1. Hazardous Waste Materials Management Conference Municipal Coordinator
27th Annual
Hazardous Waste Materials
Management Conference
Tuesday
September 18, 2012
Robert Medigovich
Municipal Coordinator

2. What do residents do with HHW items?
In the past, flushed down toilets
Threw in with the garbage
Illegally disposed of materials

3. What Happens To Improperly Disposed Of Materials?
Contaminates Ground Water
Tires may be breeding ground for Mosquitoes/West Nile Virus
Costs municipalities to organize cleanup for collecting illegally dumped materials.
1 gallon of oil can contaminate 1,000,000 gallons of water

4. Solutions for HHW and E-Waste
Collection Events-One day that allows residents to properly dispose of: HHW, Electronic Waste, Tires, Metal Items and Personal/Confidential Documents
CWD’s X-treme Green Event

5. Training To Hold X-treme Green Event
40 Hour Training for HAZWOPER as per 29CFR (e)
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)-required paperwork-45 Day Notice form
Training of City Staff-Done week before event

6. X-treme Green Event One Day event from 8:00am –Noon
Collection of HHW materials
Ads in local magazines, paper
Announce at City Chamber event
Social Media-Facebook
Bill inserts

7. X-treme Green Event Collection of HHW Collection of E-Waste
Collection of Metal/Large items
Collection of Tires
Collection of Personal/Confidential documents

8. X-treme Green Event Place 2-40 yard trailers
Workers wear gloves, glasses and proper HHW Suits
Line ground with drop cloth
Staff to make sure attendees have valid ID and water bill

9. X-treme Green Event Household Hazardous Waste Items: Aerosols
Cylinders            
Toxic  (pesticides, herbicides, etc.)
Flammables
Oil Base Paint
Latex Paint
Gasoline
Antifreeze
Non-hazardous solid (caulk, joint compound, etc.)
RCRA Empty      
Corrosive (acids, bases)
Oxidizers
Organic Peroxides
Organic Compounds
Lighting Ballast (assume PCB content)
MNiMH & NiCAD Batteries
Lithium & Li-ion Batteries
Lead Acid Batteries

10. X-treme Green Event

11. X-treme Green Event

12. X-treme Green Event E-Waste Computers Monitors (Cathode Ray Tubes)
Televisions, Plasma/LCD
Printers, Scanners, Copiers
Radios, CD Players, VCRs
Telephones (cellular, cordless, wireless)

13. X-treme Green Event

14. X-treme Green Event Large Metal Items Water Heaters Washers/Dryers
Refrigerators
Freezers
Small Metal Scrap
(screws, utensils, hinges, pipes, bolts)

15. X-treme Green Event

16. X-treme Green Event Tires Standard Passenger SUV Lawn Mower Tractor
4-Wheeler

17. X-treme Green Event

18. X-treme Green Event Document Shredding Confidential Documents
Bank Statements
Old Bills

19. X-treme Green Event

20. X-treme Green Event
After Event-Lunch with workers/city staff

21. X-treme Green Event
Follow Up with local media

22. X-treme Green Event Follow Up with City Staff TCEQ-Form Leave No Trace
Letter to City
TCEQ-Form
Leave No Trace

23. X-treme Green Event Number of residents reached-76,850
4 Rural Communities, population 11,000-31,000

24. Results 2011
125,580 pounds (63 tons)of Hazardous Waste material, electronic waste, tires, large metal items, personal/confidential documents are recycled or properly handled
Material diverted from landfill
Now let’s watch a video (embed video)
Video of X-treme Green Event

25. X-treme Green Event
Robert Medigovich Municipal Coordinator Cell