HomeMy WebLinkAbout06.a.2) FY 2012-13 HHW Annual ReportCENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT /
Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility Annual Report
CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT /MT. VIEW SANITARY DISTRICT 2012/2013 HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION PROGRAM Annual Report The following CCCSD staff contributed to the preparation
of this report: Winston Ingram David Wyatt Program Contacts: David Wyatt Household Hazardous Waste Program Supervisor (925) 335-7714 dwyatt@centralsan.org HHW Program Information: (800)
646-1431 www.centralsan.org
2012/13 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program Annual Report Table of Contents Page No. Agency Partnership i Section 1 Program Summary 1-1 Section 2 Program Description 2-1 Section
3 HHW Collection Facility Residential Participation 3-1 Section 4 Quantities of Wastes Collected 4-1 Section 5 Pollution Prevention 5-1 Section 6 HHW Diverted from Sewer and Landfill
Disposal 6-1 Section 7 Mobile Collection Events 7-1 Section 8 Small Business Program 8-1 Section 9 Public Education/Program Promotion 9-1 Section 10 Revenue and Expenses 10-1 Appendices:
I California Integrated Waste Management Board Form 303 II CCCSD Board Resolution Setting Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator Disposal Charges III HHW Program History – 1997
to Present
2012/13 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program Annual Report Tables and Figures Table Description/Title Page No. 3 Residential Participation by Community 3-4 4 Estimate of Amount
of Waste Collected by Community 4-5 5-1 FY 2012/2013 Mercury Collection Summary 5-3 5-2 FY 2012/2013 Miscellaneous Chemical Collection Summary 5-4 5-3 FY 2012/2013 Pharmaceutical Collection
Summary 5-7 6 Quantity of Landfill Diverted Waste 6-4 7 Comparison of Mobile Events to Door-to-Door Collection 7-3 8-1 Small Business Participation by Community 8-5 8-2 Small Business
Program Summary 8-6 8-3 Small Business Program Participants 8-7 10-1 HHWCF 2012/2013 Summary of Revenue and Expenses 10-4 10-2 HHW Facility Capital Expenditure Amortization Schedule
10-5 Figure Page No. 1-1 Operating Cost per Car 1-1 1-2 Cost per Car Broken Down by Expense 1-2 1-3 Pounds of Waste per Car 1-3 1-4 Operating Cost Per Pound of Waste Collected 1-4 3-1
HHWCF Participation: Cars per Month 3-1 3-2 HHWCF Participation: Average Cars per Day of Week 3-2 3-3 HHWCF Participation: Cars per Day 3-2 3-4 HHW Participation vs. % of Households
in Service Area 3-3 4-1 Waste Disposal per Month 4-2 4-2 Breakdown of Waste Shipped by Weight (%) of Major Categories 4-3 4-3 Waste Management Method Breakdown % of Waste Processed by
Weight 4-3 8-1 CESQG New Customers vs. Repeat Customers 8-4 10-1 Participation and Expenses 10-6 10-2 HHW Program Estimated Cost per Household 10-7
AGENCY PARTNERSHIP Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (CCCSD) and Mt. View Sanitary District (MVSD) are co-sponsors of the Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Facility located
in Martinez, California, the first permanent HHW facility in Contra Costa County. The facility’s service area encompasses all of central Contra Costa County, with a served population
of approximately 497,000 (189,481 households). In 1995, all central Contra Costa County cities1, the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority, CCCSD and MVSD resolved to support the
establishment of a permanent HHW Collection Facility. Cost efficiency, economies of scale, and broader service capabilities as compared to mobile HHW collection events were recognized
as benefits to the participating communities. The facility began operation in fiscal year 1997/98 and will complete its 16th year of operation in October 2013. This agency cooperation
and partnership was the critical ingredient in making the HHW Collection Facility a reality, and provided a sound solution to keep hazardous waste out of sanitary sewers, storm drains,
and solid waste landfills. The agency partnership agreements provide for reliable, equitable funding of the HHW Collection Program and ensure that HHW collection services are available
to all central Contra Costa County residents and eligible businesses. This annual report for fiscal year 2012/13 presents the facility participation levels and an analysis of the hazardous
waste dropped off at the collection facility. The high level of participation and amount of hazardous waste properly managed at the collection facility demonstrates the benefit of the
program to both public health and the environment. 1 Clayton, Concord, Danville, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, Walnut Creek
Section 1: Program Summary
PROGRAM SUMMARY The CCCSD/MVSD Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Facility is completing its 16th year of operation. The HHW Collection Program serves all of central Contra Costa
County, comprised of 189,481 households, and a population of approximately 497,000. The HHW Program service area has seen steady increases in the number of households over the past 16
years. Program participation has also increased steadily from the 7.8 percent of households served during the inception year in 1997/98. By fiscal year (FY) 2003/04, and through FY 2005/06,
average participation was up to 12 percent, and continued to climb to 15 percent in FY 2009/10. Average program participation for both FY 2010/11 and FY 2012/13 has been approximately
15.5 percent. The program’s sustained participation can be attributed primarily to on-going advertising in CCCSD’s Pipeline newsletter, MVSD’s newsletter The Mt. View Monitor, and “word
of mouth” by residents and businesses. The rise in participation from FY 2006/07 to 2012/2013 is mainly attributed to an increase in universal waste disposal (defined as fluorescent
lamps and household batteries). The number of residential customers served by the program was 29,119 in FY 2012/13, a slight increase from the previous year (see Section 3). Operating
Cost The operating cost per car for FY 2012/13 was $93. This is an increase of $6 per car from last year (see Figure 1-1). “Total Expenses” figure was used to calculate the cost per
car. Total Expenses include 1-1 $93 $84 $80 $74 $73 $67 $64 $68 $71 $61 $66 $76 $76 $82 $87 $93 $0 $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70 $80 $90 $100 Cost per Car All yearsinclude the cost of
Amorization of Capital Expenditures, as this is part of operating the HHW Program. Figure 1-1 Operating Cost per Car
Amortization of Capital Expenditures (see Section 9, Summary of Revenue and Expenses). Figure 1-2 shows the cost per car broken down by expense. Labor, waste disposal and recycling costs
account for roughly 80 percent of the total. Universal Wastes “Universal Wastes” for the purpose of this report are wastes, such as fluorescent lamps and household batteries. Fluorescent
lamp volumes in FY 2012/13 were higher at 309,712 linear feet. Household battery volumes increased by approximately 1,596 pounds in FY 2012/13, up from 51,839 pounds in FY 2011/12 to
53,435 in FY 2012/13. Mobile Collection Events No annual mobile collection event was held in San Ramon in FY 2012/13 as the city launched a door-to-door collection program in lieu of
the annual event. (See Section 7 for a detailed explanation of this program). Small Business Program The small business component, or Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator 1-2
$49.38 $3.02 $19.15 $4.85 $10.23 Figure 1-2 Cost per Car Broken Down by Expense Compared to the Previous Year Labor Materials Waste Other Capital The Cost/Car for Fiscal Year 2011/12
is $86.63 District staff and contract staff Materials and supplies (PPE, Containers, etc.) Transportation and recycling Utilities Insurance, misc. Amortized capital ex pendtures $56.65
$3.25 $19.30 $3.52 $10.61The Cost/Car for Fiscal Year 2012/13 is $93.34
(CESQG) program, continued to provide services to eligible businesses. In FY 2012/13, CESQG appointments decreased by 23 percent compared to the previous year. It is assumed that the
decrease is partly due to painting contractors and businesses being able to dispose of paint for free at PaintCare collection sites in our service area. Waste Collection A total of 1,581,401
pounds of hazardous waste was collected and disposed of in FY 2012/13. The waste was primarily comprised of flammable liquids, oil-based and latex paint, motor oil, and poisons. These
five waste categories amounted to 79 percent of the total wastes disposed. The remaining 21 percent included corrosives, aerosols, lead-acid car batteries, and other types of hazardous
waste. Adding the 433,197 pounds of reusable products that were given away through the facility’s HHW Reuse Program, an estimated 2,014,598 pounds of HHW were collected and processed
through the HHW Program during FY 2012/13. The average weight of hazardous waste collected per car was virtually unchanged from last year at 68 pounds (see Figure 1-3). Over 90 percent
of all hazardous waste collected through the program was managed as a beneficial use (reused, recycled, or blended as a fuel) (see Section 6). 1-3 78 64 77 77 72 71 64 65 80 71 67 67
65 68 67 68 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Pounds of Waste per Car Figure 1-3 Pounds of Waste per Car 1-3
The operating cost per pound of waste collected shown in Figure 1-4 includes the cost to manage all wastes collected by the entire program. The cost per pound of waste collected for
FY 2012-13 shows an increase of $0.10 per pound or 7.3%. Sustained success was achieved in all elements of the HHW Collection Program for its 16th year of operation. This program continues
to meet the need for residential and small business hazardous waste drop-off services. The HHW Collection Program also serves as an important component of CCCSD’s overall Pollution Prevention
Program, where a significant amount of hazardous waste is reduced, reused, recycled, or properly disposed of, rather than polluting the San Francisco Bay. PaintCare The PaintCare program
began collecting paint at retail locations in November 2012. The District began collecting paint under the program in the middle of March 2013. The District collected over 250,000 pounds
of paint for the remaining three and a half months of the fiscal year and saved over $95,000 in material, transportation and disposal/recycling costs. More about PaintCare can be found
in Section 4. 1-4 $1.23 $1.19 $0.93 $0.86 $0.98 $0.93 $0.98 $1.02 $0.80 $0.86 $0.99 $1.14 $1.18 $1.23 $1.27 $1.37 $0.00 $0.20 $0.40 $0.60 $0.80 $1.00 $1.20 $1.40 $1.60 Cost per Pound
Figure 1-4 Operating Cost per Pound of Waste Collected
Pollution Prevention The HHW Program is an integral part of both CCCSD’s and MVSD’s source control and pollution prevention efforts. Both agencies have a number of pollutants of concern
that the HHW Facility helps to keep out of the wastewater entering the treatment plant. The HHW Facility diverted over 36,000 pounds of hazardous waste considered as pollutants of concern,
which are mercury, lead, copper, fat/oil/grease (better known as FOG), legacy pesticides, and others. See Section 5 for additional information regarding CCCSD’s pollution prevention
efforts. Pharmaceutical Collection Program In February 2009, CCCSD partnered with the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff and the City of the Walnut Creek to begin collecting unwanted
pharmaceuticals from residents. In the first three months of the program, the three sites collected more than 1,500 pounds of medications and in FY 2009/10, the program grew to 11 collection
sites and collected over 7,000 pounds of medications. During FY 2012/13, the program collected over 11,500 pounds of unwanted pharmaceuticals at a cost of about $26,000 This is a 5 percent
increase in pounds collected over FY 2012/13, with only a 4 percent increase in the cost of collection and disposal. The ongoing success of the program, in no small part, can be attributed
to the effort of our law enforcement partners who collect the unwanted pharmaceuticals. More about the Pharmaceutical Collection Program can be found in (Section 5). HHW Program History
In Appendix III there is a timeline of the history of the District’s HHW program that includes events that changed the program including passage of regulations, projects, staff additions
etc. 1-5
Section 2: Program Description
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Objectives The objectives of the HHW Program include: • Eliminate or reduce improper disposal of hazardous wastes in sanitary sewers, storm drains, and solid waste
landfills. • Encourage residents and small businesses to reduce their generation of hazardous waste. • Provide convenient, cost-effective, and safe hazardous waste drop-off and disposal
services for central Contra Costa County residents and eligible small businesses. • Follow the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) hierarchy: reduce-reuse-recycle
hazardous waste to the greatest extent possible before incineration/treatment, and landfill. • Comply with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and requirements, including
CCCSD’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements. Goals To achieve the program objectives stated above, the following HHW Collection Program goals
were established: • Maintain a minimum annual participation rate of 4 percent of the households within each city and unincorporated community in the service area. • Provide educational
outreach programs targeting central Contra Costa County residents and small businesses, emphasizing the importance of hazardous waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and proper disposal.
• Maintain a landfill diversion rate of greater than 50 percent of the total weight of waste processed through the facility. This level of landfill diversion is based on the California
Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939). See Section 6 for results. • Continually improve operational efficiency. 2-1
HHW Facility Location and Operating Hours The HHW Collection Facility is located at 4797 Imhoff Place, Martinez, northeast of the Interstate 680/Highway 4 interchange, adjacent to CCCSD’s
Wastewater Treatment Plant. The facility is open to residents and small businesses Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointment is required for residents. The facility serves
small businesses by appointment only. The HHW Facility is closed on all CCCSD holidays. In addition, the HHW Facility is closed for the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Notice
of these closures is provided through the CCCSD website, the HHW InfoLine, and signage on the entrance gate to the facility. Eligible Communities Residents and qualifying small businesses
in the following communities are eligible to use the HHW Facility services: Alamo, Blackhawk, Clayton, Clyde, Concord, Danville, Diablo, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pacheco,
Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, Walnut Creek, and other unincorporated central Contra Costa County areas. Types of Hazardous Waste Accepted A full range of hazardous wastes (e.g., products
with corrosive, flammable, toxic, or oxidizing properties) are accepted at the HHW Facility. Other products with labels indicating a hazardous material (i.e., the words, “poison,” “caution,”
“danger,” “warning,” “skin or eye irritant,” and/or “environmental hazards,” for example) are also accepted. Typical types of hazardous wastes accepted include: cleaners, automotive
care products, paint and paintrelated products, garden care and pest-control products, household batteries, and spent automotive batteries. Unacceptable wastes include: electronic waste,
radioactive waste, pharmaceuticals, medical waste (e.g., hypodermic needles), explosive waste (e.g., ammunition, dynamite, shock-sensitive chemicals), and waste contaminated with PCBs
at concentrations greater than 50 ppm. 2-2
Mercury Collection Program Mercury is a pollutant that causes water quality problems at very low concentrations. The HHW Program promotes proper mercury disposal through acceptance of
mercurycontaining wastes and a mercury thermometer exchange program. This program offers customers a solar-powered digital thermometer in exchange for their mercury thermometer. In FY
2012/13, 1,021 mercury thermometers were collected from residents, small businesses and schools. In exchange, the program gave out 83 digital thermometers. To date, nearly 5,600 digital
thermometers have been given out since the program began in 1999. Other types of mercury-containing wastes accepted include fluorescent bulbs, mercury switches, and elemental mercury.
An estimated 81 pounds of elemental mercury was collected from nearly 39,000 pounds of mercury-containing wastes during FY 2012/13. HHW Reuse Program Program participants are encouraged
to “shop” for free reusable products provided through the HHW Reuse Program. A wide variety of reusable household products, including paint and paint-related material, garden products,
automotive products and cleaners, are available for customers on a first-come, first-served basis. Reuse Room hours are: Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Only uncontaminated
products that are in their original containers with original legible labeling are placed on Reuse Room shelves. Products that are banned by Federal, State, or local regulations are not
placed in the Reuse Room. Over 433,000 pounds of reusable items were given away to more than 14,000 Reuse Room customers in FY 2012/13. HHW Collection Facility Staffing The HHW Collection
Facility is operated with District staff. Regular District staff is augmented with contract labor when necessary to accommodate seasonal fluctuations in participation. The HHW Collection
Facility began operating in 1997 with three regular staff: one HHW Supervisor, one Senior HHW Technician, and one HHW Technician I/II. This staffing level was based on a projected annual
participation rate of 4 percent, which was almost doubled in the first year of operation (i.e. 7.8 percent). 2-3
In response to the high demand for HHW drop-off service, CCCSD’s Board of Directors approved an additional regular HHW Technician I/II position during FY 1999/00 and an additional regular
Senior HHW Technician position during FY 2000/01. That level of regular District personnel: one HHW Supervisor, two Senior HHW Technicians and two HHW Technicians I/II, was achieved
in October 2001. Participation levels were at 10.8 percent. With participation levels in FY 2007/08 exceeding 14 percent, CCCSD’s Board of Directors approved an additional HHW Technician
I/II to meet increased demand. The current level of regular District personnel at the HHWCF is one HHW Supervisor, two Senior HHW Technicians, and three HHW Technicians I/II. HHW Collection
Facility Rules The following HHW Collection Facility rules were established to: 1) maintain compliance with Federal, State and local regulations, 2) determine program eligibility, and
3) maintain a safe operation: The waste must be generated by a central Contra Costa County resident or business and transported to the HHW Collection Facility or mobile HHW collection
events by an eligible resident or business. Exceptions are accommodated for certain circumstances (e.g., deceased eligible resident with a family member from out of the service area
delivering the wastes, and CCCSD/MVSD employees who live outside the service area). The quantity of hazardous waste transported by residents must not exceed 125 pounds (approximately
15 gallons) or 220 pounds (approximately 27 gallons) if transported by businesses. Participants must not transport unacceptable HHW to the facility (explosives, pharmaceuticals, medical
waste, PCB waste, or radioactive waste). Participants must remain in their vehicle. Participants must not smoke while receiving HHW collection service. Businesses must make an appointment
prior to dropping off hazardous wastes. HHW must not be illegally dumped. The two rules that have been violated most frequently are: 1) participants exceeding the allowable transportation
limit; and 2) residents and businesses arrive from outside of the service area. The discussion below explains how each of these violations is addressed. Participants are asked to remain
in their vehicles for their own safety and as required by 2-4
law. Participants are also asked to carefully pack and transport waste in closed containers no larger than 5 gallons (no garbage bags) to prevent spills during transport. Separating
products by material type is recommended to avoid the potential for mixing of incompatible chemicals that could react and create toxic vapors during transport. Transportation Limits
Transportation limits apply to both residential and small business customers using the facility. The transportation quantities apply to the actual amount of waste transported to the
facility and not the containers’ capacity. The applicable transportation limits for residential customers are 125 pounds or 15 gallons, and the limits for business customers are 27 gallons
or 220 pounds. During FY 2012/13, 1,757 residential customers (6 percent of residential customers) delivered wastes to the HHW Collection Facility in excess of the transportation limits.
Typical reasons customers express for exceeding the limit are: 1) we are moving and had to get rid of all of our HHW today; 2) we are from out of town/state and are cleaning our estate
property; and 3) gas prices are too high to make multiple trips. The customers were informed that they had exceeded the transportation limit, provided with written information regarding
the transportation limits, and the wastes were received and processed through the facility. The majority of these violators were Concord, Walnut Creek, and Martinez residents. Proof
of Residency Proof of service area residency (California driver’s license) is required to verify program eligibility prior to facility acceptance of hazardous waste. Only residents and
businesses located in central Contra Costa County are eligible. When customers from outside the facility’s service area arrive to drop off wastes, their waste is rejected and they are
provided with contact information for the program in their area of residency. Two exceptions are made for accepting HHW generated from outside of the facility’s service area: 1) any
CCCSD or MVSD employee is eligible for service; 2) HHW is accepted and processed if the load is determined not to be safe for further transport (e.g., wastes delivered in a leaking container).
During FY 2012/13, 134 customers arrived from outside of the facility’s service area. Based 2-5
on the HHW acceptance criteria above, 53 of the 134 loads were rejected and 81 were accepted and processed, of which 12 loads were deemed unsafe for further transport. The rejected loads
were delivered from either east or west Contra Costa County, Solano County, or were small businesses unaware of the program requirements. Eligible small businesses were given literature
regarding our Small Business Hazardous Waste Program. The number of customers rejected from outside the service area increased from 98 last year. Electronic Visitor Management In 2009,
the use of electronic visitor management software and a driver’s license scanner were utilized to capture residential participation data. This method of data collection allows for paperless
tracking, reduces the customers’ wait-times, and reduces staff time as the data does not have to be manually entered into a database. Some of the data captured was used in a trial Geographic
Data Integration (GDI) map that displays usage of the HHW Facility. Eventually, this GDI map will be used to identify where HHW Program usage is low so that targeted outreach can be
provided. Staff has developed a privacy policy handout to provide to those customers that are concerned with allowing their driver’s license to be scanned. Only the name and address
of the customer are captured and recorded. Unacceptable Wastes There are very few wastes that cannot be accepted and processed through the facility. When unacceptable wastes are delivered
to the facility, they are rejected, unless staff determines the waste is unsafe for further transportation. Under this scenario, the wastes are accepted and processed safely, and the
event is recorded for the facility’s operating record. In October 2012, a fire started in a 55-gallon trash can located near the waste identification lab. The fire occurred after hours
and no staff was present and there were no injuries. Nothing burned except the contents of the trash can and minimal damage occurred to an adjacent wall. A single sprinkler discharged
extinguishing the fire before emergency personnel entered the building. The cause of the fire is suspected to have been caused by spontaneous combustion of rags used to clean up a small
spill of wood stain in the area. Since the entire contents of the trash can were destroyed it is difficult to determine an exact cause. The fire sprinkler filled the facility with approximately
five inches of water which was 2-6
contained, determined to be not contaminated and was collected for disposed of at the Treatment Plant. In January 2013 HHW staff received a mixture of household hazardous waste and universal
waste. In a coffee can underneath compact fluorescent bulbs and batteries was a rock wrapped in aluminum foil. Suspecting that the rock may be uranium ore, the HHW staff checked for
radiation with a Geiger counter. The HHW staff checked the background readings and then they check the rock for radiation. The readings from the rock were significantly higher than the
background readings. Staff encased the rock in lead sheeting and isolated it in a secured area at the facility. After notifying the California Department of Public Health Radiological
Health Branch, they confirmed the rock was uranium ore. CADOHS-RB removed the uranium ore from the HHW facility for proper disposition. In June 2013, a customer arrived from Walnut Creek
leaking metallic mercury from plastic garbage bags that were in the back of her truck. The customer spilled the mercury outside of her home and thought she contained it for the trip
to the HHW Facility. Contra Costa County HazMat was contacted as staff was unsure of how much mercury was spilled on the road between Walnut Creek and Martinez, and to assist in cleaning
the spill in the back of the truck. Staff cleaned the spill onsite; the County staff cleaned the bed of the truck before she could leave the facility. Approximately three pounds of the
ten pound container of mercury was lost. The facility was closed from 2:30 pm through the remainder of the day. Occasionally less dangerous but unauthorized wastes are received, such
as ammunition discovered in loads after the customer leaves the facility. Ammunition and related products (e.g., fireworks, gunpowder, primers, etc.) are the most common types of unacceptable
waste received and are usually picked up by Sheriff Department staff or a local firearms dealer. Abandoned Wastes Occasionally, hazardous wastes are abandoned near the HHW Collection
Facility or along the access roads to the facility. HHW staff performs a community inspection two times per week in order to identify abandoned wastes promptly. During FY 2012/13, eleven
events were recorded where hazardous wastes were abandoned at or near the facility. Although clear signage is posted to discourage illegal dumping, the parking area near the entrance
or exit gates of the HHW Collection Facility is the typical location where wastes have been 2-7
abandoned. The waste types found were household wastes such as oil, paint, batteries, and propane cylinders. In all of these cases, the hazardous wastes were processed through the HHW
Collection Facility. Three to five abandonments per year have been typical. Funding For residents within the CCCSD service area, funding is provided by a component of the CCCSD Sewer
Service Charge (approximately $14.54 per household per year of the total annual Sewer Service Charge of $405 for 2012/13). For residents outside CCCSD’s service area, the HHW Collection
Facility is funded through service agreements with MVSD, Clayton, Concord, and San Ramon (for their residents who are outside CCCSD’s service area). They are charged the same per household
as the households within the CCCSD service area. Refer to Section 9 for additional information. Additional Information Further details about the HHW Collection Program can be obtained
by calling the HHW information line: 1-800-646-1431 or by accessing the website at www.centralsan.org 2-8
Section 3: HHW Collection Facility Residential Participation
HHW FACILITY RESIDENTIAL PARTICIPATION During FY 2012/13, 29,119 residential loads of HHW were processed through the permanent HHW Facility. This represents a 15.4 percent participation
rate of the 189,481 households in the program service area. During this fiscal year, 17 percent of the residential participants were “first timers” to the facility. This is an increase
from last year’s 16.1 percent “first timer” rate. Adding in the roughly 14,000 Reuse Room customers served in FY 2012/13, over 43,000 residents visited the HHW Facility. Figure 3-1 shows
HHW program participation on a monthly basis. Participation ranged between 1,332 cars in December and 2,794 cars in July. The lower participation during the winter months is attributed
to fewer operating days due to the holidays, and seasonal fluctuations in participation presumably due to more inclement weather. Since adding Monday to the HHW facility operating schedule
in 2009, participation has increased. In FY 2012/13, the program served 4012 cars or an average of about 89 cars on Monday, compared to 3604 cars and an average of 82 cars on Monday
last year. Without extensive outreach, Monday participation continues to increase. 3-1
Figure 3-2 presents the average residential participation for each day of operation, Monday through Saturday. It shows that the busiest days of the week are Friday and Saturday (although
participation for both days has decreased since adding Monday). The average number of cars per day for Monday, Wednesday and Friday have increased by 5, 2, and 7 cars respectively. The
other days have decreased by 4 cars on Tuesday, 2 cars on Wednesday and Thursday. This shows that participation on all but Saturday have leveled off. Figure 3-3 presents a comparison
of the average number of cars per operating day since the HHW facility opened. This data serves as a tool for planning staffing levels through the different seasons and to promote the
facility’s services. 3-2 87 94 90 84 100 131 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Monday Wednesday Friday Aver age Number of Car s Days of Operation Figure 3-2 HHWCF Participation Average Cars
per Day of Week 4,012 Car s 4,611 Car s 4,498 Car s 4,215 Car s 5,058 Car s 6,725 Car s 68 65 7987 76 90 91 9296105 112 112 98 97 98 99 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Average Cars per Day Figure
3-3 HHWCF Participation Overall Average of Cars per Day *From Fiscal Year 1997/98 to September of 2001, the HHW Facility operated only 3-1/2 days per week. In September 2001, the facility
open 5 days per week. In June of 2009 the facility began a six-day operating week. By opening the additional day, the average number of cars per week was reduced.
Figure 3-4 shows the consistent increase of participation since the HHW Program began. Regulatory changes and increased public awareness of HHW disposal requirements are some of the
reasons for the HHW program’s ever-growing success. Table 3 on the following page presents the distribution by jurisdiction of the 29,119 participants in the residential portion of the
HHW Program. The 134 residents outside of the facility’s service area shown on Table 3 were excluded from the participation rate calculation. Table 3 also shows that each community exceeded
the program’s original goal of 4 percent participation except for San Ramon. Annual HHW facility participation ranged from 3.0 percent in the city of San Ramon to 35.4 percent in the
city of Martinez. 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 % Households 5.2 7.7 8.6 9.3 10.5 12.1 12.3 12.1 12.3 13.6 14.5 14.4
15.0 15.6 15.4 15.4 Participation 9,536 14,019 15,649 17,308 19,219 22,359 23,061 22,872 23,897 26,392 27,940 28,210 29,347 29,441 29,112 29,119 05,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000
35,000 02468 10 12 14 16 18 % of Participants Figure 3-4 HHW Drop-off Participation Participants vs. % of Households HW Participatio articipants Househo 3-3
Table 3 Residential Participation by Community 1 CCCSD estimate based on January 2013 Department of Finance data and data provided by MVSD and the City of San Ramon. 2 Hazardous waste
from outside of the service area was accepted and processed for one of two reasons: 1) employees from CCCSD and MVSD who live outside of the service are also eligible for HHW program
participation, 2) household hazardous waste generated outside the service area that is deemed unsafe for further transport is accepted and processed as a safe and responsible business
practice. 3 The number of cars outside of the service area was not included in the participation percentage. 4,815 1,440 28,985 5,092 937 1,298 2,718 793 30,726 19,218 15,448 9,252 14,376
5,576 N/A 15.4% 134 29,119 3,4 Out of Service AreaTotal N/A 189,481 Subtotal 189,481 15.3% 7.5% 15.5% 13.7% 23.0% 35.4% 16.8% 19.8% 19.8% 3.0% 15.7% Pleasant Hill San Ramon Walnut Creek
Clayton 4,020 Moraga Orinda Unicorporated [2] 6,563 13,711 26,308 Concord Danville Lafayette Martinez/Mt. ViewFiscal Year 2012 /13 19.0% 44,283 762 6,876 2,122 2,132 Community HHW Facility
Participation % of Community 1 Number of Households 3-4
Section 4: Quantities of Wastes Collected
QUANTITIES OF WASTES COLLECTED The HHW Collection Program disposed of or recycled 1,581,401 pounds of waste during FY 2012/13 (see Table 4). This is about 41,571 pounds more than in
FY 2011/12. Since FY 2011/12, there have been no mobile collection events in San Ramon since they established a Door-to-Door (DTD) HHW Collection Program. With the addition of the 433,197
pounds of HHW collected, separated, and given to the public for reuse, 2,014,598 pounds of hazardous waste was collected and processed through the HHW Collection Facility (see Table
5). An average of about 68 pounds of HHW per car was dropped off by 29,507 customers (29,119 residents, 291 small business appointments, and 97 Pollution Solutions partnership drop offs).
The wastes were transported from the HHW Collection Facility for reuse, recycling, fuel blending, incineration, treatment, or landfill. Data specific to the Reuse Room participation
and materials reused is presented in Section 6. The HHW Collection Program’s 16th year of operation was very successful in providing an appropriate option for customers to properly manage
their hazardous wastes. This success resulted in the removal of potentially dangerous materials from people’s homes, diverting the wastes from possible illegal disposal to solid waste
landfill, storm drains, and sanitary sewer systems. CalRecycle requires a report each fiscal year (July through June) summarizing the amount and types of hazardous waste processed through
each HHW Collection Program in the state. The report also shows a breakdown of the waste management method for each type of hazardous waste. An example of what is in the California Integrated
Waste Management Board (CIWMB) Form 303, for FY 2012/13, is included in Appendix I. PaintCare In November 2012, manufacturer sponsored PaintCare LLC, a non-profit product stewardship
agency began collection of architectural paint in California at approved retail locations. There is no charge for residents and businesses to drop off any amount of program products
to the collection sites as long as the site is capable of managing the volume. PaintCare’s contractors are even able to go to a location and pick up 300 gallon or larger quantities for
free. The District has amended our current waste services contract with PSC to include the PaintCare program as of March 19, 2013. All PaintCare products are managed at no cost to the
District. This would include shipping containers, transportation and disposal/recycling. 4-1
Beginning next year, the District will contract with PaintCare directly to be reimbursed for the amount of PaintCare paint products the District gives away through the Reuse Program.
From March through June 2013, over 250,000 pounds of program products were collected and managed through the PaintCare program at a savings of over $95,000 The following tables and figures
provide summary data for HHW processed through the facility: Figure 4-1 presents the quantity of wastes transported off-site each month for disposal. Figure 4-2 presents a breakdown
of hazardous wastes processed by type of waste. The transportation classifications on the shipping documents were used as the primary means for segregation into waste type. 157,031 208,136
103,557 144,254 133,527 62,080 132,662 111,708 130,928 114,183 154,607 128,728 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Weight of Waste
Shipped Figure 4-1 Waste Disposal per Month 4-2
Figure 4-3 presents the distribution of hazardous wastes processed by management method. 21.5%20.5% 0.1% 48.3% 7.5% 2.1% Figure 4-3 Waste Management Method Breakdown Percentage of Waste
Processed by Weight Reuse Fuels Blends Landfill Recycle Incineration Treatment 4-3
Table 4 presents the distribution of HHW processed through the permanent facility by participating jurisdictions. The distribution was calculated by multiplying the percentage of participants
from each jurisdiction times the total weight of waste processed. 4-4
Table 4 Estimate of Amount of Waste Collected By Community Community Number of Cars Percent of Total Cars (rounded) Estimated amount of Waste Collected by Community (pounds) Clayton
767 2.6% 52,367 Concord 6,988 23.7% 477,107 Danville 2,126 7.2% 145,153 Lafayette 2,148 7.3% 146,655 Martinez /Mt. View 5,187 17.6% 354,144 Moraga 941 3.2% 64,247 Orinda 1,307 4.4% 89,236
Pleasant Hill 2,740 9.3% 187,074 San Ramon 811 2.7% 55,371 Walnut Creek 4,907 16.6% 335,027 Unincorporated 1,451 4.9% 99,067 Subtotal 29,373 99.5% 2,005,448 Out of Service Area 134 0.5%
9,149 Total 29,507 100.0% 2,014,597 1 The total number of cars includes 29,119 cars from the permanent facility, 97 Pollution Solutions partnership drop-offs, and 291 business appointments.
2 The total weight collected includes HHW disposed and reused from the permanent facility (residents and businesses) and Universal Waste collected from the District’s Pollution Solution
partnership program. 4-5
Section 5: Pollution Prevention
POLLUTION PREVENTION EFFORTS CCCSD owns and operates a municipal wastewater collection system and a 53.8-milliongallons-per-day-rated treatment plant. CCCSD collects, treats, recycles,
and disposes of wastewater from approximately 461,000 residents of central Contra Costa County, including all the partners and participants in the HHWCF (with the exception of those
who discharge to MVSD (see below) and about 14,000 residents in southern San Ramon, whose wastewater flows to Dublin-San Ramon Services District.) The wastewater collection area covers
141 square miles and includes approximately 1,500 miles of sewer pipes. In FY 2012/13, the treatment plant treated nearly 14 billion gallons of wastewater. Of that, 600 million gallons
of treated effluent were recycled and distributed for landscape irrigation and in-plant uses. The remaining 13.4 billion gallons were discharged via a deep-water outfall to Suisun Bay.
MVSD serves an estimated population of 19,000 with approximately 270 businesses in its 4.7 square mile service area. MVSD owns and operates a 110-mile sewer collection system with four
pump stations and an advanced secondary treatment plant. MVSD reclaims approximately 550 million gallons of water for over 100 acres of wetland habitat every year. Through MVSD’s Board
of Directors' commitment to the wetlands project, a wildlife habitat for more than 200 species has been established. CCCSD’S Pollution Prevention Program CCCSD’s Pollution Prevention
(P2) Program has evolved over the years to become an important component of CCCSD’s mission, which specifically includes P2 and reflects the growing importance of P2 for regulatory compliance.
The District is required to monitor and prevent certain pollutants from entering the influent wastewater. The HHW facility help prevents the waste from reaching the sewer, and the HHW
Program tracks the amount of waste that is diverted. The HHW Facility properly disposes of many pollutants, but the pollutants the treatment plant is most concerned with are: mercury,
cyanide, dioxins, acrylonitrile, copper, lead, and fats, oils and grease (FOG). HHW staff is also monitoring the intake of bis-tributyltin, dieldrin, DDT (4,4-DDE), diazinon and chlorpyrifos,
as well as some pollutants of emerging concern such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and pharmaceuticals and personal care products, known as PPCPs. CCCSD’s P2 activities and its
effectiveness measurements are summarized below. 5-1
MVSD’S Pollution Prevention Program MVSD is also committed to pollution prevention (P2) and environmental education. Highlights of its P2 and environmental education program include
the Wetlands Field Trip Program that services more than 1,500 students annually, the P2 Classroom Program for elementary school students in Martinez, and the P2 Billboard Program. To
promote P2 efforts during Pollution Prevention Week (the third full week in September), MVSD has partnered with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the California
Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA), Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA), and the CCCSD to produce pollution prevention messages and visuals for this annual outreach effort.
MVSD’s billboard is located near its treatment plant along Interstate 680 in Martinez, one exit from the Benicia-Martinez Bridge. Mercury Collection Program The HHW program facilitates
CCCSD’s and MVSD’s promotion of proper mercury disposal by accepting elemental mercury, mercury-containing devices (e.g., fluorescent bulbs, batteries, mercury switches, and mercury
thermometers), and mercury-containing compounds (paints and pesticides containing mercury). Since the beginning of the mercury thermometer exchange program in 1999, nearly 5,600 digital
thermometers have been provided to customers in exchange for a mercury thermometer dropped off at the HHWCF. Table 5-1 describes the types of mercury-containing wastes that are tracked
by HHW staff. This system closely estimates the quantities of mercury contained in fluorescent lamps, thermometers, thermostats, switches and button-cell batteries. Elemental mercury
is also weighed and tracked. Over 81 pounds of mercury contained in these types of wastes was collected through the HHW program during FY 2012/13. Over 44 pounds of mercurycontaining
compounds were also collected. The amount of mercury in paints, pesticides, and other compounds is unknown, but mercury is listed as active ingredients on the labels. Other Waste Hazardous
waste manifests and bills of lading are the documents used to track quantities of HHW shipped from the HHWCF. Rather than weigh each shipping container, an estimated weight is assigned
to each container according to its size and waste type. Using this tracking methodology, an estimated 700 pounds of light ballasts containing PCBs and 5-2
approximately 41,700 pounds of lead-containing wastes (lead acid batteries and lead compounds) were collected and properly disposed or recycled. Table 5-1. FY 2012/13 Mercury Collection
Summary Mercury-Containing Devices Number of Items Units Estimated Quantity of Mercury Total Pounds Hg Thermostats (3 gm/unit) 142 Ea 426 Grams1 0.94 Thermometers (1 gm/unit) 879 Ea
879 Grams2 1.93 Elemental Hg (lbs) N/A N/A N/A. 70.99 Switches 10.19 Lbs 7.64 lbs3 7.64 Mercury Batteries 0 Lbs 0 Milligrams4 0 Fluorescent Lamps 292,830 Feet 607,622.3 Milligrams5 1.34
Total Hg in Pounds 81.50 Paints, pesticides & other compounds containing mercury 17 Containers 44.38 lbs. 6 44.38 1 Thermostats -Each HVAC-type thermostat contains approximately 3 grams
of Hg in each ampoule. 2 Thermometers -A number of studies report that mercury-containing thermometers contain between 0.5 and 3 grams, depending on their size. As a result, the fever-sized
thermometer (1gram Hg /thermometer) will be used to calculate the quantity of mercury in all thermometers. Depending on the size of the thermometer, an estimated equivalent number of
fever-sized thermometers will be used (i.e., laboratory thermometers contain an average of 5 grams of mercury per thermometer. This sized thermometer would contain 5 fever-sized thermometers.).
3 Switches -As there are no standard sizes or quantities of mercury in switches, all switches will be weighed and 25% of the gross weight of switches will be subtracted to account for
the containers. 4 Mercury Batteries -Studies show that button-cell batteries can contain up to 25 mg of mercury in each battery. Since there is a wide variety in the sizes of button
cells, the following is assumed: There are roughly 250 various sized button-cells in one pound. An average of 12.5 mg/cell accounts for all sizes. Therefore, 250 cells x 12.5 mg = 3,125
mg of mercury per pound of button-cell batteries. 5 Based on numerous studies, fluorescent lamps have as little as 3.5 mg of mercury with some having as much as 60 mg. The average concentration
found after 1994 is 22.8 mg per 4-foot lamp. For this report, 22.8 mg per 4-foot lamp (or 5.7mg per foot of lamp) was used. 6 The weight of paints, pesticides, and other is not included
in the Total Hg in Pounds figure. The actual mercury content is unknown. On product labels the concentration is not always listed. The weight is calculated as the pesticides are in Table
7. Some legacy pesticides and other pollutants are tracked separately in order to provide a more accurate report of collected compounds. Table 5-2 shows which pesticides and pollutants
of concern are tracked and the quantity collected in FY 2012/13. As every container of waste collected is not full, an estimate of the average of a half-full container was used to calculate
the amount of waste in a single container. This has proven to be a conservative estimate. Dioxin Dioxin is a pollutant of concern because it impairs the water quality of Suisun Bay.
Studies 5-3
Compound Total Pounds Tributyltin 969.75 Diazinon 2,122.56 Chlorpyrifos 2,255.19 Carbaryl 1,899.94 Copper 3,575.44 Pentachlorophenol /2,4,5-T /Trichlorophenol 669.75 Lindane 378.19 Chlordane
645.56 DDT (DDE) 71.50 Dieldrin 143.81 Lead Compounds 105.69 Pyrithroids (pesticides) 7,064.69 Arsenic Compounds 441.31 Fats, Oils and Greases (FOG) 17,360.00 PCB's (Light ballast's)
700.00 Total 39,831.32 have shown that it is a hormone disruptor in humans and aquatic life. Nearly 670 pounds of dioxin containing compounds were collected and properly disposed of
in FY 2012/13. Dioxin can be found as byproducts in herbicides and wood preservatives such as 2,4,5-T (Silvex), trichlorophenol, and pentachlorophenol. PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs) are on our list of Pollutants of Emerging Concern. PCBs are compounds that degrade slowly in the environment and bioaccumulate, and are considered probable human carcinogens.
A typical source of PCBs is from pre-1980 fluorescent lamp ballasts and capacitors. During FY 2012/13, about 700 pounds of PCB containing ballasts and capacitors were collected and properly
disposed of by the HHW Program. Table 5-2. FY 2012/13 Miscellaneous Chemical Collection Summary 5-4
Pharmaceutical Collection Program Another way the HHW Program contributes to CCCSD’s P2 program is by collecting unused, unwanted, and expired pharmaceuticals (pharms) from residents.
Pharms can be a threat to our bay, rivers and creeks as some of the compounds they contain cannot be entirely treated or removed by wastewater treatment plants. Pharms can enter the
sewer system by either excretion from the body because the body cannot metabolize all of the medication taken, or by customers dumping them down the drain. Since we cannot prevent unmetabolized
medications from entering the treatment plant, we have established a program to collect unwanted pharms. Another reason for collecting unwanted pharms is to reduce prescription drug
abuse and incidents of medications taken by children and the elderly by mistake. In order to legally collect pharms, CCCSD first partnered with the Contra Costa County Office of the
Sheriff and the City of Walnut Creek Police Department. Three collection sites were originally established as a pilot in February 2009. The locations were at the Sheriff Field Operations
Building in Martinez, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (County Hospital) in Martinez, and the City of Walnut Creek City Hall. The sites are responsible for monitoring and managing
the collection bins and containers, while CCCSD pays for disposal and outreach. During the first five months of the pilot, the three sites collected over 1,500 pounds of unwanted medications.
This was viewed as a great success, so CCCSD’s Board of Directors offered the remaining communities of central Contra Costa County an opportunity to have a collection site, as long as
it fit the same model as the pilot locations. The site operators supervise and manage the collection. CCCSD pays for disposal and outreach. Eight other communities agreed to provide
collection at their police departments. Concord Disposal, Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority, and Republic Services agreed to purchase collection bins for the police departments
in the cities in which they serve. The collection sites came on board slowly with the last one beginning operations in June 2010. 5-5
There are collection sites at the following locations: City of Clayton Town of Moraga City of Concord City of Orinda Contra Costa Regional Medical Center City of Pleasant Hill CCC Sheriff’s
Field Ops Building City of San Ramon Town of Danville Walnut Creek City Hall City of Martinez Since the pharmaceutical program began, over 43,000 pounds of unwanted medications have
been collected and properly disposed of by incineration. In FY 2012/13, the 11 sites collected 11,569 pounds of unwanted prescribed, non-prescribed, and over-the-counter medications.
The cost of collection and disposal for FY 2012/13 was approximately $26,307 or $2.27 per pound (see table 5-3). Outreach for the pharmaceutical program has been via City, County, and
District websites, newspaper articles, and brochures (see example on next page) at pharmacies. Newspaper advertisements, such as the one below, were used initially to promote the program.
It is notable that the pharmaceutical collection program has become successful even with limited outreach. Residents are asked to transfer their pill form medications to plastic bags
to protect personal information as well as maximize the space inside the collection container. Liquid medications should remain in their original container and sealed in a plastic bag
to prevent spills. Table 5-3 on the following page describes the amount of pharmaceuticals collected by each site and the cost of collection and disposal. 5-6
Table 5-3. FY 2012/13 Pharmaceutical Collection Summary Cities Total Bins (18-gallon) Total Pounds Average Lbs./Bin Total Cost *Average Cost/Lb. Clayton 18 530 29 $1,343 $2.53 Concord
32 1,398 44 $2,528 $1.80 Danville 51 1,453 28 $4,029 $2.77 Martinez 25 612 24 $1,975 $3.23 Moraga 14 688 49 $1,106 $1.61 Orinda 12 615 51 $948 $1.54 Pleasant Hill 17 429 25 $1,264 $2.94
San Ramon 35 1,153 33 $2,765 $2.40 Sherriff FOB 25 779 31 $1,975 $2.53 Sheriff CCC Hospital 11 321 29 $869 $2.71 Walnut Creek 98 3,591 37 $7,505 $2.09 Total 338 11,569 34 $26,307 $2.27
*The variation in the average cost per pound is caused by the amount of packaging (jars, paper, cardboard, etc.) included in the collection bins. Bags for consolidating the medications
are offered at most collection sites, but are not often used. 5-7
Section 6: Wastes Diverted From Landfill Disposal
WASTES DIVERTED FROM SEWER AND LANDFILL DISPOSAL The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) requires diversion of HHW from the municipal solid waste stream. AB 939
established a waste management hierarchy to minimize the amount of HHW sent to landfills through reduction, reuse, recycling, treatment, or incineration (fuel blending or destructive
incineration), and divert a minimum of 50 percent of solid waste from being landfilled. The emphasis is on reduction, reuse and recycling whenever possible. As a water quality agency,
diverting HHW from the sewers and storm drains is equally important. The HHW Collection Facility’s waste management strategy mirrors AB 939, prioritizing HHW reduction, reuse, recycling,
and fuel blending, in that order, to the greatest extent feasible. All of which divert these wastes from being land-filled. The HHW program’s progress toward sewer and landfill diversion
for FY 2012/13 is outlined below. HHW Reduction CCCSD has achieved sixteen successful years of its Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program, which encourages the reduction of hazardous
waste generated through alternative gardening maintenance techniques and plant selection. IPM activities include store participation to promote less-toxic pest control products, “Healthy
Gardening” workshops conducted by Master Gardeners at various locations throughout the HHW program service area, and distribution of a free video entitled, “The Healthy Home and Garden:
Less-Toxic Pest Control”, through libraries and video stores in our service area. Additionally, MVSD provides pollution prevention information for home gardeners via its very popular
Bay-Friendly Garden workshop series. The series includes the three-hour workshop “Gardening to Manage Pests Naturally”, that focuses on avoiding pesticide use when possible though non-toxic
pest control measures. HHW Reused Screening collected wastes and segregating reusable products to be given away for free benefits all parties by minimizing the amount of waste requiring
recycling or disposal (reducing operating costs), and by providing items such as paint and cleaning products to HHW facility customers so they can be used for their intended purpose.
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A quality assurance plan is in place to ensure that the reusable products have their original labels and are in good condition. Personal care products, commercial and industrial products,
and products containing banned chemicals such as legacy pesticides, or chemicals slated to be banned such as copper naphthenate, bis-tributyltin oxide, and methylene chloride commonly
found in insecticides, fungicides, and paint related materials, are not given away. Reuse accounted for roughly 22 percent of the total amount of waste collected by the HHW Program.
The amount of reusable products given away decreased slightly by 1.3 percent or about 5,500 pounds from last fiscal year. The Reuse Program continued to be promoted through facility
staff, the CCCSD Pipeline, MVSD’s Mt. View Monitor, the CCCSD and MVSD websites, local environmental events (including Earth Day) and word of mouth. Over 14,000 Reuse Program participants
were given over 433,000 pounds of free reusable products during FY 2012/13. This represents an average of nearly 31 pounds per participant, or about 36,000 pounds of reusable items per
month. The estimated cost savings achieved through the reuse program is $151,550. This is based on disposal and container costs only, $0.35 per pound (Figure 1-4). HHW Recycled The types
of hazardous waste recycled at off-site facilities include: latex paint, used motor oil/filters, antifreeze, car batteries, propane cylinders, fluorescent lamps, lead (scrap metal),
mercury, household batteries and printer cartridges. Over 16,240 pounds of homegenerated cooking oil was collected and sent to a biofuel manufacturer for recycling at no cost to the
program. There are many waste streams in which the District is provided a rebate or is not charged for recycling. More information about those waste stream can be found in Section 10.
Table 6 shows the quantity of each type of recyclable waste, totaling 972,447 pounds, or 48.3 percent of the total quantity of HHW collected. In FY 2012/13, the amount of waste recycled
was down to 972,447 pounds from 1,030,428 pounds in 2011/12. The volumes of universal wastes such as fluorescent lamps and household batteries showed varying results compared to last
year. Fluorescent lamp volumes decreased by 17.9 percent; however the amount of household batteries collected increased by about 3 percent. 6 6-2
HHW Fuel Blended In FY 2012/13, a total of 413,306 pounds of oil-based paint and other flammable liquids (gasoline, paint thinners, etc.) was blended with other flammable hazardous wastes
and used as a fuel source to make Portland cement. This management method accounted for 20.5 percent of the total quantity of HHW collected as shown in Table 6. While fuel blending is
lower in the waste management hierarchy than recycling, it is still a beneficial use that avoids using fossil fuels and prevents destructive incineration, treatment or Class I landfill
disposal. Progress toward Diverting Hazardous Waste from Sewers and Landfills The total quantity of hazardous waste (HW) diverted from sewers and landfills, and managed by either giving
away useable products to the public (reuse), recycling or fuel blending for beneficial use was 1,818,950 pounds or nearly 90 percent of the total amount of HW collected. This level of
diversion far exceeds the current reuse/recycling goal of 49 percent. Because California does not recognize fuel blending as “recycling”, a diversion rate of over 69 percent was achieved
(1,405,644 pounds) if you consider reuse and recycling separately from fuel blending. 6-3
Table 6 Quantity of Landfill Diverted Waste Material Type Quantity Recycled (Lbs.) Motor oil and oil filters 182,560 Antifreeze 33,389 Car batteries 41,621 Fluorescent lamps 38,714 Propane
cylinders 9,805 Scrap metal (lead, brass and copper) 363 Printer cartridges 845 Mercury (elemental) 89 Household batteries 53,435 Latex Paint 595,386 Cooking Oil 16,240 Total recycled
waste 972,447 Reused HHW 433,197 Total recycled and reused 1,405,644 Percent of HHW reused or recycled 69.8% Fuel Blended Oil based paint 325,856 Other flammable liquids 87,450 Total
fuel blended waste 413,306 Percent of waste fuel blended 20.5% Total landfill diverted waste 1,818,950 Percent of waste deverted from landfill 90.3% Total waste throughput, including
reused, recycled, and disposed 2,014,598 6-63-4
Section 7: Mobile Collection /San Ramon Door To Door Program
MOBILE COLLECTION /SAN RAMON DOOR TO DOOR PROGRAM The HHW program participation goal has always been to serve at least four percent of the households in each community in the HHW service
area. Mobile collection events are used to supplement participation in the communities most remote to the HHW facility or with the lowest participation. The District’s Board of Directors
proposed that if cities in the District wanted to sponsor a mobile HHW collection event in their city, they would have to pay the incremental difference between the cost per car at the
permanent facility and the cost per car charges at the mobile event. The City of San Ramon had been the only city to request a mobile event based on the cost share proposal, but has
not held a mobile collection event since it launched a City-sponsored Door-to-Door HHW Collection program in 2011. San Ramon Door-to-Door Collection Program HHW Collection Facility participation
by City of San Ramon residents has routinely fallen short of the four percent per year goal, while facility participation by other communities in the HHW Service area has ranged between
8 and 36 percent. San Ramon residents cite that the Martinez facility is too far away and waiting a year between mobile collection events is not convenient. In response, the City of
San Ramon launched a Door-To-Door (DTD) HHW Collection Program in June of 2011. Under this new program, residents schedule an appointment for a service contractor to come to their home,
and pick up and dispose of the resident’s Household Hazardous Waste, e-waste, sharps and medications. Revised HHW Services Agreement To help fund the DTD program, San Ramon requested
the District restructure the existing HHW Services Agreement and revise how its program cost-share is calculated. The City of San Ramon pays HHW services for roughly 5,000 homes in the
southern portion of the city that are Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) sewer customers. The HHW Services Agreement was modified to charge San Ramon on a “per use” basis for
HHW facility participation by San Ramon residents. Simply put; since about 20 percent of San Ramon’s households are DSRSD customers, they are charged for 20 percent of the San Ramon
customers that use the HHW Facility. San Ramon is charged the previous year’s cost per car rate minus the capital expenditures. Then the capital charges are added as a separate and permanent
cost, as the number of cars may fluctuate, but this will ensure that the capital costs 7-1
are recovered. Also, as part of the new cost structure of the revised agreement, the District will no longer offer San Ramon mobile collection events. Impact on Participation San Ramon
reported that their DTD program served 1,026 participants and collected a total of 56,700 pounds of waste was collected at a cost of $149,622. San Ramon participation at the HHW facility
was, as anticipated, lower than previous years at 3 percent, compared to 3.4 percent during FY 2011/12 and 3.8 percent in FY 2010/11. The combined participation of the DTD program and
Permanent Collection Facility for FY 2012/13 was 1,819 participants or participation rate of about 6.9 percent. San Ramon’s overall HHW disposal participation decreased from 8.4 percent
in FY 2011/12 to 6.9 percent in FY 2012/13. For a comparison of San Ramon participation, cost, and waste volumes prior to and during Door-to-Door operations see Table 7 on the next page.
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Table 7 Comparison of Mobile Collection Events to Door-to-Door Collection HHW Collection Method FY 2011/12 FY 2012/13 CCCSD HHW Facility 881 793 CCCSD/San Ramon Mobile Event --San Ramon
Door-to-Door Program 1,289 1,026 Total participants 2,170 1,819 Percent difference in participation from previous year -16.2% Pounds of Waste Collected from San Ramon FY 2011/12 FY 2012/13
CCCSD HHW Facility 59,047 55,371 CCCSD/San Ramon Mobile Event --San Ramon Door-to-Door Program 72,184 56,700 Total pounds 131,231 112,071 Percent difference in pounds of waste collected
from previous year -14.6% Cost of HHW Collection Method FY 2011/12 FY 2012/13 CCCSD HHW Facility $20,621 $19,986 CCCSD/San Ramon Mobile Event N/A N/A San Ramon Door-to-Door Program $140,759
$149,622 Total Cost $161,380 $169,608 DTD Pounds per participant 56 55 DTD Cost per participant $109 $146 DTD Cost per pound of waste collected $1.95 $2.64 7-3
Section 8: Small Business Program
SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM Small Business Program Description An important component of the HHW Collection Program is the collection of hazardous wastes from small businesses that qualify
as “Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators” (CESQG) under Federal and State hazardous waste management laws. This program is intended to offer small businesses a cost-effective
and convenient hazardous waste disposal option. An appointment packet is used to provide information about the service, including eligibility, operating requirements, and the appointment
process. The business completes the Waste Certification and Inventory Form and submits it to the HHW Program staff to initiate the appointment process. HHW staff provides a price quote
for disposal charges for the inventoried wastes and sets an appointment for the business to deliver the wastes to the facility. In most cases, same-day appointment service is available
to customers, if needed. The business is provided a copy of the completed Waste Certification and Inventory Form to serve as the business’s record of proper disposal for the wastes.
The largest volume of wastes processed through the CESQG program is paints and paint-related materials (e.g., thinners). The significant differences between the residential service and
the CESQG program are: Appointments are required for CESQG participants; and Administration and disposal costs for the wastes are paid for through a disposal charge and $20 per appointment
administration fee at the time of service. In June 2009, the facility began serving small business customers Monday through Saturday. The types of businesses using the program continue
to be diverse, ranging from painting contractors to small manufacturing companies. Approximately half of the business participants are comprised of painting contractors, general contractors,
and public agencies. Currently the majority of the business participants, 74 percent, are located in Martinez, Concord, and Walnut Creek. 8-1
Pollution Solutions Partnership The Pollution Solutions (PS) partnerships began in 2008 with five Ace Hardware stores in Concord, Martinez, Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek. The partnership
allows stores in the HHW service area to collect household batteries and fluorescent lamps and drop them off at the HHW facility for free. The only condition is that the partners do
not charge the customers for recycling their items. The first year the partnership collected over 11,000 pounds of household batteries and fluorescent lamps. In FY 2012/13, the partnership
had seven participating locations and collected 19,900 pounds of household batteries, and lamps. Participation from the PS partners has averaged about 105 visits per year over the last
three years. With this substantial amount of participation, it was decided that the PS partner appointments should be presented separately in FY 2012/13. More about the Pollution Solutions
Program can be found in Section 9 Public Education /Program Promotion. Small Business Program Participation In FY 2012/13, the small business program served 291 businesses appointments
from 134 businesses. Compared to FY 2011/12 where 378 appointments and 171 businesses were served, this reflects a 23 percent decrease in the number of appointments that participated
in the CESQG program. This decrease from FY 2011/12 appears to be caused by the PaintCare Program that offers businesses and residents free disposal of qualified paint products at most
paint retailers across the state. The retail take-back portion of PaintCare began around November 2012. The District has been a part of the PaintCare Program since the middle of March
2013. PaintCare will not allow us to charge businesses for the paint they deliver to us; however we may continue to charge the administration fee of $20 per appointment. Table 8-1 presents
the data for CESQG program participation during FY 2012/13 and includes the data from the previous ten fiscal years for comparison. Table 8-2 lists the companies and government agencies
that used the small business program services during FY 2012/13. 8-2
Small Business Program Revenue The amount of revenue collected from small businesses for hazardous waste disposal during FY 2012/13 was $24,707 (see Table 8-2), or approximately $85
per appointment. The $24,707 of revenue includes $5,820 from administration fees collected for each appointment ($20 per appointment). The reduction in revenue is in part due to the
decrease in small business appointments as well as being unable to charge businesses for paint disposal under the PaintCare Program. See Appendix III for the current CESQG disposal charges.
Small Business Program Outreach To date, CESQG outreach activities have included on-going advertising in local chamber of commerce publications, CCCSD’s Pipeline newsletter, MVSD’s Mt.
View Monitor newsletter, advertising conducted by the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority, Business Trade Fairs, and word of mouth by CCCSD’s Source Control Inspectors, as well
as Contra Costa County Hazmat Program inspectors, as they complete their field work auditing the operations of eligible businesses. 8-3
8-4 31495772 6787 7396 128 103 63 90 8059 50 56 94 104 75 82 77 68 95 0 50 100 150 200 250 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 Customers Figure 8-1
CESQG New Customers vs. Repeat Customers Repeat New Baseline 111 108 107 128 168 191 148 178 205 171 158 Baseline
Table 8-1 SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION BY COMMUNITY NUMBER OF BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS Community Fiscal Year 2012/13 Previous Fiscal Year Clayton 5 8 Concord 112 147 Danville 4 11 Lafayette
16 20 Martinez/Mt. View 45 67 Moraga 4 1 Orinda 9 15 Pleasant Hill 22 26 San Ramon 18 5 Walnut Creek 49 67 Unincorporated 7 11 Outside of service area 0 0 TOTAL 291 378 * This figure
does not include the 97 PS program or 12 service area city abandonment visits in FY 2012/13 8-5
Table 8-2 Small Business Program Summary Fiscal Year Number of Business Participants Number of New Business Participants Number of Appointments Estimated Pounds of Waste Processed Average
Pounds of Waste per Appointment Revenue per Pound of Waste Revenue Collected 01/02 90 Base Year 191 30,542 160 $ 0.46 $14,094 02/03 111 80 226 38,046 168 $ 0.41 $15,561 03/04 108 59
216 41,298 191 $ 0.41 $16,907 04/05 107 50 226 39,608 175 $ 0.50 $19,884 05/06 128 55 252 40,841 162 $0.54 $22,054 06/07 161 94 373 81,777 219 $0.45 $37,008 07/08 191 104 386 59,966
155 $0.57 $34,324 08/09 148 75 416 72,728 175 $0.46 $33,236 09/10 178 82 439 73,045 166 $0.43 $29,290 10/11 206 77 485 72,991 150 $0.43 $31,157 11/12 171 68 378 53,486 141 $0.54 $30,696
12/13 134 53 291 42,838 147 $0.58 $24,707 * In FY 2012/13 PS partner visits and service area city abandonments were removed from total appointment figures for the Small Business program.
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Table 8-3 Small Business Program Participants *Companies in BOLD text are new to the program this year AAA NCU IE Blackhawk Country Club Walnut Creek Danville AB Construction Bowers
Electric Lafayette Martinez Ace Dance Academy Building and Land Services (BLS) Walnut Creek Concord Acree Technologies Inc. Butler Electric Concord Clayton Acro Associates C.K Enterprises
Concord Concord Acura of Concord Calex Manufacturing Co., Inc. Concord Concord Albert D. Seeno Construction California High School Concord San Ramon Alta Vista HOA Canyon Elementary
Schools Walnut Creek Canyon Andy’s Tee Shirts Car Stereo Concord Concord Anaka Behavioral Health Carondelet High School Concord Concord APT Water, Inc. Carone & Company Pleasant Hill
Concord Ball Estate CCC Mosquito Vector Control Alamo Concord Bill’s Ace Hardware CCC Sheriff Martinez Martinez 8-7
CCC Transit Authority Concord Korean Baptist Church Concord Martinez CCCSD – COM Conditioned Air Martinez Concord CCCSD CSO Contra Costa Electric Martinez Martinez CCCSD LAB Contra Costa
Topsoil, Inc. Martinez Martinez CCCSD POD Craig Nelson DDS Martinez Concord CCCSD – PMD Concord Jet Service Martinez Concord Celerity Consulting Charles Luther CPA Walnut Creek Pleasant
Hill CEMEX City of Martinez Clayton Martinez Central Tune up/Automotive Dan’s Camera & Graphics Walnut Creek Martinez City of Orinda David Collins Painting Orinda Orinda City Painting
Co. De La Salle High School Pacheco Concord Comfort Systems USA Diablo Thermal Systems Concord Walnut Creek Comletric Diablo Valley Prosthodontics Danville Walnut Creek ConCar Industries
DigiRay Concord Danville Concord Airport Plaza Eagle Marine Concord Martinez 8-8
East Bay Regional Park District J. Hettinger Interiors Orinda Danville E-N-G Mobile Systems J & S Equipment Concord Concord ECOLadb Inc. JAM Transportation Clayton Concord E-Tech Collisiion,
Inc. Jetalon Solutions, Inc. Walnut Creek Pleasant Hill Flynn Electric, Inc. Jim Jackl Concord Lafayette Foster Wheeler Martinez Joe Darden Painting Martinez Concord Freeco Vending John
DeRespini Construction Concord Concord Galaxy Stainless John Muir Behavioral Health Concord Concord Giga-Tronics John Muir Homes San Ramon Martinez GNU Group Joseph’s Lawnmower Lafayette
Pleasant Hill Grateful Décor Kaiser Permanente -North Via Monte Pleasant Hill Walnut Creek GRE Walnut Creek, LLC Kelly Moore Paint I Walnut Creek Concord Heald College Kelly Moore Paint
II Concord Concord Holiday Inn Express Kelly Moore Repair Center Walnut Creek Concord Independent Construction Co. Kelly Moore Paint Concord Pleasant Hill 8-9
Kelly Moore Paint Mike Compressor San Ramon Concord Kelly Moore Paint Miracle Method Walnut Creek Pacheco Kevin Ko, DDS Mount Diablo Electric Walnut Creek Walnut Creek Lafayette School
District Mount Diablo State Park Lafayette Clayton Lafayette Woodworking Inc. No. CA Conf. of Seventh-Day Walnut Creek Pleasant Hill Lassle Electric Orinda Union Schools San Ramon Orinda
Law Office of Ronald Bass Pacific Auto Body Walnut Creek Concord Lead Abatement Pacific Eye Care Concord Walnut Creek Way Lippow Development Paint Master Martinez Walnut Creek Maintenance
Master Panda Walnut Creek San Ramon March Plasma Pan Pacific Supply Concord Concord Martinez Unified School District Para-Twin Palms Printing Martinez Concord MCC Realty Group, Inc.
Planet Beach Contempo Spa Walnut Creek San Ramon McGuire Harley Davidson Planned Parenthood Walnut Creek Walnut Creek Mircobiology Quality Associates Pro Grass Concord Walnut Creek 8-10
PSR Susan Gefvert DDS Lafayette Concord Quality Tree Service SWIFT Pleasant Hill Concord R & R Handyman Tap Plastics Walnut Creek Pleasant Hill RCM Industries, Inc. The Stuart Company
Concord Lafayette ReBath by Schicker Timberline Hardwood Floor Concord Lafayette RheoSense, Inc. Tomco Engineering San Ramon Concord Roberson & Co. Town of Morga Orinda Morga Sage Veterinary
Centers Townsend Painting Concord Lafayette San Ramon Shell Toyota Pro Inc. San Ramon Concord Sarty Family Dentistry Tyris Corporation Martinez Concord Spectrum Painting Valley Veterinary
Hospital Pacheco Walnut Creek St. Agnes School Valley Waste Management Concord Walnut Creek Stanley Steamer Van Gelder Enterprises Concord Concord Summit Building Services Vasconi Belka
Realty Concord Concord Sunrise Bristro W.J. Hess Construction Walnut Creek Alamo 8-11
Walnut Creek Ace Hardware – Mt. Diablo Wells Fargo Bank Walnut Creek Walnut Creek Walnut Creek School District White's Electric Service Walnut Creek Concord WCI-GC Whole Foods Market
Walnut Creek Lafayette Welcome Building Maintenance Zuckerman Construction Concord Concord 8-12
Section 9: Public Education/Program Promotion
PUBLIC EDUCATION/PROGRAM PROMOTION HHW program participation has steadily grown since the program’s first complete year in FY 1998/99. That year the program served 7.7 percent of the
households in the HHW service area. Since then participation has grown to over 15 percent. The HHW program is publicized in each issue of the CCCSD Pipeline newsletter, which is mailed
three times per year to more than 120,000 CCCSD residential customers and over 5,000 businesses. Additionally, MVSD’s newsletter, the Mt. View Monitor, as well as the Central Contra
Costa Solid Waste Authority and cities and organizations in the service area, have used their newsletters to provide public education and promotion of the HHW program and its associated
Pharmaceutical Disposal Program. With this promotional strategy, about 17 percent of the total residential participants during FY 2012/13 were first-time customers, and the remaining
83 percent were repeat customers. This is a 1 percent increase of first-time customers over last year. The HHW programs are also promoted through displays staffed by CCCSD Communication
Services staff at the annual Earth Day Fair, several environmental fairs sponsored by hospitals, Chambers of Commerce, and cities in the service area. In addition, the HHW is covered
in all speaking engagements by the Communication Services staff. Promotions Promotions for FY 2012/13 include the distribution of HHW brochures and flyers to permit counters, information
kiosks in all the client cities and their corresponding Chambers of Commerce offices. Similarly, more than 20,000 Pharmaceutical Disposal brochures were distributed in the same locations
as well as hospitals and city hall offices. Communication Services staff have also made two presentations on the Pharmaceutical Disposal program at the County’s Advisory Committee on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse in 2012. The Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (Small Business) program is promoted through several publications and activities, as described below.
• Full-page inserts advertising the program in local Chamber of Commerce newsletters. • Ads in annually published city maps and Chambers of Commerce directories; • Advertising conducted
by the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority; • Advertising in local editions of the CC Times for targeted areas (San Ramon, Lamorinda); • Articles and announcements in every CCCSD
Pipeline newsletter see below. Activities promoting the small business program: • CCCSD and MVSD web sites; 9-1
• Seven “environmental” fairs with a display focused to HHW; • Two business trade shows with a display focused to HHW; • Promotion by Source Control Inspectors as they complete their
field work auditing the operations of eligible small businesses; • Word-of-mouth; • Eleven Speakers Bureau presentations that included details on HHW operation by Communications Services
Staff. Expanded promotion of the small business program during FY 2012/13 included: • Expanded pages on the District’s website; • Advertising in Chambers’ newsletters. Pollution Solutions
The promotional campaign, PS – “Pollution Solutions,” continues at seven Ace Hardware Stores in our service area: three Bill’s Ace Hardware Stores (in Martinez, Pleasant Hill, and Concord,
two in Walnut Creek, one in Alamo and one in Lafayette. The program consists of store-specific signage, posters, shelf labels, and flyers each noting the distance of the individual store
to the HHWCF. Shelf labels cover cleaning supplies, automotive products, batteries, fluorescent lamps and CFLs, paint and paint products. Each of the stores receives two battery drop-off
buckets – five-gallon containers – for in-store collection. The stores also accept fluorescent lamps. We hope to continue the “PS” program and add more stores in the future. HHW Collection
facility tours are provided upon request and are part of the 10 plant tours given in FY 2012/13. During the tour visitors are provided an HHWCF tour packet that contains an HHW fact
sheet, Mercury Waste and Thermometer Exchange flyer, and other related items, which promote the HHW Program and related District pollution prevention programs. 9-39-23
Section 10: Revenue and Expenses
FY 2012/13 REVENUE AND EXPENSES The HHW Program expenses for FY 2012/13 totaled $2,754,072, an 8.4 percent increase from FY 2011/12. The volume of waste collected in 2012/13 increased
by about 2 percent and overall participation decreased by about 1 percent. The cost per car increased to $93 from $87 last year. The increase in expenses can be primarily attributed
to an increase in salaries, benefits and overhead for District staff. It is notable that three operating expense categories accounted for 79 percent of these expenses. The first of these
categories was “Salaries, benefits and overhead” which, at $1,569,319, accounted for 57 percent of the total expenses. This is up from last year’s total of $1,342,842. The next largest
category was” Transportation and disposal” at $569,612 or 21 percent of total expenses, which is an increase of about 2.1 percent compared to last year. The third category, “Professional,
technical and legal services“, at $100,561 this is an increase of 5.8 percent from last year, represents about 3.65 percent of the total expenses, and primarily consists of the cost
of contract labor, which the amount of contract labor used in decreased by about 1% in FY 2012/13. The increase in Transportation and disposal, and Professional, technical and legal
services is mainly due to the waste services contract entered into in January 2012, which increased the costs for labor, materials and disposal by 22 percent annually. Revenue Revenue
for the HHW Collection Facility included payments from other jurisdictions under service agreements (Mt. View Sanitary District, City of Concord, City of Clayton and City of San Ramon),
sale of recyclable materials, charges to small businesses under the CESQG program, and a portion of CCCSD’s annual Sewer Service Charges. Table 10-1 presents a summary of revenue and
expenses for the HHW Collection Facility for FY 2012/13. Rebates and No Cost Management Many of the wastes that are collected by the HHW facility have market value or require manufacturers
to manage their recycling, also known as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Staff is diligent in seeking low cost management alternatives while keeping safe and proper disposal
in mind. Below is a list of waste streams that either have a rebate, no cost recycling, or the manufacturer is responsible for the management of the waste. Reusable products have a great
value and are included in the list. 10-1
PaintCare is also listed as there is no cost to the District for managing PaintCare paint products. The HHW Program was only enrolled in PaintCare for the last three and a half months
of FY 2012/13 and was able to save over $95,000 in material, transportation and disposal cost. The District is working with PaintCare to be reimbursed for the amount of PaintCare reusable
paint given away by the District’s reuse program. Like the District, reuse is near the top of PaintCare’s management hierarchy. Estimated revenue for reusable paint products is approximately
$20,000 per year and will begin in FY 2013/14. Waste Stream Waste Volume (pounds) Rebate or (Savings) Scrap metal 363 $ 193 Printer cartridges 845 $ 623 Rechargeable battery recycling
5,664 ($2,707) Rechargeable battery handling N/A $ 1,623 Lead acid batteries (auto) 41,621 $ 5,921 Cooking oil 16,240 ($4,511) Cardboard 12,760 No charge Latex and oil based paint (PaintCare)
250,197 ($95,000) From middle of March through June Reuse 433,197 ($151,619) 760,887 pounds $260,574 Over 760,000 pounds or 38% of the total amount of waste collected by the program
was managed at no cost or at a savings of more than $260,000 Amortization of Capital Expenditures Amortization of Capital Expenditures is derived from the capital costs to build the
collection facility and all capital improvements amortized over 30 years. An alternative energy study was performed around the District and was completed in 2013. The study was to determine
if a solar energy lease agreement would be a viable cost savings for the HHW Program. It found that the most cost effective financial model would be to utilize a Power Purchase Agreement
(PPA), which would be a contract with a third party to purchase all energy produced by a photovoltaic system installed at the HHW facility. This third party would own the photovoltaic
system and would be fully responsible for all ownership costs, including financing, maintenance, insurance, and system production. The District is participating in an energy coalition
which is currently bidding out PPA’s throughout the Bay Area. If the costs are found to be favorable, then staff will bring PPA back to the Board for approval. Table 10-2 shows the amortization
schedule of all capital expenditures since the HHW Facility 10-2
construction was completed in 1997. • Figure 10-1 shows the HHW Program participation and the expenses related to the Program for each of the 16 years of operation. • Figure 10-2 lists
the estimated average cost per household for each year the HHW Program has been in operation. 10-3
Table 10-1 Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility 2012/13 Summary of Revenue and Expenses Revenue FY 2011/2012 FY 2012/2013 CCCSD Sewer Service Charges: $ 1,739,456 $ 1,905,480
Service Agreements with other jurisdictions: FY 2011/2012 FY 2012/2013 Mt. View Sanitary District $ 110,041 $ 120,299 City of Concord 596,740 650,928 City of Clayton 53,970 59,091 City
of San Ramon 20,621 19,986 $ 781,373 $ 850,304 $ 850,304 Sale of collected materials and CESQG Charges: $ 29,869 $ 27,054 Transfer portion of revenue to Self-Insurance for Insurance
Policy: ($ 28,766) ($ 28,766) TOTAL REVENUE $ 2,521,932 $ 2,754,072 Expenses FY 2011/2012 FY 2012/2013 Salaries, benefits and overhead (HHW Staff) $ 1,342,613 $ 1,569,319 Salaries &
benefits (Source Control Staff) 229 1,561 Environmental liability premiums 80,956 69,156 Utilities 11,940 11,411 Repairs and maintenance 32,610 23,414 Transportation and disposal 557,574
569,612 Professional, technical and legal services 94,689 100,561 Materials and supplies 87,855 95,865 Other expenses 15,648 15,132 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES $ 2,224,114 $ 2,456,031 Amortization
of Capital Expenditures 297,817 298,041 TOTAL EXPENSES $ 2,521,932 $ 2,754,072 10-4
Table 10-2 HHW Facility Capital Expenditure Amortization Schedule -1998 thru 2042 DP 8180 DP 8197 & 8204 DP 8209 & 7229 DP 8216 DP 7256 Total $ 1,900,000 $ 427,368 $ 32,492 $ 319,393
$ 1,422,353 $ 3,085 $ 4,104,691 1 1998 $ 138,035 138,035 2 1999 138,035 138,035 3 2000 138,035 138,035 4 2001 138,035 138,035 5 2002 138,035 138,035 6 2003 138,035 138,035 7 2004 138,035
$ 31,048 169,083 8 2005 138,035 31,048 $ 2,361 171,444 9 2006 138,035 31,048 2,361 171,444 10 2007 138,035 31,048 2,361 $ 23,204 194,648 11 2008 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 194,483 12
2009 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 194,483 13 2010 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 194,483 14 2011 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 $ 103,334 297,817 15 2012 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334
297,817 16 2013 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 $ 224 298,042 17 2014 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 18 2015 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 19 2016
138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 20 2017 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 21 2018 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 22 2019 138,035 31,048
2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 23 2020 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 24 2021 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 25 2022 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334
224 298,041 26 2023 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 27 2024 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 28 2025 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 29
2026 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 30 2027 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041 2028 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 160,006 2029 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334
224 160,006 2030 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 160,006 2031 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 160,006 2032 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 160,006 2033 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224
160,006 2034 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 128,958 2035 23,039 103,334 224 126,597 2036 23,039 103,334 224 126,597 2037 103,334 224 103,558 2038 103,334 224 103,558 2039 103,334 224 103,558
2040 103,334 224 103,558 2041 224 224 2042 224 224 $ 4,141,050 $ 931,449 $ 70,830 $ 691,341 $ 3,100,020 $ 6,272 $ 8,940,961 Years Original Fiscal Year Construction Ending Improvement
Projects Rate = 6% amortized over 30 years 10-5
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10-7 The number of households in the District is determined by using data from the California Department of Finance and includes annual occupancy factors. The change in the number of
households in 2010 and 2011 is presumably caused by updated information due to the 2010 census.
APPENDIX 1: F303 FORM
Instructions: Permanent Facility Temporary (periodic) Facility Mobile Facility Recycle-only Facility Door to Door (residential) Program Curbside Program (other than oil) Load Check Other
(name) _____________ Total Weight Collected (in pounds) Destructive Incineration Fuel Incineration Landfill Neutralization /Treatment Recycled Reused Stabilization Total Pounds Disposed
/Diverted 1. Flammable and Poison Flammable solids /liquids 39,000 0 39,000 2,232 36,768 39,000 Bulked flammable liquids 49,950 0 49,950 49,950 49,950 Oil -base paints 325,856 0 325,856
325,856 325,856 Poisons 102,971 0 102,971 102,971 102,971 Reactive and explosive 72 0 72 72 72 subtotal 517,849 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 517,849 105,276 412,574 0 0 0 0 0 517,850 2. Acid Inorganic
and organic acid 16,342 0 16,342 16,342 16,342 3. Base Inorganic and organic base 21,500 0 21,500 21,500 21,500 4. Oxidizer Neutral oxidizers, Organic peroxides, Oxidizing acid, and
Oxidizing base 4,265 0 4,265 43 4,222 4,265 5. PCB -containing PCB -containing paint 0 0 Other PCB waste (includes ballasts) 700 0 700 700 700 subtotal 700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 700 700 0 0
0 0 0 0 700 6. Reclaimable Antifreeze 33,389 0 33,389 33,389 33,389 Auto type batteries (motor vehicles) 41,621 0 41,621 41,621 41,621 Latex paint 595,386 0 595,386 595,386 595,386 Motor
oil/oil products 174,560 0 174,560 174,560 174,560 Used oil filters (recyclables only) 8,000 0 8,000 8,000 8,000 subtotal 852,956 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 852,956 0 0 0 0 852,956 0 0 852,956 7.
Asbestos Asbestos 2,700 2,700 0 0 2,700 0 0 0 0 2,700 8. Universal Waste (UW) * Mercury containing automatic switches /thermometers /and novelties 89 0 89 89 89 Mercury containing thermostats
TRC 0 0 Mercury containing waste (other) 0 0 Lamps 38,714 0 38,714 38,714 38,714 Rechargeable batteries 5,664 0 5,664 5,664 5,664 Other batteries 47,771 0 47,771 47,771 47,771 subtotal
92,238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92,238 0 0 0 0 92,238 0 0 92,238 Electronic Waste (UW) Covered Electronic Devices 0 0 Universal Waste Electronic Devices 0 0 subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 Aerosol Containers (UW) Aerosol containers 0 0 Other UW (name) ____________ 0 0 all UW subtotal 92,238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92,238 0 0 0 0 92,238 0 0 92,238 9. Other HHW Home -generated
sharps 22 22 22 22 Pharmaceutical Waste 11,576 11,576 11,576 11,576 Compressed gas cylinders 14,405 0 14,405 2,466 11,939 14,405 Treated wood 0 0 Non -UW aerosol containers (corrosive,
flammable, poison) 29,400 0 29,400 29,400 29,400 Other: Print cart., Lead, Cooking oil 17,448 17,448 17,448 433,197 450,645 subtotal 72,851 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72,851 43,442 0 22 0 29,387
433,197 0 506,048 10. Grand Total 1,581,401 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,581,401 149,460 412,574 2,722 42,064 974,581 433,197 0 2,014,598 * To be considered Universal Waste, all waste in this category
except for batteries, must be managed by recycling. Energy recovery or fuel incineration is not considered recycling. If the waste cannot be managed by recycling, it is not universal
waste and must be managed as a hazardous waste. The completed Disposed/Diverted Management Methods section will show whether or not wastes were managed as a universal waste. Pounds Collected
by Program Type Pounds Disposed /Diverted by Management Method Enter the number of pounds of material in the waste stream collected within the area into the cell corresponding to the
program type used to collect the material. The spreadsheet will calculate the total amounts for you. Also enter the estimated number of pounds of the collected material in the cell corresponding
to the management method used to dispose or divert the material. Definitions of the "Management Methods" are presented in Title 14, 18751.2.1 (c). The spreadsheet will calculate the
total pounds disposed or diverted for you. Note: Quantities reported under "Load Check" and other collection categories should not be double counted under "Permanent Facility." Section
F. Waste Volumes: Material Type
APPENDIX II: CESQG CHARGES
SCHEDULE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL CHARGES FOR CONDITIONALLY EXEMPT SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS (Revision date 11/5/99) Waste Category (Packaging Method) Example Waste Materials
Per Pint Container1 Per Quart Container1 Per 1 Gallon Container1 Per 5 Gallon Container1 Other Unit Charges Antifreeze (Bulked) Uncontaminated for recycle $1.40/gal Latex Paint (Bulked)
Latex based paints, stains $2.50/gal Motor Oil (Bulked) Uncontaminated for recycle $0.28/gal. Aerosols Hazard Class 2 (Loosepack) Spray Paints Insecticides Aerosol Cleaners $1.65 $3.30
Flammable/Combustible Materials: Fuels Blending Hazard Class 3.0 (Loosepack) (Bulked option for some wastes)2 Paint Related Material: Oil-Based Paint/Stains Varnishes Solvents Thinners
$0.50 $1.00 $3.40 $20.50 $2.50/gal.2 Adhesives Alcohol Brush Wash Diesel Epoxy Resins Gasoline/Fuels Grease Glues Ink/Toners Polishes White Gas Methanol Roof Tar Sealers $0.50 $1.00
$3.75 $30.00 $2.50/gal.2
Waste Category (Packaging Method) Example Waste Materials Per Pint Container1 Per Quart Container1 Per 1 Gallon Container1 Per 5 Gallon Container1 Other Unit Charges Corrosives, Oxidizers,
Acids, Bases: Neutralization/Treatment Hazard Class B (Labpack) Acetic Acid Ammonia Citric Acid Corrosives Potassium Hydroxide Sodium Hydroxide Ferric Chloride Formic Acid Hydrochloric
Acid Hydrofluoric Acid Hypochlorite Caustics $1.20 $2.40 $9.50 $47.50 Poisons, Toxic Materials: Incineration Hazard Class 6, 3(6) (Labpack) Insecticides Pesticides Flammable Pesticides
Herbicides Toxic Lab Chemicals $1.70 $3.40 $13.50 $67.50 Contaminated Solids, Other Hazardous Materials: Landfill Hazard Class 9, Non-RCRA (Labpack or Loosepack) Non-RCRA Hazardous Wastes
Fertilizers Absorbents $0.65 $1.30 $5.25 $26.50 Reactives Hazard Class 4 (Labpack) Cyanides Dangerous when wet Sulfides Bromine Spontaneously combustible $2.50 $5.00 $20.00 $99.00 Asbestos
(Loosepack) Double bagged friable asbestos wastes $120 per cubic yard
Waste Category (Packaging Method) Example Waste Materials Per Pint Container1 Per Quart Container1 Per 1 Gallon Container1 Per 5 Gallon Container1 Other Unit Charges Household Batteries
Hazard Class 8, 9 (Loosepack) Alkaline Lithium Nickel Cadmium Silver Oxide $0.10 each Oil Filters (Loosepack) Automotive and truck/tractor filters $1.00 each Vehicle Batteries (Not packaged)
Unbroken/non leaking lead-acid batteries No Charge Fluorescent Tubes (Loosepack) $0.15/ft. Propane Cylinders (Loosepack) 5 gallon “BBQ” style $5.00 Propane Cylinders (Loosepack) Smaller
than 5 gallon cylinders $1.40 $2.75 $11.00 1 Prices are based on container size regardless of how full; containers of other than the specified sizes will be charged at an interpolated
or prorated price. 2 This rate will be available when the bulking of flammable liquids can be performed at the facility. Flammable liquids that cannot be bulked will be charged the rate
based on the container size. Note: Each CESQG shall be charged an Administration Fee of $20.00 for each drop off in addition to the above handling and disposal charges. (Ord. 229 Exh.
A (part), 2004: Ord. 212 § 1 Exh. A, 1999: Ord. 206 Exh. A, 1999
APPENDIX III: HHW PROGRAM HISTORY -1997 TO PRESENT
12/13 HHW Program History 1997 to 2013 01/02 05/06 04/05 03/04 02/03 11/12 98/99 00/01 10/11 HHW Program History 1997 to 2013 97/98 99/00 09/10 08/09 07/08 06/07 Facility opened in September
1997. Collected 745,101 lbs of waste from 9,382 households and CESQG's at a cost of $ 1,043,711 with District staff of three during the eight months of operation. Operating hours: Wednesday
(businesses only) and Thursday thru Saturday from 9am to 4pm, and Sunday 1pm to 4pm Stats: Capital $ 138,035 Cost/car = $ 111 Lbs./car = 79 Cost/lb. = $ 1.40 Cost/home = $ 6.04 Service
area = 172,856 3 mobile events = 188 cars First complete year of operation. Collected 898,431 lbs. of waste from 14,105 households, CESQG's and mobile events at a cost of $1,197,065
Stats: Capital $ 138,035 Cost/car = $ 85 Lbs./car = 64 Cost/lb. = $ 1.33 Cost/home = $ 6.89 Service area = 173,865 3 mobile events = 441 cars Started the Mercury Thermometer Exchange
Program. Surpassed 1,000,000 pounds collected mark. Collected 1,215,180 lbs of waste from 15,808 households, CESQG's and mobile event cars at a cost of $1,265,267 Stats: Capital $ 138,035
Cost/car = $ 80 Lbs./car = 77 Cost/lb. = $ 1.04 Cost/home = $ 7.28 Service area = 173,865 3 mobile events = 634 cars Dougherty Valley trunkline installed. San Ramon continues to annex
Dougherty Valley. Collected 1,353,017 lbs of waste from 17,471 households, CESQG's and mobile event cars at a cost of $1,300,014 Stats: Capital $ 138,035 Cost/car = $ 74 Lbs./car = 77
Cost/lb. = $ 0.96 Cost/home = $ 7.29 Service area = 178,170 3 mobile events = 1,258 cars Celebrated 5-year anniversary of the HHW Facility In September 2001, changed the operating hours
Tuesday thru Saturday from 9am-4pm. Businesses by appointment any day. In October 2001, hired one additional Senior Technician and one additional Technician I/II Collected 1,406,573
lbs of waste from 19,410 households, CESQG's and mobile event cars at a cost of $1,411,877 Stats: Capital $ 138,035 Cost/car = $ 73 Lbs./car = 72 Cost/lb. = $ 1.00 Cost/home = $ 7.86
Service area = 178,926 3 mobile events = 1,775 cars Participation increased partly due to the introduction of the propane tank over-pressure device effecting all bbq style propane tanks.
The facility received over 1,400 tanks during the year. Started new Waste Services contract with PSC. Collected 1,601,699 lbs of waste from 22,585 households, CESQG's and mobile event
cars at a cost of $1,513,079 Stats: Capital $ 138,035 Cost/car = $ 67 Lbs./car = 71 Cost/lb. = $ 0.95 Cost/home = $ 8.40 Service area = 180,046 3 mobile events = 2,506 cars Completed
DP 8180, the addition of the 3,100 sq ft. flammable bulking and storage area. March '04 -The Board approved a $20 administration fee to all CESQG transactions in order to recoup costs
without increasing fees. Held first mercury thermometer exchange event at Byron Park Senior Home in Walnut Creek. February -Began closely tracking pollutants of concern including Mercury,
legacy pesticides, etc. Collected 1,487,274 lbs of waste from 23,277 households, CESQG's and mobile event cars at a cost of $1,495,823 Stats: Capital $ 169,083 Cost/car = $ 64 Lbs./car
= 64 Cost/lb. = $ 1.01 Cost/home = $ 8.24 Service area = 181,588 2 mobile events = 969 cars Completed District Project 7229. The project focused on safety enhancements at the treatment
plant and HHW Facility. Began tracking Pollutants of Concern for Treatment Plant and Pollution Prevention Program Collected 1,497,277 lbs of waste from 23,098 households, CESQG's and
mobile event cars at a cost of $1,567,949 Stats: Capital $ 171,444 Cost/car = $ 68 Lbs./car = 65 Cost/lb. = $ 1.05 Cost/home = $ 8.60 Service area = 182,424 1 mobile event = 373 cars
In January 2006, the universal waste rules for fluorescent lamps and batteries sunsetted banning these items from being disposed of in the trash, which resulted in an increase in participation,
and batteries and lamps March 2006, District staff levels were down to two from five, due to health issues. Waste Services Contract with PSC was extended an additional year due to lack
of District staff. Revised the average lbs./item estimate for reusable items from 2 to 6 pounds each. Held mercury thermometer exchange event in Rossmoor. 520 participants Collected
1,944,394 lbs of waste from 24,244 households, CESQG's and mobile event cars at a cost of $1,721,126 Stats: Capital $ 171,444 Cost/car = $ 71 Lbs./car = 80 Cost/lb. = $ 0.89 Cost/home
= $ 9.28 Service area = 185,418 2 mobile events = 845 cars Celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the HHW Facility. Filled four vacant positions (HHW Supervisor, 2-Senior Tech and an
HHW Tech I/II) and added an HHW Tech I/II to make six staff members Started new Waste Services Contract with PSC. Purchased floor scale. Began weighing all reusable products prior to
giving them to the public. Completed DP 8209 which improved and expanded the Latex Bulking Area. Collected 1,895,523 lbs of waste from 26,820 households, CESQG's and mobile event cars
at a cost of $1,635,862 Stats: Capital $ 194,648 Cost/car = $ 61 Lbs./car = 71 Cost/lb. = $ 0.86 Cost/home = $ 8.64 Service area = 189,131 1 mobile event = 352 cars Started the School
Mercury Minimization Program, which included a thermometer exchange and amnesty for disposal fees for elemental mercury containing devices and mercury compounds. Introduced "PS" Pollution
Solutions at four Bill's Ace Hardware Stores. Department of Transportation (DOT) requires all battery terminals be taped before shipping. This created an excessive amount of work for
staff until Jan 2010. Began partnership with Bill's Ace Hardware to collect fluorescent lamps and household batteries from the public Collected 1,944,394 lbs of waste from 28,373 households,
CESQG's and mobile event cars at a cost of $1,864.868 Stats: Capital $ 194,648 Cost/car = $ 66 Lbs./car = 67 Cost/lb. = $ 0.96 Cost/home = $ 9.84 Service area = 189,540 1 mobile events
= 463 cars Added two new Ace Hardware stores in Walnut Creek to the Pollution Solutions program. Began the Pharmaceutical Collection Program pilot in Feb. '09. Collected over 1,500 pounds
of medications from three sites (Walnut Creek City Hall, Sheriff Field Operations Building, Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center) at a cost of about $6,300. Collected 1,913,307
lbs of waste from 28,686 households, CESQG's and mobile event cars at a cost of $2.167,543 Stats: Capital $ 194,648 Cost/car = $ 76 Lbs./car = 67 Cost/lb. = $ 1.13 Cost/home = $ 11.31
Service area = 191,677 1 mobile event = 606 cars In July 2010, added Monday to the operating schedule. Now open Monday through Saturday from 9am-4pm. Businesses by appointment any day.
Opened eight additional pharmaceutical collection sites (Clayton, Concord, Danville, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill and San Ramon) and collected over 7,200 pounds at a cost
of about $20,000. DOT repealed its order requiring terminals of alkaline batteries 9V or less must be taped, which is about 85% of the batteries collected. Collected 1,925,636 lbs of
waste from 29,873 households, CESQG's and mobile event cars at a cost of $2,266,709 Stats: Capital $ 194,648 Cost/car = $ 76 Lbs./car = 65 Cost/lb. = $ 1.18 Cost/home = $ 11.79 Service
area = 192,292 1 mobile events = 464 cars Surpassed 2,000,000 pounds collected mark. Completed DP8216 HHWCF Improvements Project which included seismic upgrades, operational enhancements,
improved ADA access and safety, and enlarged staff areas. Revised the number of households in the HHW Program service area back to 1997 to reflect an error in how the figure was calculated
each year Collected 2,008,995 lbs of waste from 29,926 households, CESQG's and mobile event cars at a cost of $2,445,362 Stats: Capital $ 297,817 Cost/car = $ 82 Lbs./car = 68 Cost/lb.
= $ 1.23 Cost/home = $ 12.76 Service area = 191,677 1 mobile event = 644 cars Celebrated the 15-year anniversary of the HHW Facility Started new waste services contract with PSC, LLC
with 20% increase in costs. Restructured the HHW Services Agreement with the City of San Ramon to pay monthly on a usage basis, which allowed them to sponsor a Door-to-Door HHW collection
program for City residents. Discontinued temporary HHW collection events due to San Ramon's door-to-door program. Collected 1,978,591 lbs of waste from 29,603 households and CESQG's
at a cost of $2,521,932 Stats: Capital $ 297,817 Cost/car = $ 87 Lbs./car = 67 Cost/lb. = $ 1.27 Cost/home = $ 13.35 Service area = 188,865 0 mobile events = 0 cars Added two new Ace
Hardware stores to the Pollution Sollutions Program. One store in Alamo and another in Blackhawk. PaintCare began March 19th contracted though PSC. No charge for the recycling of architectural
latex and oil based paint. A savings of over $95,000 in three and a half months. PaintCare does not require us to bulk paint, which also saves a considerable amount of money in labor
and materials. Collected 2,014,598 lbs of waste from 29,507 households and CESQG's at a cost of $2,754,072 Stats: Capital $ 298,041 Cost/car = $ 93 Lbs./car = 68 Cost/lb. = $ 1.37 Cost/home
= $ 14.54 Service area = 189,481 0 mobile event = 0 cars
AGENCY PARTNERSHIP
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (CCCSD) and Mt. View Sanitary District (MVSD)
are co -sponsors of the Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection Facility located
in Martinez, California, the first permanent HHW facility in Contra Costa County. The
facility’s service area encompasses all of central Contra Costa County, with a served
population of approximately 497,000 (18 9,481 households ). In 1995, all central Contra
Costa County cities 1 , the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority, CCCSD and
MVSD resolved to support the establishment of a permanent HHW Collection Facility.
Cost efficiency, economies of scale, and broader service capabilities as compared to
mobile HHW collection events were recognized as benefits to the participating
communities. The facility began operation in fiscal year 1997/98 and will complete its
16 th year of operation in October 201 3.
This agency cooperation and partnership was the critical ingredient in making the HHW
Collection Facility a reality, and provid ed a sound solution to keep hazardous waste ou t
of sanitary sewers, storm drains, and solid waste landfills. The agency partnership
agreements provide for reliable, equitable funding of the HHW Collection Program and
ensure that HHW collection services are available to all central Contra Costa County
residents and eligible businesses.
This annual report for fiscal year 2012 /13 presents the facility participation levels and an
analysis of the hazardous waste dropped off at the collection facility. The high level of
participation and amount of hazardous waste properly managed at the collection facility
demonstrates the benefit of the program to both public health and the environment.
1 Clayton, Concord, Danville, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, Walnut Creek
Section 1: Program Summary
PROGRAM SUMMARY
The C CCSD/MVSD Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection F acility is completing
its 16 th year of operation. The HHW Collection Program serves all of central Contra Costa
County, comprised of 189,481 households, and a population of approximately 497,000 .
The HHW Program service area has seen steady increases in the number of households
over the past 16 years . Program participation has also increased steadily from the
7.8 percent of households served during the inception year in 1997/98 . By fiscal year (FY )
2003/04 , and through FY 2005/06 , average participation was up to 12 percent, and
continued to climb to 15 percent in FY 2009/10. Average program participation for both FY
2010/11 and FY 2012/13 has b een approximately 15.5 percent. The program’s sustained
participation can be attributed primarily to on -going advertising in CCCSD’s Pipeline
newsletter , MVSD’s newsletter The Mt. View Monitor , and “word of mouth” by residents and
businesses. The rise in participation from FY 200 6 /0 7 to 2012/2013 is mainly attributed to
an increase in universal waste disposal (def ined as fluorescent lamps and household
batteries). The number of residential customers served by the program was 29,119 in FY
2012/13 , a slight increase from the previous year (see S ection 3).
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Fi g ure 1 -2 shows the cost per car broken down by expense. L abor , waste disposal and
recycling costs account for roughly 80 percent of the total.
Universal Wastes
“Universal Wastes” for the purpose of this report are wastes , such as fluorescent lamps a nd
household batteries. F luorescent lamp volumes in FY 2012/13 were higher at 309,712 linear
feet . Household battery volumes increased by approximately 1,596 pounds in FY 2012/13 ,
up from 51,839 pounds in FY 201 1 /1 2 to 53,435 in FY 2012/13 .
Mobile Colle ction Events
No a nnual m obile c ollection event was held in San Ramon in FY 2012/13 as the city
launched a d oor -to -d oor collection program in lieu of the annual event . (See Section 7 for a
detailed explanation of this program ).
Small Business Program
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(CESQG) program , continued to provide services to eligible businesses. In FY 2012/13 ,
CESQG appointments decreased by 23 percent compared to the previous year . It is
assumed that the decrease is partly due to painting contractors and businesses being able
to dispose of paint for free at PaintCare collection sites in our service area.
Waste Collection
A total of 1,581,401 pounds of hazardous waste w as collected and disposed of i n
FY 2012/13 . T he waste was primarily comprised of flammable liquids, oil -based and latex
paint, motor oil, and poisons . These five waste categories amounted to 79 percent of the
total wastes disposed . The remaining 21 percent included corrosives, aerosol s, lead -acid
car batteries, and other types of hazardous waste. Adding the 433,197 pounds of reusable
products that were given away through the facility’s HHW Reuse Program, an estimated
2,014,598 pounds of HHW were collected and processed through the HHW Program during
FY 2012/13 .
The average weight of hazardous waste collected per car was virtually unchanged from last
year at 68 pounds (see F igure 1 -3). Over 90 percent of all hazardous waste collected
through the program was managed as a beneficial u se (reused, recycled , or blended as a
fuel) (see S ection 6).
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The operating cost per pound of waste collected shown in Figure 1 -4 includes the cost to
manage all wastes collected by the entire program. The cost per pound of waste collected
for FY 201 2-13 shows an increase of $0.10 per pound or 7.3 %.
Sustained success was achieved in all elements of the HHW Collection Program for its 16 th
year of operation. This program continues to meet the need for residential and small
business hazardous waste drop -off services. The HHW C ollection P rogram also serves as
an important component of CCCSD’s overall P ollution P revention P rogram, where a
significant amount of hazardous waste is reduced, reused, recycled , or properly disposed
of, rather than polluting the San Francisco Bay.
PaintCare
The PaintCare program began collecting paint at retail locations in November 2012. The
District began collecting paint under the program in the middle of March 2013 . The District
collected over 250,000 pounds of paint for the remaining three and a half months of the
fiscal year and saved over $95,000 in material, transportation and disposal/recycling costs .
More about PaintCare can be found in Section 4.
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Pollution Prevention
The HHW P rogram is an integral part of both CCCSD’s and MVSD’s source control and
pollution prevention efforts. Both agencies ha ve a number of pollutants of concern that the
HHW F acility helps to keep out of the wastewater entering the treatment plant. The HHW
F acility diverted over 36,000 pounds of hazardous waste consider ed as p ollutants of
c oncern, which are mercury, lead, copper, fat/oil/grease (better known as FOG ), legacy
pesticides , and others. S ee S ection 5 for additional information regarding CCCSD’s
pollution prevention efforts.
Pharmaceutic al Collection Program
In February 2009, CCCSD partnered with the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff and
the City of the Walnut Creek to begin collecting unwanted pharmaceuticals from residents.
In the first three months of the program , the three sites collected more than 1,500 pounds of
medications and in FY 2009/10 , the program grew to 11 collection sites and collected over
7,000 pounds of medications . During FY 2012/13 , the program collected over
11,500 pounds of unwanted pharmaceuticals at a cost of about $26,000 This is a 5 percent
increase in pounds collected over FY 2012/13 , with only a 4 percent increase in the cost of
collection and disposal . The ongoing success of the program, in no small part, can be
attributed to the effort of our law enforcement partners who collect the unwanted
pharmaceuticals. More about the Pharmaceutical Collection Program can be found in
(S ection 5 ).
HHW Program History
In Appendix III there is a timeline of the history of the District’s HHW program that includes
events that changed the program including passage of regulations, projects, staff additions
etc.
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Section 2: Program Description
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Objectives
The objectives of the HHW Program include :
• Eliminate or reduce improper disposal of hazardous wastes in sanitary sewers,
storm drains, and solid waste landfills.
• Encourage residents and small businesses to reduce their generation of hazardous
waste.
• Provide convenient, cost -effective, and safe hazardous waste drop -off and disposal
ser vices for central Contra Costa County residents and eligible small businesses.
• Follow the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
hierarchy: reduce -reuse -recycle hazardous waste to the greatest extent possible
before incineration/treatment, and landfill .
• Comply with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations and requirements,
including CCCSD’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permit requirements.
Goals
To achieve the program objectives stated above, the following HHW Collection Program
goals were established:
• Maintain a minimum annual participation rate of 4 percent of the households within
each city and unincorporated community in the service area.
• Provide educational outreach programs targeting central Contra Costa County
residents and small businesses, emphasizing the importance of hazardous waste
reduction, reuse, recycling , and proper disposal.
• Maintain a landfill diversion rate of greater than 50 percent of the total weight of
waste processed through the facility. This level of landfill diversion is based on the
California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939). See Section 6 for
results.
• Continually improve operational efficiency .
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HHW Facility Location and Operating Hours
The HHW Collection Facility is located at 4797 Imhoff Place , Martinez, northeast of the
Interstate 680/Highway 4 interchange, adjacent to CCCSD’s Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The facility is open to residents and small businesses Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. No appointment is required for residents. The facility serves small businesses by
appointment only.
The HHW Facility is closed on all CCCSD h olidays . In addition, the HHW Facility is closed
for the week between Christmas and New Year ’s . Notice of these closures is provided
through the CCCSD website, the HHW InfoLine , and sign age on the entrance gate to the
facility.
Eligible Communities
Residents and qualifying small businesses in the following communities are eligible to use
the HHW Facility se rvices: Alamo, Blackhawk, Clayton, Clyde, Concord, Danville, Diablo,
Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga, Orinda, Pacheco, Pleasant Hill, San Ramon, Walnut Creek,
and other unincorporated central Contra Costa County areas.
Types o f Hazardous Waste Accepted
A ful l range of hazardous wastes (e.g., products with corrosive, flammable, toxic , or
oxidizing properties) are accepted at the HHW Facility. Other products with labels indicating
a hazardous material (i.e., the words, “poison ,” “caution ,” “danger ,” “warning ,” “skin or eye
irritant ,” and/or “environmental hazards ,” for example) are also accepted. Typical types of
hazardous wastes accepted include: cleaners, automotive care products, paint and paint -
related products, garden care and pest -control products, househo ld batteries , and spent
automotive batteries.
Unacceptable wastes include: electronic waste, radioactive waste, pharmaceuticals,
medical waste (e.g., hypodermic needles), explosive waste (e.g., ammunition, dynamite,
shock -sensitive chemicals), and waste contaminated with PCBs at concentrations greater
than 50 ppm.
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Mercury Collection Program
Mercury is a pollutant that causes water quality problems at very low concentrations. The
HHW Pr ogram promotes proper mercury disposal through acceptance of mercury -
containing wastes and a mercury thermometer exchange program. This program offers
customers a solar -powered digital thermometer in exchange for their mercury thermometer.
In FY 2012/13 , 1,021 mercury thermometers were collected from residents , small
businesses and schools. In exchange, the program gave out 83 digital thermometers. To
date, nearly 5,60 0 digital thermometers have been given out since the program began in
1999. Other types of mercury -containing wastes accepted include fluorescent bulbs,
merc ury switches, and elemental mercury. An estimated 81 pounds of elemental mercury
was collected from nearly 39 ,000 pounds of mercury -containing wastes during FY 2012/13 .
HHW Reuse Program
Program participants are encouraged to “shop” for free reusable products provided through
the HHW Reuse Program. A wide variety of reusable household products , including paint
and paint -related material, garden products , automotive products and cleaners, are
available for customers on a first -come, first -served basis. Reuse Room hours are: Monday
through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Only uncontaminated products that are in their original containers with original legible
labeling are placed on Reuse Room shelves. Products that are banned by Federal, State, or
local regulations are not placed in the Reuse Room. Over 433,000 pounds of reusable
items were given away to more than 14,000 Reuse Room customers in FY 2012/13 .
HHW Collection Facility Staffing
The HHW Collection Facility is operated with District staff . R egular District staff is
augmented with contract labor when necessary to accommodate seasonal fluctuations in
participation . The HHW Collection Facility began operating in 1997 with three regular staff:
one HHW Supervisor, one Senior HHW Technician , and one HHW Technician I/II. This
staffing level was based on a projected annual participation rate of 4 percent, which was
almost doubled in the first year of operation (i.e. 7.8 percent).
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In response to the high demand for HHW drop -off service, CCCSD’s Board of D irectors
approved an additional regular HHW Technician I/II position during FY 1999/00 and an
additional regular Senior HHW Technician position during FY 2000/01. That level of regular
District personnel: one HHW Supervisor, two Senior HHW Technicians and two HHW
Technician s I/II , was achieved in October 2001. Participation levels were at 10.8 percent.
With participation levels in FY 200 7 /0 8 exceed ing 14 percent, CCCSD’s Board of Directors
approved an additional HHW Technician I/II to meet increased demand . The current level of
regular District personnel at the HHWCF is one HHW Supervisor, two Senior HHW
Technicians, and three HHW Technician s I/II.
HHW Collection Facility Rules
The following HHW Collection Facility rules were established to : 1) maintain c ompliance
with Federal, State and local regulations , 2) determine program eligibility , and 3) maintain a
safe operation:
The waste must be generated by a central Contra Costa County resident or business and
transported to the HHW Collection Facility or mo bile HHW collection events by an eligible
resident or business. Exceptions are accommodated for certain circumstances (e.g.,
deceased eligible resident with a family member from out of the service area delivering the
wastes , and CCCSD /MVSD employees who live outside the service area).
The quantity of hazardous waste transported by residents must not exceed 125 pounds
(approximately 15 gallons) or 220 pounds (approximately 27 gallons) if transported by
businesses.
Participants must not transport unacceptable HHW to the facility (explosives,
pharmaceuticals, medical waste, PCB waste, or radioactive waste).
Participants must remain in their vehicle.
Participants must not smoke while receiving HHW collection service.
Businesses must make an appointment prior to dropping off hazardous wastes.
HHW must not be illegally dumped.
The two rules that have been violated most frequently are: 1) participants exceeding the
allowable transportation limit ; and 2) residents and businesses arrive from outside of the
service area. The discussion below explains how each of these violation s is addressed.
Participants are asked to remain in their vehicles for their own safety and as required by
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law. Participants are also asked to carefully pack and transport waste in closed cont ainers
no larger than 5 gallons (no garbage bags) to prevent spills during transport. Separating
products by material type is recommended to avoid the potential for mixing of incompatible
chemicals that could react and create toxic vapors during transport .
Transportation Limits
Transportation limits apply to both residential and small business customers using the
facility. The transportation quantities apply to the actual amount of waste transported to the
facility and not the containers ’ capacity. The applicable transportation limits for residential
customers are 125 pounds or 15 gallons, and the limit s for business customers are
27 gallons or 220 pounds. During FY 2012/13 , 1,757 residential customers (6 percent of
residential customers) delivered wastes to the HHW Collection Facility in excess of the
transportation limits.
Typical reasons customers express for exceeding the limit are: 1) we are moving and had to
get rid of all of our HHW today ; 2) we are from out of town/state and are cleaning our esta te
property ; and 3) gas prices are too high to make multiple trips. The customers were
informed that they had exceeded the transportation limit, provided with written information
regarding the transportation limits, and the wastes were received and processed through
the facility. The majority of these violators were Concord, Walnut Creek, and Martinez
residents.
Proof of Residency
Proof of service area residency (California driver’s license) is required to verify program
eligibility prior to facility acceptance of hazardous waste. Only residents and businesses
located in central Contra Costa County are eligible. When customers from outside the
facility’s service area arrive to drop off wastes, their waste is rejected and they are provided
with contact information for the program in their area of residency. Two exceptions are
made for accepting HHW generated from outside of the facility’s service area: 1) any
CCCSD or MVSD employee is eligible for service; 2) HHW is accepted and processed if the
load is determined not to be safe for further transport (e.g., wastes delivered in a leaking
container ).
During FY 2012/13 , 134 customers arrived from outside of the facility’s service area. Based
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on the HHW acceptance criteria above, 5 3 of the 134 loads were rejected and 81 were
accepted and processed , of which 12 loads were deemed unsafe for further transport. The
rejected loads were delivered from either east or west Contra Costa County, Solano
County, or were small businesses unaware of the program requirements. Eligible small
businesses were given literature regarding our Small Business Hazardous Waste Program.
The number of customers rejected from outside the service area increased from 98 last
year.
Electronic Visitor Management
In 2009 , the use of electronic visitor management software and a driver’s license scanner
were utilized to capture residential participation data. This method of data collection allows
for paperless tracking , reduces the customers’ wait -times , and reduces staff time as the
data does not have to be manually entered into a database. Some of the data captured was
used in a trial Geographic Data Integration (GDI) map that displays usage of the HHW
Facility. Eventually , this GDI map will be used to identify where HHW P rogram usage i s low
so that targeted outreach can be provided. Staff has developed a privacy policy handout to
provide to those customers that are concerned with allowing their driver ’s license to be
scanned. Only the name and address of the customer are captured and re corded.
Unacceptable Wastes
There are very few wastes that cannot be accepted and processed through the facility.
When unacceptable wastes are delivered to the facility, they are rejected , unless staff
determines the waste is unsafe for further transportation. Under this scenario, the wastes
are accepted and processed safely, and the event is recorded for the facility’s operating
record.
In October 2012, a fire started in a 55 -gallon trash can located near the waste identification
l ab . T he fire occurred after hours and no staff w as present and there were no injuries.
Nothing burned except the contents of the trash can and minimal damage occurred to an
adjacent wall . A single sprinkler discharged extinguishing the fire before e mergency
personnel entered the building. The cause of the fire is suspected to have been caused by
spontaneous combustion of rags used to clean up a small spill of wood stain in the area.
Since the entire contents of the trash can were destroyed it is difficult to determine an ex act
cause. The fire sprinkler filled the facility with approximately five inches of water which was
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contained, determined to be not contaminated and was collected for disposed of at the
Treatment Plant.
In January 2013 HHW staff received a mixture of hou sehold hazardous waste and universal
waste. In a coffee can underneath compact fluorescent bulbs and batteries was a rock
wrapped in aluminum foil. Suspecting that the rock may be uranium ore, the HHW staff
checked for radiation with a Geiger counter . The HHW staff checked the background
readings and then they check the rock for radiation. The readings from the rock were
significantly higher than the background readings . Staff encased the rock in lead sheeting
an d isolated it in a secured area at the facili ty . After notifying the California Department of
Public Health Radiological Health Branch, they confirmed the rock was uranium ore.
CADOHS -RB removed the uranium ore from the HHW facility for proper disposition.
In June 2013, a c ustomer arrived from Walnu t Creek leaking metallic mercury from p lastic
garbage bags that were in the back of her truck. The customer spilled the mercury outside
of her home and thought she contained it for the trip to the HHW Facility. Contra Costa
County HazMat was contacted as staff was unsure of how much mercury was spilled on the
road between Walnut Creek and Martinez, and to assist in cleaning the spill in the back of
the truck . Staff cleaned the spill onsite; the County staff cleaned the bed of the truck before
she could leave the facility. Approximately three pounds of the ten pound container of
mercury was lost. The facility was closed from 2:30 pm through the remainder of the day .
Occasionally l ess dangerous but unauthorized wastes are received , such as ammunition
discove red in loads after the customer leaves the facility. Ammunition and related products
(e.g., fireworks, gunpowder, primers, etc.) are the most common types of unacceptable
waste received and are usually picked up by Sheriff Department staff or a local firea rms
dealer.
Abandoned Wastes
Occasionally, hazardous wastes are abandoned near the HHW Collection Facility or along
the access roads to the facility. HHW staff performs a community inspection two times per
week in order to identify abandoned wastes pr omptly. During FY 2012/13 , eleven events
were recorded where hazardous wastes were abandoned at or near the facility. Although
clear signage is posted to discourage illegal dumping, the parking area near the entrance or
exit gates of the HHW Collection Facility is the typical location where wastes have been
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abandoned. The waste types found were household wastes such as oil, paint, batteries, and
propane cylinders. In all of these cases, the hazardous wastes were processed through the
HHW Collection Facility . Three to five abandonments per year have been typical.
Funding
For residents within the CCCSD service area , funding is provided by a component of the
CCCSD Sewer Service Charge (approximately $14.54 per household per year of the total
annual Sewer Service Charge of $405 for 2012/13 ). For residents outside CCCSD’s service
area , the HHW Collection Facility is funded through service agreements with MVSD ,
Clayton, Concord, and San Ramon (for their residents who are outside CCCSD’s service
area). They are charged the same per household as the households within the CCCSD
service area. Refer to Section 9 for additional information.
Additional Information
Further details about the HHW Collection Program can be obtained by calling the HHW
information line: 1 -800 -646 -1431 or by accessing the website at www.centralsan.org
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Section 3: HHW Collection Facility
Residential Participation
HHW FACILITY RESIDENTIAL PARTICIPATION
During FY 2012/13 , 29,119 residential loads of HHW were processed through the
permanent HHW Facility. This represents a 15.4 percent participation rate of the 189 ,48 1
households in the program service area. During this fiscal year, 17 percent of the residential
participants were “first timers” to the facility. This i s an increase from last year’s 16.1
p ercent “first timer” rate. Adding in the roughly 14 ,0 00 Reuse Room customers served in
FY 2012/13 , over 43 ,000 residents visited the HHW Facility.
Figure 3 -1 shows HHW program participation on a monthly basis. Particip ation ranged
between 1,332 cars in December and 2,794 cars in July. The lower participation during the
winter months is attributed to fewer operating days due to the holidays, and seasonal
fluctuations in participation presumably due to more inclement wea ther.
Since adding Monday to the HHW facility operating schedule in 2009 , participation has
increased. In FY 2012/13 , the program served 4012 cars or an average of about 89 cars on
Monday , compared to 3604 cars and an average of 82 cars on Monday last y ear. Without
extensive outreach, Monday participation continues to increase.
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on Wednesday and Thursday . This shows that participation on all but Saturday have
leveled off.
Figure 3 -3 presents
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*From Fiscal Year 1997/98 to September of 2001, the HHW Facility operated only 3 -1/2 days per week.
In Se ptember 2001 , the facility ope n 5 days per week . In June of 2009 the facility began a six -day
operating week. By opening the additional day, the averag e number of cars per week was reduced.
Figure 3 -4 shows the consistent increase of participation since the HHW Program began.
Regulatory changes and increased public awareness of HHW disposal requirements are
so me of the reasons for the HHW program ’s ever -growing success.
Ta ble 3 on the following page presents the distribution by jurisdiction of the 29,119
participants in the residential portion of the HHW Program. The 134 residents outside of the
facility’s service area shown on Table 3 were excluded from the participation rate
calculation. Table 3 also shows that each community exceeded the program’s original goal
of 4 percent participation except for San Ramon . Annual HHW facility participation ranged
from 3.0 percent in the c ity of San Ramon to 35.4 percent in the c ity of Martinez.
97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13
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Table 3
Residential Participation by Community
1 CCCSD estimate based on January 2013 Departm ent of Finance data and data provided by MVSD and the City of San Ramon.
2 Hazardous waste from outside of the service area was accepted and processed for one of two reasons: 1) employees from CCCSD and MVSD who live outside of the service
are also eligible for HHW program participation, 2) household hazardous waste generated outside the service area that is deemed unsafe for further transport is accepted and
proces sed as a safe and responsible business practice.
3 The number of cars outside of the service area was not included in the participation percentage.
4,815
1,440
28,985
5,092
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2,718
793
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19,218
15,448
9,252
14,376
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Pleasant Hill
San Ramon
Walnut Creek
Clayton 4,020
Moraga
Orinda
Unicorporated [2]
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13,711
26,308
Concord
Danville
Lafayette
Martinez/Mt. View
Fiscal Year 2012 /13
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Section 4:
Quantities of Wastes Collected
QUANTITIES OF WASTES COLLECTED
The HHW Collection Program disposed of or recycled 1,581,401 pounds of waste during FY
2012/13 (see Table 4). This is about 41,571 pounds more than in FY 2011/12. Since FY
2011/12 , there have been no mobile collection events in San Ramon since they established
a D oor -to -D oor (DTD) HHW C ollection P rogram . With the addition of the 433,197 pounds of
HHW collected, separated , and given to the public for reuse, 2,014,598 pounds of
hazardous waste w as collected and processed through the HHW Collection Facility (see
Table 5). An average of about 68 pound s of HHW per car was dropped off by 29,507
customers (29,119 residents , 291 small business appointments , and 97 Pollution Solutions
p artnership drop offs). The wastes were transported from the HHW Collection Facility for
reuse , recycling, fuel blending, incineration, treatment , or landfill. Data specific to the Reuse
Room participation and materials reused is presented in Section 6.
The HHW Collection Program’s 16 th year of operation was very successful in providing an
appropriate option for customers to properly manage their hazardous wastes. This success
resulted in the removal of potentially dangerous materials from people’s homes, diverting
the wastes from possible illegal disposal to solid waste landfill, storm drains, and sanitary
sewer systems. Cal Recycle requires a report each fiscal year (July through June)
summarizing the amount and types of hazardous waste processed through each HHW
Collection Program in the state. The report also shows a breakdown of the waste
management method for each type of hazardous waste. An example of what is in the
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) Form 303, for FY 2012/13, is
included in Appendix I.
PaintCare
In November 2012, manufacturer sponsored PaintCare LLC, a non -profit product
stewardship agency began collection of architectural paint in California at approved retail
locations. There is no charge for residents and businesses to drop off any amount of
program products to the collection sites as long as the site is capable of managing the
vo lume. PaintCare’s contractors are even able to go to a location and pick up 300 gallon or
larger quantities for free.
The District has amended our current waste services contract with PSC to include the
PaintCare program as of March 19, 2013. All PaintCare products are managed at no cost to
the District. This would include shipping containers, transportation and disposal/recycling.
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Beginning next year, the District will contract with PaintCare directly to be reimbursed for
the amount of PaintCare paint products the District gives away through the Reuse Program.
From March through June 2013, over 250,000 pounds of program products were collected
and managed through the PaintCare program at a savings of over $95,000
The following tables and figures provide summary data for HHW processed through the
facility:
Figure 4 -1 presents the quantity of wastes transported off -site each month for d isposal.
Figure 4 -2 presents a breakdown of hazardous wastes processed by type of waste. The
transportation classifications on the shipping documents were used as the primary means
for segregation into waste type.
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Figure 4 -3 presents the distribution of hazardous wastes processed by management
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Waste Management Method Breakdown
Percentage of Waste Processed by Weight
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Table 4 presents the distribution of HHW processed through the permanent facility by
participating jurisdictions. The distribution was calculated by multiplying the percentage of
participants from each jurisdiction times the total weight of waste processed.
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Table 4
Estimate of Amount of Waste Collected B y Community
Community Number of Cars Percent of Total Cars
(rounded)
Estimated amount of Waste Collected
by Community (pounds)
Clayton 767 2.6% 52,367
Concord 6,988 23.7% 477,107
Danville 2,126 7.2% 145,153
Lafayette 2,148 7.3% 146,655
Martinez / Mt. View 5,187 17.6% 354,144
Moraga 941 3.2% 6 4,247
Orinda 1,307 4.4% 89,236
Pleasant Hill 2,740 9.3% 187,074
San Ramon 811 2.7% 55,371
Walnut Creek 4,907 16.6% 335,027
Unincorporated 1,451 4.9% 99,067
Subtotal 29,373 99.5% 2,005,448
Out of Se rvice Area 134 0.5% 9,149
Total 29,507 100.0% 2,014,597
1 The total number of cars includes 29,11 9 cars from the permanent facility , 97 Pollution Solutions p artnership drop -offs,
and 291 business appointments.
2 The total weight collected includes HHW disposed and reused from the permanent facility (residents and businesses) and
Universal Waste collected from the District’s Pollution Solution p artnership program.
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Section 5:
Pollution Prevention
POLLUTION PREVENTION EFFORTS
CCCSD owns and operates a municipal wastewater collection system and a 53.8 -million -
gallons -per -day -rated treatment plant. CCCSD collects, treats, recycles , and disposes of
wastewater from approximately 461,000 residents of central Contra Costa County, including
all the partners and participants in the HHWCF (with the exception of those who discharge
to M VSD (see below) and about 14,000 residents in southern San Ramon , whose
wastewater flows to Dublin -San Ramon Services District.) The wastewater collection area
covers 1 41 square miles and includes approximately 1,500 miles of sewer pipes. In
FY 201 2 /1 3 , the treatment plant treated nearly 14 billion gallons of wastewater. Of that,
600 million gallons of treated effluent were recycled and distributed for landscape irrigati on
and in -plant uses. The remaining 13.4 billion gallons were discharged via a deep -water
outfall to Suisun Bay.
MVSD serves an estimated population of 19,000 with approximately 270 businesses in its
4.7 square mile service area. MVSD owns and operates a 110 -mile sewer collection
system with four pump stations and an advanced secondary treatment plant. MVSD
reclaims approximately 5 50 million gallons of water for over 100 acres of wetland habitat
every year. Through MVSD’s Board of Directors' commitment to the wetlands project, a
wildlife habitat for more than 200 species has been established.
CCCSD’S Pollution Prevention Program
CCCSD’s Pollution Prevention (P2) Program has evolved over the years to become an
important component of CCCSD’s mission, which specifically includes P2 and reflects the
growing importance of P2 for regulatory compliance. The District is required to monitor and
prevent certain pollutants from entering the influent wastewater. The HHW facility help
prevents the waste from reaching the sewer , and the HHW P rogram track s the amount of
waste that is diverted. The HHW Facility properly disposes of many pollutants, but the
pollutants the treatment plant is most concerned with are: mercury, cyanide, dioxins,
acrylonitrile, copper, lead, and fats, oils and grease (FOG). HHW staff is also monitoring the
intake of bis -tributyltin, dieldrin, DDT (4,4 -DDE), d iazinon and chlorpyrifos, as well as some
pollutants of emerging concern such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and
pharmaceuticals and personal care products , known as PPCPs . CCCSD’s P2 activities and
its effectiveness measurements are summarized below.
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MV SD’S Pollution Prevention Program
MVSD is also committed to pollution prevention (P2) and environmental education.
Highlights of its P 2 and environmental education program include the Wetlands Field Trip
Program that services more than 1 ,500 students annually, the P2 Classroom P rogram for
elementary school students in Martinez, and the P2 Billboard Program. To promote P2
efforts during P ollution P revention W eek (the third full week in September), MVSD has
partnered with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the
California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA), Bay Area Clean Water Agencies
(BACWA), and the CCCSD to produce pollution prevention messages and visuals for this
annual outreach effort. MVSD’s billboard is located near its treatment plant along Interstate
680 in Martinez, one exit from the Benicia -Martinez Bridge.
Mercury Collection Program
The HHW program facilitates CCCSD’s and MVSD’s promotion of proper mercury disposal
by accepting elemental mercury, mercury -containing devices (e.g., fluorescent bulbs,
batteries, mercury switches, and mercury thermometers), and mercury -containing
compounds (paints and pesticides containing mercury).
Since the beginning of the mercury thermometer exchange program in 1999, nearly
5,60 0 digital thermometers have been provided to customers in exchange for a mercury
thermometer dropped off at the HHWCF.
Table 5 -1 describes the types of mercury -containing wastes that are tracked by HHW staff.
This system closely estimates the quantities of mercury contained in fluorescent lamps,
thermometers, thermostats, switches and button -cell batteries. Elemental mercury is also
weighed and tracked. Over 81 pounds of mercury contained in these types of wastes was
collected through the HHW program during FY 2012/13. Over 44 pounds of mercury -
containing compounds were also collected. The amount of mercury in paints, pesticides,
and other compounds is unknown, but mercury is listed as active ingredients on the labels.
Other Waste
Hazardous waste manifests and bills of lading are the documents used to track quantities of
HHW shipped from the HHWCF. Rather than weigh each shipping container, an estimated
weight is assigned to each container according to its size and waste type. Using this
tracking methodology, an estimated 700 pounds of light ballasts containing PCBs and
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approximately 41,700 pounds of lead -containing wastes (lead acid batteries and lead
compounds) were collected and properly disposed or recycled.
Table 5 -1. FY 2012/13 Mercury Collection Summary
Mercury -Containing Devices Number
of Items Units Estimated
Quantity of Mercury
Total
Pounds
Hg
Thermostats (3 gm/unit) 142 Ea 426 Grams 1 0.94
Thermometers (1 gm/unit) 879 Ea 879 G rams 2 1.93
Elemental Hg (lbs) N/A N/A N/A. 70.99
Switches 10.19 Lbs 7.64 lbs 3 7.64
Mercury Batteries 0 Lbs 0 Milligrams 4 0
Fluorescent Lamps 292,830 Feet 607,622.3 Milligrams 5 1.34
Total Hg in P ounds 81.50
Paints, pesticides & other
compounds containing mercury 17 Containers 44.38 lbs. 6 44.38
1 Thermostats - Each HVAC -type thermostat contains approximately 3 grams of Hg in each ampoule.
2 Thermometers - A number of studies report that mercur y-containing thermometers contain between 0.5 and 3 grams, depending
on their size. As a result, the fever -sized thermometer (1gram Hg / thermometer) will be used to calculate the quantity of mercury
in all thermometers. Depending on the size of the thermometer, an estimated equivalent number of fever -sized thermometers will
be used (i.e., laboratory thermometers contain an average of 5 grams of mercury per thermometer. This sized thermometer
would contain 5 fever -sized thermometers.).
3 Switches - As t here are no standard sizes or quantities of mercury in switches, all switches will be weighed and 25% of the gross
weight of switches will be subtracted to account for the containers.
4 Mercury Batteries - Studies show that button -cell batteries can conta in up to 25 mg of mercury in each battery. Since there is a
wide variety in the sizes of button cells, the following is assumed: There are roughly 250 various sized button -cells in one pound.
An average of 12.5 mg/cell accounts for all sizes. Therefore, 250 cells x 12.5 mg = 3,125 mg of mercury per pound of button -cell
batteries.
5 Based on numerous studies, fluorescent lamps have as little as 3.5 mg of mercury with some having as much as 60 mg. The
average concentration found after 1994 is 22.8 mg per 4-foot lamp. For this report, 22.8 mg per 4 -foot lamp (or 5.7mg per foot of
lamp) was used.
6 The weight of paints, pesticides, and other is not included in the Total Hg in Pounds figure. The actual mercury content is
unknown. On product labels the concentration is not always listed. The weight is calculated as the pesticides are in Table 7.
Some legacy pesticides and other pollutants are tracked separately in order to provide a
more accurate report of collected compounds. Table 5 -2 shows which pesticides and
pollutants of concern are tracked and the quantity collected in FY 2012/13. As every
container of waste collected is not full, an estimate of the average of a half -full container
was used to calculate the amount of waste in a single container. This has proven to be a
conservative estimate.
Dioxin
Dioxin is a pollutant of concern because it impairs the water quality of Suisun Bay. Studies
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Compound Total Pounds
Tributyltin 969.75
Diazinon 2,122.56
Chlorpyrifos 2,255.19
Carbaryl 1,899.94
Copper 3,575.44
Pentachlorophenol / 2,4,5-T /
Trichlorophenol 669.75
Lindane 378.19
Chlordane 645.56
DDT (DDE)71.50
Dieldrin 143.81
Lead Compounds 105.69
Pyrithroids (pesticides)7,064.69
Arsenic Compounds 441.31
Fats, Oils and Greases (FOG)17,360.00
PCB's (Light ballast's)700.00
39,831.32 Total
have shown that it is a hormone disruptor in humans and aquatic life. Nearly 670 pounds of
dioxin containing compounds were collected and properly disposed of in FY 2012/13.
Dioxin can be found as byproducts in herbicides and wood preservatives such as 2,4,5 -T
(Silvex), trichlorophenol, and pentachlorophenol.
PCB
P olychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are on our list of Pollutants of Emerging Concern. PCBs
are compounds that degrade slowly in the environment and bioaccumulate, and are
considered probable human carcinogens. A typical source of PCBs is from pre -1980
fluorescent lamp ballasts and capacitors. During FY 2012/13, about 700 pounds of PCB
containing ballasts and capacitors were collected and properly disposed of by the HHW
Program.
Table 5 -2. FY 2012/13 Miscellaneous Chemical Collection Summary
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Pharmaceutical Collection Program
Another w ay the HHW Program contributes to CCCSD’s P2 program is by collecting
unused, unwanted, and expired pharmaceuticals (pharms) from residents. Pharms can be a
threat to our bay, rivers and creeks as some of the compounds they contain cannot be
entirely treated or removed by wastewater treatment plants. Pharms can enter the sewer
system by either excretion from the body because the body cannot metabolize all of the
medication taken, or by customers dumping them down the drain. Since we cannot prevent
unmetabol ized medications from entering the treatment plant, we have established a
program to collect unwanted pharms. Another reason for collecting unwanted pharms is to
reduce prescription drug abuse and incidents of medications taken by children and the
elderly by mistake.
In order to legally collect pharms, CCCSD first partnered with the Contra Costa County
Office of the Sheriff and the City of Walnut Creek Police Department. Three collection sites
were originally established as a pilot in February 2009. The locations were at the Sheriff
Field Operations Building in Martinez, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (County
Hospital) in Martinez, and the City of Walnut Creek City Hall. The sites are responsible for
monitoring and managing the collection bins and containers, while CCCSD pays for
disposal and outreach.
During the first five months of the pilot , the three sites collected over 1,500 pounds of
unwanted medications. This was viewed as a great success , so CCCSD’s Board of
Directors offered the remaining communities of central Contra Costa County an opportunity
to have a collection site , as long as it fit the same model as the pilot locations. The site
operators supervise and manage the collection. CCCSD pays for disposal and outreach.
Eight other communities agreed to provide collection at their police departments. Concord
Disposal, Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority , and Republic Services agreed to
purchase collection bins for the police departments in the cities in which they serve. The
collection sites came on board slowly with the last one beginning operations in June 2010.
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T here are collection sites at the following locations:
City of Clayton Town of Moraga
City of Concord City of Orinda
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center City of Pleasa nt Hill
CCC Sheriff’s Field Ops Building City of San Ramon
Town of Danville Walnut Creek City Hall
City of Martinez
Since the pharmaceutical program began, over 43 ,000 pounds of unwanted medications
have been collected and properly disposed of by incineration. In FY 201 2 /1 3 , the 11 sites
collected 1 1,569 pounds of unwanted prescribed, non -prescribed, and over -the -counter
medications. The cost of collection and disposal for FY 201 2 /1 3 was approximately $2 6,307
or $2.27 per pound (see table 5 -3).
Out reach for the pharm aceutical program has been via C ity, Co unty , and District websites ,
newspaper articles, and brochures (see example on next page) at pharmacies . Newspaper
advertisements, such as the one below, were used initially to promote the program. It is
notable that the pharmaceutical collection program has become successful even with
limited outreach.
Residents are asked to transfer their pill form medications to plastic bags to protect
personal information as well as maximize the space inside the collection container. Liquid
medications should remain in their original container and sealed in a plastic bag to prevent
spills.
Table 5 -3 on the following page describes the amount of pharmaceuticals collected by each
site and the cost of collection and disposal.
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Table 5 -3. FY 2012/13 Pharmaceutical Collection Summary
Cities Total Bins
(18 -gallon) Total Pounds Average
Lbs./Bin Total Cost *Average
Cost/Lb.
Clayton 18 530 29 $1,343 $2.53
Concord 32 1,398 44 $2,528 $1.80
Danville 51 1,453 28 $4,029 $2.77
Martinez 2 5 612 24 $1,975 $3.2 3
Moraga 14 688 49 $1,106 $1.6 1
Orinda 12 615 51 $948 $1.54
Pleasant Hill 17 429 25 $1,264 $2.94
San Ramon 35 1,153 33 $2,765 $2 .40
Sherriff FOB 25 779 31 $1,975 $2.5 3
Sheriff CCC
Hospital 11 321 29 $869 $2.71
Walnut Creek 98 3,591 37 $7,505 $2.09
Total 338 11,569 34 $26,307 $2.27
*The variation in the average cost per pound is caused by the amount of packaging (jars, paper,
cardboard, etc.) included in the collection bins. Bags for consolidating the medications are
offered at most collection sites, but are not often used.
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Section 6:
Wastes Diverted From Landfill Disposal
WASTES DIVERTED FROM SEWER AND LANDFILL DISPOSAL
The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) requires diversion of
HHW from the municipal solid waste stream. AB 939 established a waste management
hierarchy to minimize the amount of HHW sent to landfills through reduction, reuse,
recycling, treatment, or incineration (fuel blending or destructive incineration), and divert a
minimum of 50 percent of solid waste from being landfilled. T he emphasis is on reduction,
reuse and recycling whenever possible.
As a water quality agency , diverting HHW from the sewers and storm drains is equally
important. The HHW Collection Facility’s waste management strategy mirrors AB 939,
prioritizing HHW reduction, reuse, recycling, and fuel blending, in that order, to the greatest
extent feasible. All of which divert these wastes from being land -filled. The HHW program’s
progress toward sewer and landfill diversion for FY 2012/13 is outlined below.
HHW Reduction
CCCSD has achieved sixteen successful years of its Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Program, which encourages the reduction of hazardous waste generated through
alternative gardening maintenance techniques and plant selection. IPM activities include
store participation to promote less -toxic pest control products, “Healthy Gardening”
workshops conducted by Master Gardeners at various locations throughout the HHW
program service area, and distribution of a free video entitled, “The Healthy Home and
Garden: Less -Toxic Pest Control”, through libraries and video stores in our service area.
Additionally, MVSD provides pollution prevention information for home gardeners via its
very popular Bay -Friendly Garden workshop series . The series includes the three -hour
workshop “Gardening to Manage Pests Naturally”, that focuses on avoiding pesticide use
when possible though n on -toxic pest control measures.
HHW Reused
Screening collected wastes and segregating reusable products to be given away for free
benefits all parties by minimizing the amount of waste requiring recycling or disposal
(reducing operating costs), and by p roviding items such as paint and cleaning products to
HHW facility customers so they can be used for their intended purpose .
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A quality assurance plan is in place to ensure that the reusable products ha ve their original
label s and are in good condition. Personal care products, commercial and industrial
products, and products containing banned chemicals such as legacy pesticides, or
chemicals slated to be banned such as copper naphthenate , bis -trib utyltin oxide, and
methylene chloride commonly found in insecticides, fungicides, and paint related materials,
are not given away.
Reuse accounted for roughly 22 percent of the total amount of waste collected by the HHW
Program. The amount of reusable products given away decreased slightly by 1.3 percent or
abou t 5,500 pounds from last fiscal year. The Reuse Program continued to be promoted
through facility staff, the CCCSD Pipeline , MVSD’s Mt. View Monitor , the CCCSD and
MVSD website s , local environmental events (including Earth Day) and word of mouth. Over
14,000 Reuse Program participants were given over 433,000 pounds of free reusable
products during FY 2012/13 . This represents an average of nearly 31 pounds per
participant, or about 36,000 pounds of reusable items per month. The estimated cost
savings achie ved through the reuse program is $1 51 ,550 . This is based on disposal and
container costs only, $0.35 per pound (F igure 1 -4).
HHW Recycled
The types of hazardous waste recycled at off -site facilities include: latex paint, used motor
oil/filters, antifreeze, car batteries, propane cylinders, fluorescent lamps, lead (scrap metal),
mercury, household batteries and printer cartridges. Over 16,240 pounds of home -
generated cooking oil was collected and sent to a biofuel manufacturer for recycling at no
cost to the program. There are many waste stream s in which the District is provided a
rebate or is not charged for recycling . More information about those waste stream can be
found in Section 10.
Table 6 shows the quantity of each type of recyclable waste, totalin g 972,447 pounds, or
48.3 percent of the total quantity of HHW collected.
In FY 2012/13 , the amount of waste recycled was down to 972,447 pounds from 1,030,428
pounds in 2011/12 . T he volumes of u niversal w astes such as fluorescent lamps a nd
household batt eries showed varying results compared to last year. Fluorescent lamp
volumes decreased by 17.9 percent ; h owever the amount of household batteries collected
increased by about 3 percent .
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HHW Fuel Blended
In FY 2012/13 , a total of 413,306 pounds of oil -ba sed paint and other flammable liquids
(gasoline, paint thinners, etc.) was blended with other flammable hazardous wastes and
used as a fuel source to make Portland cement. This management method accounted for
20.5 percent of the total quantity of HHW collected as shown in Table 6. While fuel blending
is lower in the waste management hierarchy than recycling, it is still a beneficial use that
avoids using fossil fuels and prevents destructive incineration , treatment or Class I landfill
disposal.
Progress to ward Diverting Hazardous Waste from Sewers and Landfills
The total quantity of hazardous waste (HW) diverted from sewers and landfills , and
managed by either giving away useable products to the public (reuse), recycling or fu el
blending for beneficial us e wa s 1,818,950 pounds or nearly 90 percent of the total amount
of HW collected. This level of diversion far exceeds the current reuse/recycling goal of 49
percent.
Because California does not recognize fuel blending as “recycling”, a diversion rate of o ver
69 percent was achieved (1,405,644 pounds ) if you c onsider reuse and recycling separately
from fuel blending.
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Table 6
Quantity of Landfill Diverted Waste
Material Type Quantity Recycled
(Lbs.)
Motor oil and oil f i lters 182,560
Antifreeze 33,389
Car batteries 41,621
Fluorescent lamps 38,714
Propane cylinders 9,805
Scrap metal (lead, brass and copper) 363
Printer cartridges 845
Mercury (elemental) 89
Household batteries 53,435
Latex Paint 595,386
Cooki ng Oil 16,240
Total recycled waste 972,447
Reused HHW 433,197
Total recycled and reused 1,40 5,64 4
Percent of HHW reused or recycled 69.8%
Fuel Blended
Oil based paint 325,856
Other flammable liquids 87,450
Total fuel blended waste 4 13,306
Percent of waste fuel blended 20.5%
Total landfill diverted waste 1,81 8,950
Percent of waste deverted from landfill 90.3%
Total waste throughput, including reused, recycled,
and disposed 2,014,598
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Section 7: Mobile Collection /
San Ramon Door To Door Program
MOBILE COLLECTION / SAN RAMON DOOR TO DO OR PROGRAM
The HHW program participation goal has always been to serve at least four percent of the
households in each community in the HHW service area. M obile collection event s are used
to supplement participation in the communities most remote to the HHW f acility or with the
lowest participation. T he District’s Board of Directors proposed that if cities in the District
wanted to sponsor a mobile HHW collection event in their city, they woul d have to pay t he
incremental difference between the cost per car at the permanent facility and the cost per
car charges at the mobile event. The City of San Ramon had been the only city to request a
mobile event based on the cost share proposal, but has n ot held a mobile collection event
since it launched a City -sponsored Door -to -Door HHW Collection program in 2011 .
San Ramon Door -to-Door Collection Program
HHW Collection Facility participation by City of San Ramon residents has routinely fallen
short of the four percent per year goal, while facility participation by other communities in
the HHW Service area has ranged between 8 and 36 percent . San Ramon residents cite
that the Martinez facility is too far away and waiting a year between mobile collection event s
is not convenient . In respon se, the City of San Ramon launched a Door -To -Door (DTD)
HHW C ollection P rogram in June of 2011. Under this new program, residents schedule an
appointment for a service contractor to come to the ir home, and pick up and di spose of the
resident’s H ousehold H azardous W aste, e -waste , sharps and medications .
Revised HHW Services Agreement
To help fund the DTD program, San Ramon requested t he District restructure the existing
HHW Services A greement and revise how its program cost-share is calculated. The City of
San Ramon pays HHW services for roughly 5,0 00 homes in the southern portion of the city
that are Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) sewer customers. The HHW
Services Agreement was modified to charge San Ramon on a “per use” basis for HHW
facility participation by San Ramon residents. Simply put; since about 20 percent of San
Ramon’s households are DSRSD customers, they a re charged for 20 percent of the San
Ramon customers that use the HHW Facility . San Ramon is charged the previous year’s cost
per car rate minus the capital expenditures. Then the capital charges are added as a separate
and permanent cost, as the number of cars may fluctuate, but this will ensure that the capital
costs
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are recovered. Also , as part of the new cost structure of the revised agreement, the District will
no longer offer San Ramon mobile collection events.
Impact on Participation
San Ramon reported that their DTD program served 1,026 participants and collected a total
of 56,700 pounds of waste was collected at a cost of $149,622 . San Ramon participation at
the HHW f acility w as , as anticipated , lower than previous years at 3 percent , compared to
3.4 percent during FY 2011/12 and 3.8 percent in FY 2010/11 . The combined participation
of the DTD program and Permanent Collection Facility for FY 2012/13 was 1,819
participants or participation rate of about 6.9 percent. San Ramon ’s overall HHW disposal
p articipation decreased from 8.4 percent in FY 2011/12 to 6.9 percent in FY 2012/13 .
For a comparison of San Ramon participation, cost, and waste volumes prior to and during
Door -to -Door operations see Table 7 on the next page .
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Table 7
Comparison of Mobile Collection Events to
Door -to-Door Collection
H HW Collection Method FY 2011/12 FY 2012/13
CCCSD HHW Facility 881 793
CCCSD/San Ramon Mobile Event - -
San Ramon Door -to -Door Program 1,289 1,026
Total participants 2,170 1,819
Percent difference in participation from previous
year -16.2 %
Pounds of Waste Collected from San Ramon FY 2011/12 FY 2012/13
CCCSD HHW Facility 59,047 55,371
CCCSD/San Ramon Mobile Event - -
San Ramon Door -to -Door Program 72,184 56,700
Total pounds 131,231 112,071
Percent difference in pounds of waste collected from
previous year -14.6 %
Cost of HHW Collection Method FY 2011/12 FY 2012/13
CCCSD HHW Facility $20,621 $19,986
CCCSD/San Ramon Mobile Event N/A N/A
San Ramon Door -to -Door Program $140,759 $149,622
Total Cost $161,380 $169,608
DTD Pounds per participant 56 55
DTD Cost per participant $109 $146
DTD Cost per pound of waste collected $1.95 $2.64
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Section 8: Small Business Program
SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM
Small Business Program Description
An important component of the HHW Collection Program is the collection of hazardous
wastes from small businesses that qualify as “Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity
Generators ” (CESQG) under Federal and State hazardous waste management laws. This
program is intended to offer small businesses a cost-effective and convenient hazardous
waste disposal option.
An appointment packet is used to provide information about the service , including eligibility,
operating requirements, and the appointment process. The business completes the Waste
Certification and Inventory Form and submits it to the HHW Program staff to initiate the
appointment process. HHW staff provides a price quote for disposal charges for the
inventoried wastes and sets an appointment for the business to deliver the wastes to the
facility. In most cases, same -day appointment service is available to customers, if needed .
The business is provided a copy of the completed Waste Certification and Inventory Form
to serve as the business’s record of proper disposal for the wastes. The largest volume of
wastes processed through the CESQG program is paints and paint -related materials (e.g.,
thinners).
The significant differences between the residential service and the CESQG program are:
Appo intments are required for CESQG participants; and
Administration and disposal costs for the wastes are paid for through a disposal charge
and $20 per appointment administration fee at the time of service.
In June 2009, the facility began serving small bu siness customers Monday through
Saturday . The types of businesses using the program continue to be diverse, ranging from
painting contractors to small manufacturing companies. Approximately half of the business
participants are comprised of painting contractors, general contractors, and public
agencies . Currently the majority of the business participants, 74 percent, are located in
Martinez, Concord, and Walnut Creek.
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Pollution Solutions Partnership
The Pollution Solutions (PS) partnerships began in 2008 with five Ace Hardware stores in
Concord, Martinez, Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek. The partnership allows stores in the
HHW service area to collect household batteries and fluorescent lamps and drop them off
at the HHW facility for free. The only condition is that the partners do not charge the
customers for recycling their items. The first year the partnership collected over 11,000
pounds of household batteries and fluorescent lamps. In FY 2012/13 , the partnership had
seven participating locations an d collected 19,900 pounds of household batteries, and
lamps. Participation from the PS partners has averaged about 105 visits per year over the
last three years. With this substantial amount of participation, it was decided that the PS
partner appointments should be presented separately in FY 2012/13 . More about the
Pollution Solutions Program can be found in Section 9 Public Education / Program
Promotion.
Small Business Program Participation
In FY 2012/13 , the small business program served 291 businesses appointments from 134
businesses. C ompared to FY 2011/12 where 378 appointments and 171 businesses were
served , this reflects a 23 percent decrease in the number of appointments that participated
in the CESQG program. This decrease from FY 201 1 /1 2 appea rs to be caused by the
PaintCare Program that offers businesses and residents free disposal of qualified paint
products at most paint retailers across the state . The retail take -back portion of PaintCare
began around November 2012. The District has been a part of the PaintCare Program
since the middle of March 2013. PaintCare will not allow us to charge businesses for the
paint they deliver to us; however we may continue to charge the administration fee of $20
per appointment.
Table 8 -1 presents the data for CESQG program participation during FY 2012/13 and
includes the data from the previous ten fiscal years for comparison. Tabl e 8 -2 lists the
companies and government agencies that used the small business program services
during FY 2012/13 .
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Small Business Program Revenue
The amount of revenue collected from small businesses for hazardous waste disposal
during F Y 2012/13 was $24,707 (see Table 8 -2), or approximately $8 5 per appointment.
The $24,707 of revenue includes $5 ,820 from administration fee s collected for each
appointment ($20 per appointment). The reduction in revenue is in part due to the
decrease in small business appointments as well as being unable to charge businesses for
paint disposal under the PaintCare Program.
See A ppendix III fo r the current CESQG disposal charges.
Small Business Program Outreach
To date, CESQG outreach activities have included on -going advertising in local chamber of
commerce publications, CCCSD’s Pipeline newsletter, MVSD’s Mt. View Monitor
newsletter, advertising conducted by the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority,
Business Trade Fairs, and word of mouth by CCCSD’s Source Control Inspectors, as well
as Contra Costa County Hazmat Program inspectors, as they complete their field work
auditing the operations of eligible businesses.
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SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION
BY COMMUNITY
NUMBER OF BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS
Community Fiscal Year 2012/13 Previous Fiscal Year
Clayton 5 8
Concord 112 147
Danville 4 11
Lafayette 16 20
Martinez/ Mt. View 45 67
Moraga 4 1
Orinda 9 15
Pleasant Hill 22 26
San Ramon 18 5
Walnut Creek 49 67
Uni n corporated 7 11
O utside of service area 0 0
TOTAL 291 378
* This figure does not include the 97 P S program or 1 2 service area city abandonment visits in FY 2012/13
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Table 8 -2
Small Business Program Summary
Fiscal
Year
Number of
Business
Participants
Number of
New
Business
Participants
Number of
Appointments
Estimated
Pounds of
Waste
Processed
Average
Pounds of
Waste per
Appointment
Revenue
per
Pound
of Waste
Revenue
Collected
01/02 90 Base Year 191 30,542 160 $ 0.46 $14,094
02/03 111 80 226 38,046 168 $ 0.41 $15,561
03/04 108 59 216 41,298 191 $ 0.41 $16,907
04/05 107 50 226 3 9,608 175 $ 0.50 $19,884
05/06 128 55 252 40,841 162 $0.54 $22,054
06/07 161 94 373 81,777 219 $0.45 $37,008
07/08 191 104 386 59,966 155 $0.57 $34,324
08/09 148 75 416 72,728 175 $0.46 $33,236
09/10 178 82 439 73,045 166 $0.43 $29,290
10/11 206 77 4 85 72,991 150 $0.43 $31,157
11/12 171 68 378 53,486 141 $0.54 $30,696
12/13 134 53 291 42,838 147 $0.58 $24,707
* In FY 2012/13 PS partner visits and service area city abandonments were removed from total appointment figures for the
Small Business prog ram.
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Table 8 -3
Small Business Program Participants
*Companies in BOLD text are new to the program this year
AAA NCU IE
Blackhawk Country Club
Walnut Creek
Danville
AB Construction
Bowers Electric
Lafayet te
Martinez
Ace Dance Academy
Building and Land Services (BLS)
Walnut Creek
Concord
Acree Technologies Inc.
Butler Electric
Concord
Clayton
Acro Associates
C.K Enterprises
Concord
Concord
Acura of Concord
Calex Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Concord
Concord
Albert D. Seeno Construction
California High School
Concord
San Ramon
Alta Vista HOA
Canyon Eleme ntary Schools
Walnut Creek
Canyon
Andy’s Tee Shirts
Car Stereo
Concord
Concord
Anaka Behavioral Health
Carondelet High School
Concord
Concord
APT Water, Inc.
Carone & Company
Pleasant Hill
Concord
Ball Estate
CCC Mosquito Vector Control
Alamo
Concord
Bill’s Ace Hardware
CCC Sheriff
Martinez
Martinez
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CCC Transit Authority
Concord Kor ean Baptist Church
Concord
Martinez
CCCSD – COM
Conditioned Air
Martinez
Concord
CCCSD CSO
Contra Costa Electric
Martinez
Martinez
CCCSD LAB
Contra Costa Topsoil, Inc.
Martinez
Martinez
CCCSD POD
Craig Nelson DDS
Martinez
Concord
CCCSD – PMD
Concord Jet Service
Martinez
Concord
Celerity Consulting
Charles Luther CPA
Walnut Creek
Pleasant Hill
CEMEX
City of Martinez
Clayton
Martinez
Central Tune up/Automotive
Dan’s Camera & Graphics
Walnut Creek
Martinez
City of Orinda
David Collins Painting
Orinda
Orinda
City Painting Co.
De La Salle High School
Pacheco
Concord
Comfort Systems USA
Diablo Thermal Systems
Concord
Walnut Creek
Comletric
Diablo Valley Prosthodontics
Danv ille
Walnut Creek
ConCar Industries
DigiRay
Concord
Danville
Concord Airport Plaza
Eagle Marine
Concord
Martinez
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East Bay Regional Park District
J. Hettinger Interiors
Orinda
Danville
E -N -G Mobile Systems
J & S Equipment
Concord
Concord
ECOLadb Inc.
JAM Transportation
Clayton
Concord
E -Tech Collisiion, Inc.
Jetalon Solutions, Inc.
Walnu t Creek
Pleasant Hill
Flynn Electric, Inc.
Jim Jackl
Concord
Lafayette
Foster Wheeler Martinez
Joe Darden Painting
Martinez
Concord
Freeco Vending
John DeRespini Construction
Concord
Concord
Galaxy Stainless
John Muir Behavioral Health
Concord
Concord
Giga -Tronics
John Muir Homes
San Ramon
Martinez
GNU Group
Joseph’s Lawnmower
Lafayette
Pl easant Hill
Grateful Décor
Kaiser Permanente - North Via Monte
Pleasant Hill
Walnut Creek
GRE Walnut Creek, LLC
Kelly Moore Paint I
Walnut Creek
Concord
Heald College
Kelly Moore Pai nt II
Concord
Concord
Holiday Inn Express
Kelly Moore Repair Center
Walnut Creek
Concord
Independent Construction Co.
Kelly Moore Paint
Concord
Pleasant Hill
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Kelly Moore Paint Mike Com pressor
San Ramon
Concord
Kelly Moore Paint
Miracle Method
Walnut Creek
Pacheco
Kevin Ko, DDS
Mount Diablo Electric
Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek
Lafayette School District
Mount Diablo State Park
Lafayette
Clayton
Lafayette Woodworking Inc.
No. CA Conf. of Seventh -Day
Walnut Creek
Pleasant Hill
Lassle Electric
Orinda Union Schools
San Ramon
Orinda
Law O ffice of Ronald
Bass
Pacific Auto Body
Walnut Creek
Concord
Lead Abatement
Pacific Eye Care
Concord
Walnut Creek Way
Lippow Development
Paint Master
Martinez
Walnut Creek
M aintenance Master
Panda
Walnut Creek
San Ramon
March Plasma
Pan Pacific Supply
Concord
Concord
Martinez Unified School District
Para -Twin Palms Printing
Martinez
Concord
M CC Realty Group, Inc.
Planet Beach Contempo Spa
Walnut Creek
San Ramon
McGuire Harley Davidson
Planned Parenthood
Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek
Mircobiology Quality Associates
Pro Grass
Concord
Waln ut Creek
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PSR
Susan Gefvert DDS
Lafayette
Concord
Quality Tree Service
SWIFT
Pleasant Hill
Concord
R & R Handyman
Tap Plastics
Walnut Creek
Pleasant Hill
RCM Industri es, Inc.
The Stuart Company
Concord
Lafayette
ReBath by Schicker
Timberline Hardwood Floor
Concord
Lafayette
RheoSense, Inc.
Tomco Engineering
San Ramon
Concord
Roberson & C o.
Town of Morga
Orinda
Morga
Sage Veterinary Centers
Townsend Painting
Concord
Lafayette
San Ramon Shell
Toyota Pro Inc.
San Ramon
Concord
Sarty Family Dentistry
Tyri s Corporation
Martinez
Concord
Spectrum Painting
Valley Veterinary Hospital
Pacheco
Walnut Creek
St. Agnes
School
Valley Waste Management
Concord
Walnut Creek
Stanley Steam er
Van Gelder Enterprises
Concord
Concord
Summit Building Services
Vasconi Belka Realty
Concord
Concord
Sunrise Bristro
W.J. Hess Construction
Walnut Creek
Alamo
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Walnut Creek Ace Hard ware – Mt. Diablo Wells Fargo Bank
Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek School District
White's Electric Service
Walnut Creek
Concord
WCI -GC
Whole Foods Market
Walnut Creek
Lafayette
Welcome Building Maintenance
Zuckerman Construction
Concord
Concord
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Section 9: Public Education/
Program Promotion
PUBLIC EDUCATION/PROGRAM PROM OTION
HHW program participation has steadily grown since the program’s first complete year in FY 1998/99.
That year the program served 7.7 percent of the households in the HHW service area. Since then
participation has grown to over 15 percent. The HHW program is publicized in each issue of the
CCCSD Pipeline newsletter, which is mailed three times per year to more than 120,000 CCCSD
residential customers and over 5,000 businesses. Additionally, MVSD’s newsletter, the Mt. View
Monitor , as well as the Cent ral Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority and cities and organizations in the
service area, have used their newsletters to provide public education and promotion of the HHW
program and its associated Pharmaceutical Disposal Program. With this promotional strategy, about
17 percent of the total residential participants during FY 2012/13 were first -time customers, and the
remaining 83 percent were repeat customers. This is a 1 percent increase of first -time customers over
last year.
The HHW programs are also promoted through displays staffed by CCCSD Communication Services
staff at the annual Earth Day Fair, several environmental fairs sponsored by hospitals, Chambers of
Commerce, and cities in the service area. In addition, the HHW is covered in all speaking
en gagements by the Communication Services staff.
Promotions
Promotions for FY 2012/13 include the distribution of HHW brochures and flyers to permit counters,
information kiosks in all the client cities and their corresponding Chambers of Commerce offices.
Similarly, more than 20,000 Pharmaceutical Disposal brochures were distributed in the same
locations as well as hospitals and city hall offices. Communication Services staff have also made two
presentations on the Pharmaceutical Disposal program at the County’s Advisory Committee on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse in 2012.
The Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (Small Business) program is promoted through
several publications and activities, as described below.
• Full -page inserts advertising the program in local Chamber of Commerce newsletters .
• Ads in annually published city maps and Chambers of Commerce directories;
• Advertising conducted by the Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority;
• Advertising in local editions of the CC Times for targeted areas (San Ramon, Lamorinda);
• Articles and announcements in every CCCSD Pipeline newsletter see below.
Activities promoting the small business program:
• CCCSD and MVSD web sites;
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• Seven “environmental” fairs with a display focused to HHW;
• Two business trade shows with a display focused to HHW;
• Promotion by Source Control Inspectors as they complete their field work auditing the
operations of eligible small businesses;
• Word -of -mouth;
• Eleven Speakers Bureau presentations that included details on HHW operation by
C ommunications Services Staff .
Expanded promotion of the small business program during FY 2012/13 included:
• Expanded pages on the District’s website;
• Advertising in Chambers’ newsletters .
Pollution Solutions
The promotional campaign, PS – “Pollution S olutions,”
continues at seven Ace Hardware Sto res in our service
area: three Bill’s Ace Hardware Stores (in Martinez,
Pleasant Hill, a nd Concord, two in Walnut Creek, one in
Alamo and one in Lafayette. The program consists of
store-specific signage, posters, shelf labels, and flyers
each noting the distance of the individual store to the
HHWCF. Shelf labels cover cleaning supplies,
automotive products, batteries, fluorescent lamps and
CFLs, paint and paint products. Each of the stores
receives two battery d rop -off buckets – five -gallon
containers – for in -store collection. The stores also
accept fluorescent lamps. We hope to continue the
“PS” program and add more stores in the future.
HHW Collection facility tours are provided upon request and are part of the 10 plant tours given in FY
2012/13 . During the tour visitors are provided an HHWCF tour packet that contains an HHW fact
sheet, Mercury Waste and Thermometer Exchange flyer, and other related items, which promote the
HHW Program and related District pollution prevention programs .
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Section 10: Revenue and Expenses
FY 2012/13
REVENUE AND EXPENSES
The HHW Program expenses for FY 2012/13 totaled $2,754,072 , a n 8.4 percent increase from FY
201 1 /1 2. T he volume of waste collected in 2012/13 increased by about 2 percent and overall
participation dec reased by about 1 percent. The cost per car increase d to $93 from $87 last year . T he
increase in expenses can be primarily attributed to an increase in salaries , benefits and overhead for
District sta ff .
It is notable that three operating expense categories accounted for 79 percent of these expenses. The
first of these categories was “Salaries, benefits and overhead” which, at $1,569,319, accounted for 57
percent of the total expenses. This is up from last year’s total of $1,342,842 . The next largest
category was” Transportation and d isposal” at $569,612 or 21 percent of total expenses , which is an
incr e ase of about 2.1 percent compared to last year. The third category, “Professional, technical and
le gal services“, at $100,561 this is an increase of 5.8 percent from last year, represents about 3.65
percent of the total expenses, and primarily consists of the cost of contract labor , which the amount of
contract labor used in decreased by about 1% in FY 2012/13.
The increase in Transportation and disposal, and Professional, technical and legal services is mainly
due to the waste services contract entered into in January 2012, which increased the costs for labor,
materials and disposal by 22 percent annua lly.
Revenue
Revenue for the HHW Collection Facility included payments from other jurisdictions under service
agreements (Mt. View Sanitary District, City of Concord, City of Clayton and City of San Ramon), sale
of recyclable materials, charges to small businesses under the CESQG program, and a portion of
CCCSD’s annual Sewer Service Charges. Table 10 -1 presents a summary of revenue and expenses
for the HHW Collection Facility for FY 2012/13 .
Rebates and No Cost Management
Many of the wastes that are collected by the HHW facility have market value or require manufacturers
to manage their recycling, also known as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). Staff is diligent in
seeking low cost management alternatives while keeping safe and proper disposal in mind . Below is a
list of waste streams that either have a rebate, no cost recycling, or the manufacturer is responsible
for the management of the waste . Reusable products have a great value and are included in the list.
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PaintCare is also listed as there is no cost to the District for managing PaintCare paint products. The
HHW Program was only enrolled in PaintCare for the last three and a half months of FY 2012/13 and
was able to save over $95,000 in material, transportation and disposal cost. The Dist rict is working
with PaintCare to be reimbursed for the amount of PaintCare reusable paint given away by the
District ’s reuse program. Like the District, r euse is near the top of PaintCare’s management hierarchy.
Estimated revenue for reusable paint products is approximately $20,000 per year and will begin in FY
2013/14 .
Waste Stream Waste Volume (pounds ) Re bate or (Savings)
Scrap metal 363 $ 193
Printer cartridges 845 $ 623
Rechargeable battery recycling 5,664 ($2,707)
Rechargeable b atter y handling N/A $ 1,623
Lead a cid batteries (a uto) 41,621 $ 5,921
Cooking oil 16,240 ($4,511)
Cardboard 12,760 No c harge
Latex and oil based paint (PaintCare) 250,197 ($95,000)
From middle of March through Ju ne
Reuse 433,197 ($151,619)
760,887 pounds $260,574
Over 760,000 pounds or 38% of the total amount of waste collected by the program was managed at
no cost or at a savings of more than $260,000
Amortization of Capital Expenditures
Amortization of Capital Expenditures is derived from the capital costs to build the collection facility and
all capital improvements amortized over 30 years. An alternative energy study was performed around
the District and was completed in 2013. The study was to determine if a solar energy lease
agreement would be a viable cost savings for the HHW Program. It found that the most cost effective
financial model would be to utilize a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), which would be a contract
with a third party to purchase all energy produced by a photovoltaic system installed at the HHW
facility. T his third party would own the photovoltaic system and would be fully responsible for all
ownership costs, including financing, maintenance, insurance, and system production. T he District is
participating in an energy coalition which is currently bidding out PPA’s throughout the Bay Area. If
the costs are found to be favorable, then staff will bring PPA back to the Board for approval.
Table 10 -2 shows the amortization schedule of all capital expenditures since the HHW Facility
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construction was completed in 1997.
• Figure 10 -1 shows the HHW Program participation and the expenses related to the Program
for each of the 16 years of operation.
• Figure 10 -2 lists the estimated average cost per household for each year the HHW Program
has been in operation.
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Table 10 -1
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility
2012/13 Summary of Revenue and Expenses
Revenue FY 2011/20 12 FY 2012/2013
CCCSD Sewer Service Ch arges: $ 1,739,456 $ 1,905,480
Service Agreements with other jurisdictions: FY 2011/20 12 FY 2012/2013
Mt. View Sanitary District $ 110,041 $ 120,299
City of Concord 596,740 650,928
City of Clayton 53,970 59,091
City of San Ramon 20,621 19,986
$ 781,373 $ 850,304 $ 850,304
Sale of collected materials and CESQG Charges: $ 29,869 $ 27,054
Transfer portion of revenue to Self -Insurance for Insurance Policy: ($ 28,766) ($ 28,766)
TOTAL REVENUE $ 2,521,932 $ 2,75 4 ,072
Expenses FY 2011/2012 FY 2012/2013
Salaries, benefits and overhead (HHW Staff) $ 1,3 42,613 $ 1,569,319
Salaries & benefits (Source Control Staff) 229 1,561
Environmental liability premiums 80,956 69,156
Utilities 11,940 11,411
Repairs and maintenance 32,610 23,414
Transportation and disposal 557,574 569,612
Professional, technical and legal services 94,689 100,561
Materials and supplies 87,855 95,865
Other expenses 15,648 15,132
TOTAL OPERATING EX PENSES $ 2,224,114 $ 2,456,031
Amortization of Capital Expenditures 29 7 ,817 298,041
TOTAL EXPENSES $ 2,521,932 $ 2,754,072
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1,900,000 $ 427,368 $ 32,492 $ 319,393 $ 1,422,353 $ 3,085 $ 4,104,691 $
1 1998 138,035 $ 138,035
2 1999 138,035 138,035
3 2000 138,035 138,035
4 2001 138,035 138,035
5 2002 138,035 138,035
6 2003 138,035 138,035
7 2004 138,035 31,048 $ 169,083
8 2005 138,035 31,048 2,361 $ 171,444
9 2006 138,035 31,048 2,361 171,444
102007 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,204 $ 194,648
112008 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 194,483
122009 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 194,483
132010 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 194,483
142011 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 $ 297,817
152012 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 297,817
162013 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 $ 298,042
172014 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
182015 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
192016 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
202017 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
212018 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
222019 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
232020 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
242021 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
252022 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
262023 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
272024 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
282025 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
292026 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
302027 138,035 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 298,041
2028 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 160,006
2029 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 160,006
2030 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 160,006
2031 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 160,006
2032 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 160,006
2033 31,048 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 160,006
2034 2,361 23,039 103,334 224 128,958
2035 23,039 103,334 224 126,597
2036 23,039 103,334 224 126,597
2037 103,334 224 103,558
2038 103,334 224 103,558
2039 103,334 224 103,558
2040 103,334 224 103,558
2041 224 224
2042 224 224
4,141,050 $ 931,449 $ 70,830 $ 691,341 $ 3,100,020 $ 6,272 $ 8,940,961 $
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Ending
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The number of households in the District is determined by using data from the California Department of Finance and in cludes annual occupancy factors. The change in the number of households in 2010
and 2011 is presumably caused by updated information due to the 2010 census.
APPENDIX 1: F303 FORM
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Poison Flammable solids / liquids 39,000 0 39,000 2,232 36,768 39,000
Bulked flammable liquids 49,950 0 49,950 49,950 49,950
Oil - base paints 325,856 0 325,856 325,856 325,856
Poisons 102,971 0 102,971 102,971 102,971
Reactive and explosive 72 0 72 72 72
subtotal 517,849 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 517,849 105,276 412,574 0 0 0 0 0 517,850
2. Acid Inorganic and organic acid 16,342 0 16,342 16,342 16,342
3. Base Inorganic and organic base 21,500 0 21,500 21,500 21,500
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peroxides, Oxidizing acid, and
Oxidizing base 4,265 0 4,265 43 4,222 4,265
5. PCB -containing PCB - containing paint 0 0
Other PCB waste (includes
ballasts)700 0 700 700 700
subtotal 700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 700 700 0 0 0 0 0 0 700
6. Reclaimable Antifreeze 33,389 0 33,389 33,389 33,389
Auto type batteries (motor
vehicles)41,621 0 41,621 41,621 41,621
Latex paint 595,386 0 595,386 595,386 595,386
Motor oil/oil products 174,560 0 174,560 174,560 174,560
Used oil filters (recyclables
only)8,000 0 8,000 8,000 8,000
subtotal 852,956 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 852,956 0 0 0 0 852,956 0 0 852,956
7. Asbestos Asbestos 2,700 2,700 0 0 2,700 0 0 0 0 2,700
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switches / thermometers / and
novelties 89 0 89 89 89
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thermostats TRC 0 0
Mercury containing waste
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Lamps 38,714 0 38,714 38,714 38,714
Rechargeable batteries 5,664 0 5,664 5,664 5,664
Other batteries 47,771 0 47,771 47,771 47,771
subtotal 92,238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92,238 0 0 0 0 92,238 0 0 92,238
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Universal Waste Electronic
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subtotal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Other UW (name) ____________0 0
all UW subtotal 92,238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92,238 0 0 0 0 92,238 0 0 92,238
9. Other HHW Home - generated sharps 22 22 22 22
Pharmaceutical Waste 11,576 11,576 11,576 11,576
Compressed gas cylinders 14,405 0 14,405 2,466 11,939 14,405
Treated wood 0 0
Non - UW aerosol containers
(corrosive, flammable, poison)29,400 0 29,400 29,400 29,400
Other: Print cart., Lead,
Cooking oil 17,448 17,448 17,448 433,197 450,645
subtotal 72,851 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72,851 43,442 0 22 0 29,387 433,197 0 506,048
10. Grand Total 1,581,401 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,581,401 149,460 412,574 2,722 42,064 974,581 433,197 0 2,014,598
* To be considered Universal Waste, all waste in this category except for batteries, must be managed by recycling. Energy recovery or fuel incineration is not considered recycling. If the waste cannot be managed by
recycling, it is not universal waste and must be managed as a hazardous waste. The completed Disposed/Diverted Management Methods section will show whether or not wastes were managed as a universal waste.
Pounds Collected by Program Type Pounds Disposed / Diverted by Management Method
Enter the number of pounds of material in the waste stream collected within the area into the cell corresponding to the program type used to collect the material. The spreadsheet will calculate the total amounts for you.
Also enter the estimated number of pounds of the collected material in the cell corresponding to the management method used to dispose or divert the material. Definitions of the "Management Methods" are presented in
Title 14, 18751.2.1 (c). The spreadsheet will calculate the total pounds disposed or diverted for you. Note: Quantities reported under "Load Check" and other collection categories should not be double counted under
"Permanent Facility."
Section F. Waste Volumes:
Material Type
A PPENDIX II: CESQG C HARGES
SCHEDULE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE HA NDLING
AND DISPOSAL CHARGES FOR CONDITIONALLY
EXEMPT SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS
(Rev ision date 11/5/99)
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Per
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Charges Antifreeze (Bulked) Uncontaminated for recycle $1.40/gal Latex Paint (Bulked) Latex based paints, stains $2.50/gal Motor Oil (Bulked) Uncontaminated for recycle $0.28/gal. Aerosols
Hazard Class 2
(Loosepack)
S pray Paints
Insecticides
Aerosol Cleaners
$1.65 $3.30
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Materials : Fuels
Blending
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(Loosepack)
(Bulked option for some
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Varnishes
Solvents
Thinners
$0.50 $1.00 $3.40 $20.50 $2.50/gal.2
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Alcohol
Brush Wash
Diesel
Epoxy Resins
Gasoline/Fuels
Grease
Glues
Ink/Toners
Polishes
White Gas
Methanol
Roof Tar
Sealers
$0.50 $1.00 $3.75 $30.00 $2.50/gal.2
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Ammonia
Citri c Acid
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Potassium
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Ferric Chloride
Formic Acid
Hydrochloric
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Caustics
$1.20 $2.40 $9.50 $47.50
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Incineration
Hazard Class 6, 3(6)
(Labpack)
Insecticides
Pesticides
Flammable
Pesticides
Herbicides
Toxic Lab
Chemicals
$1.70 $3.40 $13.50 $67.50
Contaminated Solids,
Other Hazardous
Materials: Landfill
Hazard Class 9,
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(Labpack or Loosepack)
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Fertilizers
Ab sorbents
$0.65 $1.30
$5.25 $26.50
Reactives
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Cyanides
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Bromine
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$2.50 $5.00 $20.00 $99.00
Asbestos
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Hazard Class 8, 9
(Loosepack)
Alkaline
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Nickel Cadmium
Silver Oxide
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Oil Filters
(Loosepack)
Automotive and truck/tractor filters
$1.00
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(Not packaged)
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Propane Cylinders
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5 gallon “BBQ” style
$5.00
Propane Cylinders
(Loosepack)
Smaller than 5 gallon cylinders $1.40 $2.75 $11.00
1 Prices are based on container size regardless of how full; containers of other than the specified sizes will be charged at an interpolated or
prorated price.
2 This rate will be available when the bulking of flammable liquids can be performed at the facility. Flammable liquids that cannot be bulked will
be charged the rate based on the container size.
Note: Each CESQG shall be charged an Administration Fee of $20.00 for each drop off in addition to the above handling and
disposal charges.
(Ord. 229 Exh. A (part), 2004: Ord. 212 § 1 Exh. A, 1999: Ord. 206 Exh. A, 1999
APPENDIX III :
HHW PROGRAM HISTORY - 1997 TO PRESENT
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Facility opened in September
1997. Collected 745,101 lbs of
waste from 9,382 households
and CESQG's at a cost of $
1,043,711 with District staff of
three during the eight months
of operation.
Operating hours:
Wednesday (businesses only)
and Thursday thru Saturday
from 9am to 4pm, and Sunday
1pm to 4pm
Stats:
Capital $ 138,035
Cost/car = $ 111
Lbs./car = 79
Cost/lb. = $ 1.40
Cost/home = $ 6.04
Service area = 172,856
3 mobile events = 188 cars
First complete year of
operation. Collected 898,431
lbs. of waste from 14,105
households, CESQG's and
mobile events at a cost of
$1,197,065
Stats:
Capital $ 138,035
Cost/car = $ 85
Lbs./car = 64
Cost/lb. = $ 1.33
Cost/home = $ 6.89
Service area = 173,865
3 mobile events = 441 cars
Started the Mercury
Thermometer Exchange
Program.
Surpassed 1,000,000 pounds
collected mark.
Collected 1,215,180 lbs of
waste from 15,808 households,
CESQG's and mobile event
cars at a cost of $1,265,267
Stats:
Capital $ 138,035
Cost/car = $ 80
Lbs./car = 77
Cost/lb. = $ 1.04
Cost/home = $ 7.28
Service area = 173,865
3 mobile events = 634 cars
Dougherty Valley trunkline
installed. San Ramon
continues to annex Dougherty
Valley.
Collected 1,353,017 lbs of
waste from 17,471 households,
CESQG's and mobile event
cars at a cost of $1,300,014
Stats:
Capital $ 138,035
Cost/car = $ 74
Lbs./car = 77
Cost/lb. = $ 0.96
Cost/home = $ 7.29
Service area = 178,170
3 mobile events = 1,258 cars
Celebrated 5 -year anniversary
of the HHW Facility
In September 2001, changed
the operating hours Tuesday
thru Saturday from 9am -4pm.
Businesses by appointment
any day.
In October 2001, hired one
additional Senior Technician
and one additional Technician
I/II
Collected 1,406,573 lbs of
waste from 19,410 households,
CESQG's and mobile event
cars at a cost of $1,411,877
Stats:
Capital $ 138,035
Cost/car = $ 73
Lbs./car = 72
Cost/lb. = $ 1.00
Cost/home = $ 7.86
Service area = 178,926
3 mobile events = 1,775 cars
Participation increased partly
due to the introduction of the
propane tank over -pressure
device effecting all bbq style
propane tanks. The facility
received over 1,400 tanks
during the year.
Started new Waste Services
contract with PSC.
Collected 1,601,699 lbs of
waste from 22,585 households,
CESQG's and mobile event
cars at a cost of $1,513,079
Stats:
Capital $ 138,035
Cost/car = $ 67
Lbs./car = 71
Cost/lb. = $ 0.95
Cost/home = $ 8.40
Service area = 180,046
3 mobile events = 2,506 cars
Completed DP 8180, the addition of
the 3,100 sq ft. flammable bulking
and storage area.
March '04 - The Board approved a
$20 administration fee to all CESQG
transactions in order to recoup costs
without increasing fees.
Held first mercury thermometer
exchange event at Byron Park
Senior Home in Walnut Creek.
February - Began closely tracking
pollutants of concern including
Mercury, legacy pesticides, etc.
Collected 1,487,274 lbs of waste
from 23,277 households, CESQG's
and mobile event cars at a cost of
$1,495,823
Stats:
Capital $ 169,083
Cost/car = $ 64
Lbs./car = 64
Cost/lb. = $ 1.01
Cost/home = $ 8.24
Service area = 181,588
2 mobile events = 969 cars
Completed District Project
7229. The project focused on
safety enhancements at the
treatment plant and HHW
Facility.
Began tracking Pollutants of
Concern for Treatment Plant
and Pollution Prevention
Program
Collected 1,497,277 lbs of
waste from 23,098
households, CESQG's and
mobile event cars at a cost of
$1,567,949
Stats:
Capital $ 171,444
Cost/car = $ 68
Lbs./car = 65
Cost/lb. = $ 1.05
Cost/home = $ 8.60
Service area = 182,424
1 mobile event = 373 cars
In January 2006, the universal waste rules
for fluorescent lamps and batteries
sunsetted banning these items from being
disposed of in the trash, which resulted in
an increase in participation, and batteries
and lamps
March 2006, District staff levels were
down to two from five, due to health
issues.
Waste Services Contract with PSC was
extended an additional year due to lack of
District staff.
Revised the average lbs./item estimate for
reusable items from 2 to 6 pounds each.
Held mercury thermometer exchange
event in Rossmoor. 520 participants
Collected 1,944,394 lbs of waste from
24,244 households, CESQG's and mobile
event cars at a cost of $1,721,126
Stats:
Capital $ 171,444
Cost/car = $ 71
Lbs./car = 80
Cost/lb. = $ 0.89
Cost/home = $ 9.28
Service area = 185,418
2 mobile events = 845 cars
Celebrated the 10 -year anniversary of
the HHW Facility.
Filled four vacant positions (HHW
Supervisor, 2 -Senior Tech and an
HHW Tech I/II) and added an HHW
Tech I/II to make six staff members
Started new Waste Services Contract
with PSC.
Purchased floor scale. Began
weighing all reusable products prior to
giving them to the public.
Completed DP 8209 which improved
and expanded the Latex Bulking Area.
Collected 1,895,523 lbs of waste from
26,820 households, CESQG's and
mobile event cars at a cost of
$1,635,862
Stats:
Capital $ 194,648
Cost/car = $ 61
Lbs./car = 71
Cost/lb. = $ 0.86
Cost/home = $ 8.64
Service area = 189,131
1 mobile event = 352 cars
Started the School Mercury Minimization
Program, which included a thermometer
exchange and amnesty for disposal fees
for elemental mercury containing devices
and mercury compounds.
Introduced "PS" Pollution Solutions at four
Bill's Ace Hardware Stores.
Department of Transportation (DOT)
requires all battery terminals be taped
before shipping. This created an
excessive amount of work for staff until
Jan 2010.
Began partnership with Bill's Ace
Hardware to collect fluorescent lamps and
household batteries from the public
Collected 1,944,394 lbs of waste from
28,373 households, CESQG's and mobile
event cars at a cost of $1,864.868
Stats:
Capital $ 194,648
Cost/car = $ 66
Lbs./car = 67
Cost/lb. = $ 0.96
Cost/home = $ 9.84
Service area = 189,540
1 mobile events = 463 cars
Added two new Ace Hardware
stores in Walnut Creek to the
Pollution Solutions program.
Began the Pharmaceutical
Collection Program pilot in Feb.
'09. Collected over
1,500 pounds of medications
from three sites (Walnut Creek
City Hall, Sheriff Field
Operations Building, Contra
Costa County Regional Medical
Center) at a cost of about
$6,300.
Collected 1,913,307 lbs of
waste from 28,686 households,
CESQG's and mobile event
cars at a cost of $2.167,543
Stats:
Capital $ 194,648
Cost/car = $ 76
Lbs./car = 67
Cost/lb. = $ 1.13
Cost/home = $ 11.31
Service area = 191,677
1 mobile event = 606 cars
In July 2010, added Monday to the
operating schedule. Now open
Monday through Saturday from 9am -
4pm.
Businesses by appointment any day.
Opened eight additional
pharmaceutical collection sites
(Clayton, Concord, Danville, Martinez,
Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill and
San Ramon) and collected over 7,200
pounds at a cost of about $20,000.
DOT repealed its order requiring
terminals of alkaline batteries 9V or
less must be taped, which is about
85% of the batteries collected.
Collected 1,925,636 lbs of waste from
29,873 households, CESQG's and
mobile event cars at a cost of
$2,266,709
Stats:
Capital $ 194,648
Cost/car = $ 76
Lbs./car = 65
Cost/lb. = $ 1.18
Cost/home = $ 11.79
Service area = 192,292
1 mobile events = 464 cars
Surpassed 2,000,000 pounds
collected mark.
Completed DP8216 HHWCF
Improvements Project which
included seismic upgrades,
operational enhancements,
improved ADA access and
safety, and enlarged staff
areas.
Revised the number of
households in the HHW
Program service area back to
1997 to reflect an error in how
the figure was calculated each
year
Collected 2,008,995 lbs of
waste from 29,926 households,
CESQG's and mobile event
cars at a cost of $2,445,362
Stats:
Capital $ 297,817
Cost/car = $ 82
Lbs./car = 68
Cost/lb. = $ 1.23
Cost/home = $ 12.76
Service area = 191,677
1 mobile event = 644 cars
Celebrated the 15 -year
anniversary of the HHW Facility
Started new waste services
contract with PSC, LLC with 20%
increase in costs.
Restructured the HHW Services
Agreement with the City of San
Ramon to pay monthly on a usage
basis, which allowed them to
sponsor a Door -to -Door HHW
collection program for City
residents.
Discontinued temporary HHW
collection events due to San
Ramon's door -to -door program.
Collected 1,978,591 lbs of waste
from 29,603 households and
CESQG's at a cost of $2,521,932
Stats:
Capital $ 297,817
Cost/car = $ 87
Lbs./car = 67
Cost/lb. = $ 1.27
Cost/home = $ 13.35
Service area = 188,865
0 mobile events = 0 cars
Added two new Ace Hardware
stores to the Pollution
Sollutions Program. One store
in Alamo and another in
Blackhawk.
PaintCare began March 19th
contracted though PSC. No
charge for the recycling of
architectural latex and oil
based paint. A savings of over
$95,000 in three and a half
months. PaintCare does not
require us to bulk paint, which
also saves a considerable
amount of money in labor and
materials.
Collected 2,014,598 lbs of
waste from 29,507 households
and CESQG's at a cost of
$2,754,072
Stats:
Capital $ 298,041
Cost/car = $ 93
Lbs./car = 68
Cost/lb. = $ 1.37
Cost/home = $ 14.54
Service area = 189,481
0 mobile event = 0 cars