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2009 Used Oil/HHW Conference

2009 Used Oil/HHW Conference. Solutions Through Shared Responsibility Howard Levenson CIWMB November 2, 2009. Need for Holistic Approach. California’s Disposed Waste, 2008. Products and GHGs. Crossing Boundaries & Building Bridges. Organics Climate Change Procurement EPR

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2009 Used Oil/HHW Conference

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  1. 2009 Used Oil/HHW Conference Solutions Through Shared Responsibility Howard Levenson CIWMB November 2, 2009

  2. Need for Holistic Approach

  3. California’s Disposed Waste, 2008

  4. Products and GHGs

  5. Crossing Boundaries & Building Bridges • Organics • Climate Change • Procurement • EPR • Litter and Packaging • Stakeholders

  6. Organics Cross-MediaRegulatory Challenges/Issues • Air Quality • AQMD regulations re: emissions • Water Quality • State/Regional Water Board re: salinity • Food safety • CDFA • Licensing • Diseases/pests • Persistent pesticides • Climate Change • Caltrans and Agriculture Use Specs

  7. Climate Change – Scoping Plan Measures • Landfill Methane Control , and Increasing Efficiency of Landfill Methane Capture • High Recycling/Zero Waste: • Mandatory Commercial Recycling • Increase Production and Markets for Composting and Other Organics Products • Anaerobic Digestion • Extended Producer Responsibility • Environmentally Preferable Purchasing

  8. Greening California - Procurement • Department of General Services contracting • EPP Best Practices Manual (40 products)

  9. Product Stewardship / EPR • Primary responsibility on producers • Locals and ratepayers currently pay as much as $500 million per year • But still a shared responsibility • Programs will have to involve retailers, haulers, HHW facilities, etc. • Issues raised by CMTA • E.g., all products? Fines to large? One fits all? Unlevel playing field? • Need to build bridges

  10. Cleaning Up Litter • Collaboration with Ocean Protection Council • Plastic Bag Recycling • Hospital Blue Bag • CA Coastal Commission and CA Clean Boating Network

  11. Packaging • Wal-Mart Packaging Scorecard • Scores on environmental performance • Participating on committee • Starbuck’s Cup Working Group • Goal = all cups, lids, straws recyclable or compostable in all markets by 2012 • Sustainable Packaging Coalition • Industry group with EPA, Wal-Mart, others • Research on LCA, EPR, and labeling

  12. Bridges with Stakeholders • HHW info exchanges • Surveys (e.g., used oil grants) • RMDZ touch-base meetings and ZoneWorks • Visits to jurisdictions, state agencies, grants • Internal Grant Working Group • CIWMB transition and new Dept. of R3 • Who will be in charge, with what public input/process? • Opportunities with Division of Recycling

  13. Streamlining Grants • Process Improvement - Efficiency - Fiscal Integrity - More effectively meeting needs of stakeholders

  14. Improving Program Efficiency Used Oil – SB 546 • Restructures Grant programs • Incentivizes production of re-refined oil • Increases incentive for recycling of used oil • Allows flexibility for promoting new technologies

  15. Future Bridges / Actions?? • For CIWMB, how to maintain service, transparency to public, and partnerships/shared efforts? • More broadly, how to build coalitions and better understand other perspectives, to move forward? • Engaging those with different goals or missions • Political processes • Can you speak “their” language? • Can you develop coalitions? • Can you reach appointees, legislators, administration? • Timing  can you spend years and be ready for real opportunity? • 2010 Election

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