residential
·
EDCO
continues to message through their newsletters
§ Mulch give-back program
·
Materials
from tree trimmers and other high quality woody material will be transferred to
Ramona’s transfer station to be processed into mulch.
§ EDCO rep mentioned the potential for a future CAC
meeting at EDCO’s Escondido facility with a tour of anaerobic digester system.
o
Republic
§ Anthony Smith announced himself as the new Municipal
Administrator
§ Republic is partnering with I Love A Clean San Diego
for the Creek to Bay Cleanup on 4/23 and will provide containers/carts.
·
League of
Women Voters
o
Members
are organizing support for the vote on People’s Ordinance at City Council
meeting on 3/16
·
Zero
Waste San Diego
o
No
additional updates
·
Public
Comments and Communication
o
No
comments
·
Regional
Planning Issues – No report.
·
Legislative
Update
o
AB 2440,
Battery and Battery-Embedded Product Recycling and Fire Risk Reduction Act of
2022 – Introduced 2/17/22, pending referral.
o SB 1215,
Battery and Battery-Embedded Product Recycling and Fire Risk Reduction Act of
2022 – Introduced 2/17/22, in EQ.
o
AB 2026,
Recycling: plastic packaging and carryout bags – in Natural Resources.
o AB 2779, Recycling:
single-use plastic beverage container caps – pending referral.
o
AB 1985, Organic waste: list:
available products– Introduced 2/10/22. Current law requires the State Air
Resources Board to approve and implement a comprehensive short-lived climate
pollutant reduction strategy and requires CalRecycle to in consultation with
the board to adopt regulations and achieve organic waste reduction goals including a requirement intended
to meet the goal that not less than 20% of edible food that is currently
disposed of be recovered for human consumption by 2025. This bill would require
CalRecycle to compile and maintain on its internet website a list, organized by
zip code, of information regarding
persons or entities that produce and have available in the state organic
waste products and update the list every 6 months.
o
AB
2613, Farmers and ranchers: solid waste
cleanup: grants – Introduced 2/18/22. Current law requires CalRecycle to
establish a farm and ranch solid waste cleanup and abatement grant program for
cleaning up and abating the effects of illegally disposed solid waste. This
bill would require CalRecycle to establish a pilot project within the program,
until January 1, 2028.
·
Roundtable
– None.
·
Adjournment
Richard Anthony
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