REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Countywide AB 939 Fee and Household Hazardous Waste Agreements for FY 2018/19 through 2020/21
Report
BACKGROUND
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) services are provided to Sunnyvale residents by way of the Countywide HHW Program. Services include quarterly drop-off events held at a Sunnyvale location as well as events held at other permanent and temporary locations in the County.
As a reminder, up until June 2015, the County held a monthly HHW event at 164 Carl Road. Due to the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) expansion project, the Carl Road location was closed, and beginning in July 2015, the County began providing quarterly Sunnyvale events at the City's Corporation Yard on Commercial Street. Residents continue to be able to dispose of HHW at frequent HHW events held throughout the county at both permanent and temporary locations.
The City's cost for participation in the HHW program is paid from two sources: (1) revenues from the Countywide AB 939 Fee, a fee charged on every ton of Sunnyvale solid waste disposed, and (2) a direct payment from the City for resident use above a baseline level of four percent participation.
The revenue from the fee must be used to implement programs and services designed to meet the requirements of AB 939, the state mandate that local jurisdictions reduce the amount landfilled by 50% (from the baseline year of 1990) and reduce the amount of household hazardous waste that is improperly disposed. The collection, distribution, and use of the fee are governed by Agency Agreements between the County of Santa Clara and the 15 cities in the county. The current agreement with the County was approved by the City Council on April 28, 2015 (RTC No. 15-0290), and will expire on June 30, 2018.
EXISTING POLICY
General Plan Chapter 7, Goal EM-15: Environmentally-Sound Disposal - Dispose of solid waste in an environmentally sound, dependable and cost-effective manner.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
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