DATE: September 10, 2015
TO: Council Sustainability Committee
FROM: Director of Utilities & Environmental Services
SUBJECT
Title
Annual Update on City's Waste Reduction and Recycling Programs
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Committee reviews and comments on this report.
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SUMMARY
This report is an annual update on the recycling services offered residents and businesses under the City's contract with Waste Management of Alameda County (WMAC) that became effective March 1, 2015. Included in this report is the City's diversion rate for 2014, which has been determined to be 76%. This meets and exceeds the City's previously established diversion goal of 75%. Also described in this report is a summary of the City's compliance with the mandatory recycling ordinance and a description of the outreach activities conducted to inform residents and owners of multi-family and business properties of the variety of services available under the City's new contract.
BACKGROUND
In accordance with the requirements of Measure D, a County Charter initiative amendment passed in 1990, the Alameda County Recycling Board established the goal of at least 75% diversion of all discarded materials in Alameda County by 2010. In 2007, Council adopted a goal of diverting at least 75% of waste from the landfill by 2010. In 2013, the City's actual diversion rate was 74%. The City's contract with WMAC establishes diversion goals based on the tons of discarded materials collected as recyclables, organics, or solid waste to be landfilled. The diversion goals identified in the contract are designed, in part, to help the City to achieve an 80% diversion rate by 2018.
In conjunction with the City's contract with WMAC, staff manages a variety of programs that are intended to help achieve the City's diversion goals.
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