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Attachment 3 $rop4TEoR Reducing the Waste Stream for Alameda County DATE: July 18, 2013 TO: Waste Management Authority Board FROM: Gary Wolff, Executive Director SUBJECT: Household Hazardous Waste(HHW) Services and Funding BACKGROUND: This topic has been previously discussed with the committees and boards,most recently at the May WMA meeting and the June committee meetings. The memos from those meetings are available at http://www.stopwaste.org/docs/05-22-13-hhw.pdf and http://www.stopwaste.org/docs/06-13-13-hhw.pdf. Staff made a preliminary recommendation at the May WMA meeting that if additional funding is provided it should be collected through the property tax rolls,and allocated equally across residential units(both multi-and single-family), subject to further investigation of some details. This approach is the simplest and least expensive to administer. The Board concurred with that policy direction. Staff asked the committees at the June meetings to provide guidance with respect to the service level options. We also suggested adding to all of the options a commitment to use outreach in a'differential fashion'as necessary to try to bring facility use to approximately equal levels across the member agencies. In addition,we suggested adding up to four one-day'parking lot'drop-off events each year,as a tool for increasing participation in lower participation areas. Equal use will never be completely possible, because it depends on many factors beyond our control; such as when a family moves and cleans out the garage,attic,basement, storage sheds,etc; or when an individual becomes sufficiently knowledgeable and motivated to use the drop-off facilities rather than break the law by putting HHW materials in the garbage. Still,a commitment to try to achieve'equal use'is fair and reasonable. Both committees agreed with these staff suggestions. The P&A committee expressed support(10-0,with Carson and Landis absent) for Expansion Option 1, with some caveats and possible adjustments in the service options. For example,the committee wanted us to investigate having the four collection centers open on Sundays, and other ways to make HHW diversion more convenient. The committee was also interested in a variation of Option 1 that we put forward,which would provide weekly service in Hayward and Livermore, but on days that vary by week (e.g.,Friday and Saturday in Hayward one week, but in Livermore the next, etc.). The idea of weekly service was supported,but the idea of alternating days was of concern to some committee members. The P&O committee expressed support(9-0-1, Turner abstaining and one vacancy on the Recycling Board)for Expansion Option 2,but again with some caveats and possible adjustments in the service option. Sunday service and the convenience of every week service were,as in the P&A meeting, important topics of discussion. Board Member Turner specifically asked that we provide more information on the use of the facilities by day, since that is relevant to the choice between service level options. Table 1 (at the end of this memo) provides average Thursday,Friday,and Saturday use of the three County-operated facilities. Saturday use is the highest on average, as expected,but Thursday and Friday use is substantial and is sometimes higher than Saturday use.Thursday use is often higher than Friday use,we believe,because it is the first day the 1 31