California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 7 - Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Chapter 9 - Planning Guidelines and Procedures for Preparing and Revising Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plans
Article 6.2 - Source Reduction and Recycling Elements
Section 18734.3 - Evaluation of Source Reduction Program Alternatives

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 18734.3

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

Each jurisdiction shall consider source reduction program alternatives including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Rate structure modifications, which may include, but are not limited to:

(1) local waste disposal fee modifications;

(2) quantity-based local user fees, which may include, but are not limited to, variable can rates for garbage collection services, such as fees based on the number of containers set out for collection;

(b) Creation of other economic incentives, which may include, but are not limited to:

(1) loans, grants, and loan guarantees;

(2) deposits, refunds, and rebates; and

(3) reduced business license fees;

(1) waste evaluations;

(2) the establishment of compost programs which assist generators to compost at the site of generation;

(3) technical assistance to industry and consumer organizations, and to source reduction businesses;

(4) educational efforts, such as consumer awareness programs, school curricula development, seminars, and public forums;

(5) awards and other types of public recognition for source reduction activities; and

(6) non-procurement source reduction programs, such as education of employees, office changes to increase the use of scrap paper, increased use of electronic mail, and increased double-sided copying.

(d) Regulatory programs, which may include, but are not limited to:

(1) local adoption of ordinances that specify that one or more of the following criteria be considered in the procurement selection of products and packaging by the jurisdiction:

(A) durability

(B) recyclability

(D) recycled material content

(2) local establishment of incentives and disincentives to land-use development that promote source reduction;

(3) locally established requirements of waste reduction planning and reporting by waste generators or manufacturers;

(4) local adoption of bans on products and packaging to the extent the following can be demonstrated:

(A) the ban will result in reduction in waste at the source, rather than substitution by another product or package of equivalent or greater volume; and

(B) the ban will result in a net environmental benefit.

1. New section filed 3-19-90 as an emergency; operative 3-19-90 (Register 90, No. 14). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 7-17-90. For prior history see Registers 89, No. 1 and 83, No. 6.
2. New section refiled 7-6-90 as an emergency; operative 7-17-90 (Register 90, No. 37). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-14-90 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Editorial correction of Certificate of Compliance due date in HISTORY 2 (Register 91, No. 13).
4. Request for readoption of 7-6-90 emergency regulations approved by OAL 11-6-90 but never filed with Secretary of State. Section repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(e) (Register 91, No. 13).
5. New section refiled 2-15-91 as an emergency; operative 2-15-91 (Register 91, No. 13). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-17-91 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-15-91 order, including amendment of subsection (d)(4)(A), transmitted to OAL 4-29-91 and filed 5-29-91 (Register 91, No. 37).
7. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) filed 7-11-91 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 92, No. 12).
8. Amendment of first paragraph, subsections (b) and (d)(4)(A) and NOTE filed 1-3-94 as an emergency; operative 1-3-94 (Register 94, No.1). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-3-97 per Public Resources Code section 40502(c) or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
9. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-3-94 order, including amendment of subsection (d)(3)(A), transmitted to OAL 12-31-96 and filed 2-13-97 (Register 97, No. 7).

Note: Authority cited: Section 40502, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 41050- 41054 and 41350- 41354, Public Resources Code.

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