1. 1 Sonoma County’s Solid Waste Management System

2. 2 Solid Waste System Overview- Roles & Responsibilities All Jurisdictions – each contracts with private haulers for waste collection and recycling services County – responsible for all county solid waste disposal sites Sonoma County Waste Management Agency – AB939, County-wide waste programs

3. 3 Solid Waste System Overview- Collection Collection - each jurisdiction contracts with private haulers Empire Waste Management (also Cloverdale Disposal and Larry’s Sanitary Service) 46,400 residential customers North Bay Corporation (also Pacific Coast Disposal, Rohnert Park Disposal, Santa Rosa Recycling and Collection, Sunrise Garbage Service, West Sonoma County Disposal, and Windsor Refuse and Recycling) 61,000 residential customers

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5. 5 Recycling - New Can on the Block Before After

6. 6 Label on Blue Bins

7. 7 Empire Waste Management Bollegraaf ‘star’ and ‘banana’ screens

8. 8 North Bay Corporation Bulk Handling Systems NewSorter

9. 9 Solid Waste System Overview- Disposal Disposal - County operates County-wide disposal system 1 landfill – Central Disposal Site Winner of 2004 National Recycling Coalition Award for Outstanding Government Program 4 transfer stations 7 closed landfills

10. 10 County Disposal Sites

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12. 12 Solid Waste System Overview- the Joint Powers Agency The Sonoma County Waste Management Agency (SCWMA) is responsible for AB939 regional programs

13. 13 The Sonoma County Waste Management Agency Formed in 1992 Is a Joint Powers Agency Consists of the nine cities of Sonoma County and the County of Sonoma Provides each member jurisdiction a single vote Has six primary responsibilities

14. 14 SCWMA Responsibilities Wood Waste Processing Yard Waste Processing Household Hazardous Waste Management Recycling Education Solid Waste Diversion Waste Management Planning

15. 15 Wood Waste Processing Collected at the six County disposal sites Processed at Central Disposal Site 12,800 tons collected in 2003 Tipping fee is $24.50/ton End-uses are landscape products and bio-mass fuel

16. 16 Yard Waste Processing Collected at the six County sites Composted at the Central Disposal Site (temporary location since 1993) 82,200 tons collected in 2003 Tipping fee is $31/ton Work underway to establish a permanent composting facility off the landfill site

17. 17 Household Hazardous Waste Management Household Toxic Waste Facility Community Toxics Collections Toxics Rover pick up service Toxics Roundups discontinued

18. 18 Recycling Guide printed in the SBC phone book Yellow Pages (2003 California Resource Recovery Association Award for Public Education Outreach) Eco-Desk Hotline Website www.recyclenow.org Recycling Education

19. 19 Green Building Display SonoMax Materials Exchange Booths at fairs Recycling Education Builders’ Guide Home composting

20. 20 Solid Waste Diversion RMDZ Recycling Market Development Zone Recycling at public parks

21. 21 Waste Management Planning AB 939 Regional Agency AB 939 Reporting for Disposal and Diversion Programs Update Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan (CoIWMP)

22. 22 Solid Waste System - Current Issues RWQCB Regulatory Issues at Central Disposal Site Capacity Shortfall in Short Term – interim out-of- County disposal Petaluma solid waste decisions – who’s responsible for monitoring/maintenance of our ‘old’ garbage?

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24. 24 groundwater discharge Central Disposal Site water monitoring data total VOC’s and SVOC’s daily rainfall