Victor Valley Resource Management Strategy

1. Victor Valley Resource Management Strategy John C. Davis Administrator, Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority

2. The JPA • Adelanto, Apple Valley, Barstow, Big Bear Lake, Needles, San Bernardino County, Twenty Palms, Victorville, Yucca Valley • Since 1992 • 15,000 =/- square miles • 365,000 people • Board, Technical Committee, Administrator

3. Victor Valley MRF • Opened in 1995 • Owned by Apple Valley and Victorville • Managed by the JPA • Designed, built, operated by Burrtec • Financed with $6.2 million system revenue bond issue (A- rating) • $2.5 million expansion in 2006

4. Current MRF • 150 tons per day from JPA members • Public buy back and drop off • 38,400 square feet; 42 employees • CP Manufacturing system • Cardboard pre-sort • V-Screen fiber separation • Fiber sort • Aladdin optical sort for PETE and Aluminum

5. Average Curbside Recyclables Material Value 2003 – 2007Market Value + Redemption Payments

6. 2007 to 2008 “The R Word”

7. 2007 to 2008 “The R Word”

8. 91,151 t. Paper 9,940 t. Glass 33,265 t. Metal 5,184 t. Electronics 41,039 t. Plastic 131,326 t. Organics 93,324 t. C&D 866 t. HHW $11,478,081 $ 728,280 $10,990,368 $ 829,428 $ 9,719,865 $33,746,022 Value 159,172 tons GHG 126,327 cars gone Lost Resources

9. Resource Management Strategy The Strategy aims for maximum feasible landfill disposal reduction through combined reuse, recycling, composting and energy recovery programs. Implementation is expected to entail multiple approaches, coordinated over time, with reliable and cost-effective results.

10. Strategy focus • Landfill characterization • Generators • Source Reduction • Collection • Pre-processing • Processing • Composting • Energy • Residual