HomeMy WebLinkAbout24- Public Services CITY OF SAN BERft. ARDINO - REQUEST ►-OR COUNCIL ACTION
From: Manuel P.Moreno, Jr . Subject: Commercial Cardboard Recycling
Pilot Program
Dept: Pubi is Services
Date: 02/10/93
Synopsis of Previous Council action:
03/02/92 - Adopted the Source Reduction and Recycling Element as
mandated by the California Integrated Waste Management
Act of 1989 (AB 939) .
Recommended motion:
Adopt the Resolution
Signature
Contactperson: Kevin Barnes , Refuse Superintendent phone: 384-5053
Supporting data attached: Staff Report , Resolution Ward: Al l
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: No direct costs from General Fund
Source: (Acct. No.)
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Finance:
Council Notes:
75-0262 Agenda Item No.
CITY OF SAN BERK_ .RDINO - REQUEST Vill COUNCIL ACTION
STAFF REPORT
To continue reducing the City's waste stream going to landfills by
25% as required by AB 939, the Department of Public Services Refuse
Division is proposing a six month pilot commercial cardboard
recycling program for select businesses in the commercial areas of
the city. Data resulting from the pilot program will be used in
planning citywide recycling programs which must be in place prior
to 1995.
This pilot program will integrate with the City's existing
commercial refuse collection program without the need for
additional kinds of trucks by substituting recyclable cardboard
material pickup for a portion of existing refuse pickups beginning
in March 1993 .
The program will service businesses which have multiple refuse bins
in the central commercial area of the city. Special labelled bins
with the lids locked 3" open will admit only flattened cardboard
and prevent theft. On a closely monitored case basis, cardboard-
only bins will be substituted for regular refuse bins at the same
rental and will be serviced at the regular refuse service rate less
the equivalent of the landfill tipping fee. This service discount
is computed as follows:
300 lbs. average weight of cardboard per 3 yard bin
x 4 . 3 weeks per month
1, 290 lbs. cardboard average per month
1, 290 lbs. cardboard
2 , 000 lbs. per ton
. 65 tons diverted per bin per month
. 65 tons
x 36. 65 per ton (92-93 landfill rate)
$ 23 .82 monthly reduction in service fee per weekly 3 yard bin
The material will be collected by existing crews and equipment by
making a pass through the recycling route first thing in the
morning, starting with an empty truck. The material will be
weighed and unloaded at a local paperstock dealer before the truck
returns to service regular refuse containers on the route. Revenue
from material sales will be used to offset the cost of the extra
travel.
75-0264
RESOLUTION NO.
1 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A COMMERCIAL CARDBOARD
2 RECYCLING PILOT PROGRAM.
3 WHEREAS, jurisdictions within the State of California are
4 mandated by the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989
5 (AB 939) to divert 25% of their solid waste stream from landfill
6 disposal by the year 1995; and,
7 WHEREAS, an evaluation of waste stream content was made in the
8 Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) and determined that
9 cardboard exists in the commercial waste stream in sufficient
10 percentage quantity to achieve significant diversion if separated
11 from the waste stream; and,
12 WHEREAS, as examination with respect to the City of San
13 Bernardino's existing refuse collection system has been made of the
14 potential for efficiently collecting cardboard separate from the
15 waste stream using commercial bin service; and,
16 WHEREAS, commercial bin refuse collection is currently provided
17 to most businesses in the City of San Bernardino; and,
18 WHEREAS, substitution of cardboard-only bin service at a
19 reduced rate in lieu of a portion of commercial bin refuse pickups
20 is a foreseeable and recommended method of diverting the majority of
21 cardboard from certain businesses while maintaining operational
22 economy; and,
23 WHEREAS, the Department of Public Services, with responsibility
24 for solid waste collection within the City of San Bernardino, seeks
25 to test the aforementioned substitution prior to citywide
26 implementation,
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NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of the City
1 of San Bernardino does hereby pass, approve, and adopt this
2 resolution authorizing the Department of Public Services to conduct
3 a commercial cardboard recycling pilot program to test substitution
4 of cardboard-only bin service at a reduced rate in lieu of a portion
5 of existing commercial bin refuse pickups at certain businesses
6 within the City for a period of six months. The monthly service fee
7 for each weekly 3 cubic yard bin pickup shall be equal to the
8 regular refuse rate less a factor of . 65 times the current landfill
9 tipping fee for one ton of regular refuse.
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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A COMMERCIAL CARDBOARD
1 RECYCLING PILOT PROGRAM.
2 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted
3 by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a
4 meeting thereof, held on the day of ,
5 1993 , by the following vote, to wit:
6 Council Members: Ayes Nays Abstain Absent
7 ESTRADA
8 REILLY
9 HERNANDEZ
10 MAUDSLEY
11 MINOR
12 POPE-LUDLAM
13 MILLER
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15 City Clerk
16 The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this day of
17 , 1993 .
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W. R. Holcomb, Mayor
19 City of San Bernardino
20 Approved as to form and
legal content'r .,_—- /.4,-4c�
James F. Penman,
22 City Attorney
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