Palm Springs Disposal Services RECYCLING UPDATES Residential Recycling
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Palm Springs Disposal Services RECYCLING UPDATES § Residential Recycling § Commercial Recycling § Food Waste/Composting § E-Waste 2012 Tonnage Springs & Fall City Wide Clean-up Totals § AB 341 Mandatory Recycling
Residential Recycling Program Residential Tons 4000 3458, 99 3500 3000 3625, 35 3583, 09 3477, 60 2680, 37 2500 5 4 2000 3 2 1500 1 1000 500 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 4 5 0 1 2 NOTE: 2012 December not Inc. , will be over the 3700 ton mark at the end of the year
Commercial Recycling Program TONNAGE 1254, 54 1280, 26 1306, 1 2010 2011 2012 3 4 5 1087, 33 987, 31 2008 1 2009 2 NOTE: 2012 Incomplete, December is not included
Food Waste/Composting Program Participants § § § Palm Springs Convention Center Renaissance Hotel Spa Hotel/Spa Casino Palm Springs Airport Desert Regional Medical (working on it) Food Waste Diverted from Landfill 1, 130, 260 lbs. Thank you
2012 Total E-Waste Tonnage • Palm Springs Disposal Services has recovered 36. 73 tons of e-waste in the calendar year of 2012 along with 19. 76 tons of used tires and 30 gallons of oil. • Springs 2012 city wide clean-up yielded 13. 05 tons of waste along with tires and e-waste. • Fall 2012 city wide clean-up yielded 48. 92 tons of waste along with tires and e-waste
AB 341 Mandatory Recycling • AB 341 – Business Requirements – • Businesses that generate 4 cubic yards of commercial solid waste a week and multi-family dwellings of 5 units or more are required to arrange for recycling services on and after July 1, 2012 AB 341 – Jurisdiction Regulatory Requirements - Jurisdictions must implement a commercial recycling program that consist of: • Education/Outreach – Informing businesses of State requirements and how to recycle in the jurisdiction. The City of Palm Springs is partnered with Palm Springs Disposal Services to make recycling programs available. Informational Letters and brochures will be sent to facilities that are not in compliance.
Jurisdictions must implement a commercial recycling program that consist of: • Monitoring – Identifying businesses that aren’t recycling and informing them of the State requirement. • A tracking database of all businesses in Palm Springs has been developed by Palm Springs Disposal Services and will be used to track and monitor all business/multifamily waste & recycling programs. • Reporting - Recycling programs and quantities are reported to Cal. Recycle (State) in the Electronic Annual Report.
Palm Springs AB 341 Status • To Date Approximately 40 Businesses have signed up for a recycling program since the regulation has taken effect (July, 2012). • To Date Approximately 25 multi-family dwellings have signed up for a recycling program since the regulation has taken effect (July, 2012).