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To meet State mandates requiring certain electronics be diverted and recycled, LMRF&TS contracts with a CIWMB Approved Electronics Recycler to provide recycling services for cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and other electronics waste (e-waste). LMRF&TS offers free collection of CRTs and e-waste to residential customers. CRTs include, but are not limited to, computer monitors, televisions, and laptops. Other electronics include, but are not limited to, computers, printers, VCRs, radios, stereos, cellular phones, telephones, answering machines, and small microwaves. Residential CRTs and electronics are sorted by refuse collectors at the self haul area and transferred via forklift to the CRT Collection Area. Businesses with multiple CRTs are directed past the self haul area directly to the CRT Collection Area, and the Recycler helps to unload their electronic wastes when necessary. The materials are then dismantled onsite and sorted into the respective commodity for recycling. The Recycler provides full time staffing at the LMRF&TS. This staff works at the facility 5 to 7 days per week, and is responsible for the collection and dismantling of CRTs and electronic devices. Materials are shipped to the LMRF&TS from the North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill, the Foothill Sanitary Landfill, and County collection events to be dismantled onsite. Because volumes fluctuate, the Recycler adjusts staffing appropriately to ensure all materials are processed in a timely manner. CRTs and electronic devices are dismantled as they are received. The Recycler's staff dismantles CRT devices to the bare CRT with yoke removal. LCD screens are dismantled to the bare panel. Electronic materials are dismantled, and all circuit boards and capacitors are removed. All resulting recyclable commodities are shipped to appropriate recycling facilities in cubic yard boxes and/or roll-off bins, with a shipment frequency of one to four times per month. (See Appendix H for a detailed description of the transportation, collection, recycling methods and destinations for each commodity, as well as the full operations of the program.) The following table shows the volumes of CRTs and e-waste processed at LMRF&TS during calendar year 2006. 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 Average Average Total Total Projection Projection units per pounds number of number of units per pounds day per day units pounds day per day CRTs 59 2,947 21,180 1,064,016 82 3,595 E-waste 112 1,572 37,047 518,656 123 1,719 Total 171 4,519 58,227 1,582,672 205 5,314 All equipment necessary for the collection and recycling of these materials is provided by the contracted Recycler. This includes the following: • Temporary structure for operations—cover from the weather • Forklift—transfer material to collection area • Platform Scale—weigh materials • Pallet Jacks—lift and transfer material Lovelace MRF and Transfer Station Department of Public Works/Solid Waste Division Transfer Processing Report _19- County of San Joaquin-Revised 1/25/07