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HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE ELEMENT CITY OF PLEASANTON This report describes the Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Element for the City of Pleasanton (Pleasanton). HHW is defined by the California Integrated Waste Management Board (Board) as "any discarded material fTom homes that may threaten hman health or the environment ff disposed of incorrectly." Examples of HHW include leftover paint, used oil, used auto batteries, cleansers, runtirate polish, pestleides and pool chemicals. The California State Legislature recognized the imponance of proper disposal of HHW by requiring local governments to establish comprehensive programs for managing HHW as part of the Califorma Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939). AB 939 requires all counties and cities in the state to reduce the amount of solid waste entering landfill.~ and to plan and implement HHW programs. A new law, AB 2707, specifically addressing the issue of HHW, was passed in January 1991 by the state legislature. AB 2707 elevates the importance of HHW management by making the HHW component a separate element that is similar to the Source Reduction and Recycling (SRR) Element. This HHW Element includes a discussion of objectives, existing conditions, an evaluation of several HHW program alternatives, selection of a program, implementation details and a monitoring and evaluation program in accordance with Article 6.3 of Chapter 9, Planning Guidelines and Procedures for Preparing and Revising Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan (State Planning Guidelines), Title 14, Califomia Code of Regulations. Alameda County (County), supported by all its cities, has pursued the development of an HHW program for the last several years. The County has acknowledged the need for an HHW management program in the County Solid Waste Management Plan (CoSWMP, July 1987) and in the subsequent County Hazardous Waste Management Plan (Tanner Plan, March 1989). On the basis of these planned documents and the passage of All 939 (1989) and AB 2707 (1990) which also require the County to develop and implement an HHW program, the Alameda County Waste Managemere Authority (Authority) developed an HHW/Mini-Genemtor Collection Program which was approved by the County Board of Supervisors in June 1990. The proposed HHW program consists of building three permanent HHW collection facilities to be located in the northern, southern, and eastern sections of the County. Further details on the Countywide HHW program is presented in the section, Selection of HHW Programs City of Piemama Printed on recycled paper