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2. Reduce the amount of HHW commingled with solid waste at solid waste facilities by 25 percent by 2000. 3. Increase the household participation rate to 10 percent for the collection of HHW by 2000. HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EXISTING CONDITIONS Based on the solid waste generation study conducted by Brown and Caldwell Consultants (BCC), approximately 190 tons per year of HHW is disposed by the residents of Pleasanton. This amounts to 0.9 percent of the total residential solid waste (21,147 tons) disposed per year or 0.1 percent of the total waste generated per year (133,291 tons). The total waste generated is the sum of residential, commercial, and industrial waste generated within Pleasanton. The types of HHW expected to be generated within Pleasanton include latex paints, oil-based paint, used oil, used batteries, solvents, cleaners, paint thirmers, acids, antifreeze, automotive materials, asbestos, polishes, garden chemicals, preservatives and other chemicals. Pleasanton currenfiy has a load-checking program which is implemented at the Pleasanton Transfer Station. Load-checking programs are implemented at solid waste management facilities to check the incoming loads for HHW and prevent the illegal disposal of HHW in solid waste management facilities. According to Mr. Bob Molinaro, Manager of Pleasanton Transfer Station, all incoming loads are usually screened at the entry gate and again when the waste is unloaded into the transfer station pit. The types of HHWs identified to date at the transfer station have been used oil and paint. Used oil is recycled by American Waste Oil, and paint is allowed to dry by using it on wooden sheets and allowing it to evaporate. The transfer station has only recently begun recording quantities of HHW collected. When HHW is detected and the generator can be identified, the generator must retrieve the HHW. No penalty is assessed. Pleasanton, in conjunction with the cities of Dublin and Livermore, conducted a 1-day HHW collection event in May 1990. The event was held at the Pleasanton Fire Training Facility in Pleasanton. The types of HHW collected during the event included paints, waste oil, antifreeze, finable liquids (paint thinners, gasoline, charcoal lighter fluid), corrosives (acids), poisons-B items (garden chemicals, pesticides), and EPA nonregulated California waste (cleaners, polishes, etc.). Chemical Waste Management was contracted to provide the personnel and equipment for waste packaging, manifesting disposal, transportation, and general management of the site. The HHW collected during the event were handled as follows: · About 20 55-gallon drums of solids were bulked and shipped to a hazardous waste landf'ffi. City of Pleasanton Printed on recycled paper