2009 Used Oil/HHW Conference Solutions Through Shared Responsibility Howard Levenson CIWMB November 2, 2009

Need for Holistic Approach 2

California’s Disposed Waste,

Products and GHGs 4

Crossing Boundaries & Building Bridges Organics Climate Change Procurement EPR Litter and Packaging Stakeholders 5

Organics Cross-Media Regulatory Challenges/Issues Air Quality – AQMD regulations re: emissions Water Quality – State/Regional Water Board re: salinity – Food safety CDFA – Licensing – Diseases/pests – Persistent pesticides Climate Change Caltrans and Agriculture Use Specs 6

Climate Change – Scoping Plan Measures Landfill Methane Control, and Increasing Efficiency of Landfill Methane Capture High Recycling/Zero Waste: Mandatory Commercial Recycling Increase Production and Markets for Composting and Other Organics Products Anaerobic Digestion Extended Producer Responsibility Environmentally Preferable Purchasing 7

Greening California - Procurement Department of General Services contracting EPP Best Practices Manual (40 products) 8

Product Stewardship / EPR Primary responsibility on producers – Locals and ratepayers currently pay as much as $500 million per year But still a shared responsibility – Programs will have to involve retailers, haulers, HHW facilities, etc. Issues raised by CMTA – E.g., all products? Fines to large? One fits all? Unlevel playing field? – Need to build bridges 9

Cleaning Up Litter Collaboration with Ocean Protection Council Plastic Bag Recycling Hospital Blue Bag CA Coastal Commission and CA Clean Boating Network 10

Packaging Wal-Mart Packaging Scorecard – Scores on environmental performance – Participating on committee Starbuck’s Cup Working Group – Goal = all cups, lids, straws recyclable or compostable in all markets by 2012 Sustainable Packaging Coalition – Industry group with EPA, Wal-Mart, others – Research on LCA, EPR, and labeling 11

Bridges with Stakeholders HHW info exchanges Surveys (e.g., used oil grants) RMDZ touch-base meetings and ZoneWorks Visits to jurisdictions, state agencies, grants Internal Grant Working Group CIWMB transition and new Dept. of R 3 – Who will be in charge, with what public input/process? – Opportunities with Division of Recycling 12

Streamlining Grants Process Improvement - Efficiency - Fiscal Integrity - More effectively meeting needs of stakeholders 13

Improving Program Efficiency Used Oil – SB 546 Restructures Grant programs Incentivizes production of re-refined oil Increases incentive for recycling of used oil Allows flexibility for promoting new technologies 14

Future Bridges / Actions?? For CIWMB, how to maintain service, transparency to public, and partnerships/shared efforts? More broadly, how to build coalitions and better understand other perspectives, to move forward? – Engaging those with different goals or missions – Political processes  Can you speak “their” language?  Can you develop coalitions?  Can you reach appointees, legislators, administration? – Timing  can you spend years and be ready for real opportunity? 2010 Election 15