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This section of the annual report presents the methods in which your agency informed both employees and customers served that a recycling program was being implemented. Below are identified the programs you reported were continued or implemented during 2006.

This section of the annual report presents your compliance with the State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign (SABRC). The activities identified below were reported as implemented or continued during 2006. (Note: Completing this section does not meet the SABRC reporting requirements (PCC Section 12162(b)).

Some of the waste stream has begun to decrease since the Integrated Waste Management Plan was submitted. This is due to new waste diversion programs that have been put into practice along with more accurate reporting methods since the implementation of the Integrated Waste Management Plan.

At the District Office and the larger field offices, typical office supplies, furniture and equipment are recycled. For example, white paper, mixed paper, beverage containers, cardboard, and toner cartridges are diverted. In 2005, the District Office began utilizing the services of a commercial paper shredding and recycling service to process our used office paper. A cardboard recycling program has been implemented in 2006.

At some of the smaller field offices, the employees are encouraged to recycle the materials mentioned above; but because of their location or relatively small amount of waste generated, the recyclables are not always tracked and therefore may not be included in the report. When appropriate, office furniture and computer equipment are donated to charitable organizations.

Amounts of materials disposed and diverted were determined by a variety of methods. For materials generated within the District Office, which were recycled, the documentation was achieved by reviewing the actual receipts from the independent vendors who supply this service. In cases where obtaining actual receipts was not feasible, estimates were used by extrapolating the size and weight of containers and multiplying them by the frequency of service. For materials which were disposed of, the primary source for documentation was to extrapolate by determining the approximate average weight of the material in the disposal containers multiplied by the frequency of service. For determining the weights of the C & D debris, the construction contractor supplied CalTrans with A Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling Report (CEM 4401).

Business Source Reduction Program: Bulletin boards, toner cartridges, e-mail, e-forms, two-sided copies, laundered shop rags, and preventative maintenance.

Material Exchange: Nonprofit/ school donations, state surplus, property reutilization.

Recycling: Cardboard, glass, plastic, newspaper, office paper (white and mixed), scrap metal, and telephone books.

Organic Management: On-site composting/mulching, and self-haul green waste.

Special Waste Materials: Tires, wood waste, and C& D.

The department has identified one recycling coordinator in each district and at headquarters along with a Resource Conservation Senior in the Headquarters Resource Conservation Branch. No additional PYs were allocated for these positions. The recycling coordinators have the responsibility to report on AB75 in addition to their existing duties.