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 18735.3 - Evaluation of Recycling Program Alternatives

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 18735.3

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

Each jurisdiction shall analyze the recycling diversion alternatives affecting residential, commercial, and industrial wastes. The analysis shall take into account existing recycling programs and their possible expansion in addition to the areas of concern specified in section 18733.3 of this Article.

(a) The alternatives shall include, but not be limited to, the following methods for accomplishing separation of the recyclable materials from the waste stream:

(1) separation of recyclable materials at the source of generation, including curbside and mobile collection systems;

(2) drop-off recycling centers;

(3) buy-back recycling centers;

(4) manual material recovery operations;

(5) mechanized material recovery operations that produce a product which has a market; and

(6) salvage at solid waste facilities.

(b) The jurisdiction shall consider changing zoning and building code practices to encourage recycling of solid wastes, such as, rezoning to allow siting of a drop-off recycling center in residential neighborhoods or revising building codes to require adequate space be allotted in new construction for interim storage of source-separated materials.

(c) The jurisdiction shall consider changing existing rate structures to encourage recycling of solid wastes.

(d) The jurisdiction shall consider the methods which it will use to increase the markets for recycled materials, including, but not limited to, changing governmental procurement programs to promote market development by giving purchase preferences to recycled products or otherwise specifying their use.

(e) The jurisdiction shall encourage handling methods which preserve the integrity of recovered materials so that they remain usable raw materials for manufacturers of recycled content products. For this purpose, the jurisdiction shall consider the extent to which separation of recyclable materials from waste can be performed as close to the point of generation as possible.

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. Editorial correction of printing error in first paragraph (Register 91, No. 31).
7. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-15-91 order, including amendment of first paragraph and subsection (d), transmitted to OAL 4-29-91 and filed 5-29-91 (Register 91, No. 37).
8. Amendment of first paragraph 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 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 40900(d), 41075 and 41375, Public Resources Code.

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