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Handling and stoFage of hazaFdous waste items Gther PFOGedUFes as may has appFoyed by the CA v e needed, I Special handiflghandling procedures are also employed by the landfill for specific types of waste, : includeing. • Electronic wastes (universal waste electronic devices and Gcathode ray tubes (G, or CRTs) are Femoved ftern televisions and GemputeF MeniteFs and stored onsite prior to removal. At this time, most electronic waste is transported to either the Lovelace Transfer Station or to the North County Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill, where it is combined with similar materials collected at those sites, and shippedieg to an offsite vendor for for reu6e/dispasal. The housing and asseG*ated WiFing is landfilleddospesed in the rec clin / ro er disposal. Depending on the quantities collected at Foothill Landfill and at the other two sites, electronic waste may be transported directly to the off-site vendor. Tires are segregated from the waste stream and stored onsite prior to shipping to an offsite vendor for reuserecycling/disposal. • White goods are diverted from the waste stream and stored onsite. The landfill operator contracts with a vendor who comes onsite to remove the Freon gae and other hazardous constituents from FeftigeFaters and air setdifieneFsvarious appliances. Once all the #eery hazardous constituents are is removed the white goods are the landfilledshipped to an offsite recycling facility. The protection of the health and safety of the general public at unloading areas is accomplished with the use of signs for information and traffic control, use of attendants at all times that direct the customers, operators keep an eye on customers, portable radios are used on-site for communication. Foothill Sanitary Landfill Page 82 Public Works/Solid Waste Joint Technical Document County of San Joaquin — Revised 7/30/10