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3.1.2.3 HOUSEKEEPING
<br /> In accordance with 14 CCR, Section 17416.1, general housekeeping is conducted at the facility
<br /> to minimize the accumulation of materials (i.e., used parts, inoperable equipment, tires, scrap and
<br /> similar items) inherent in the operation of a Transfer Station. Housekeeping activities are
<br /> conducted on a continual basis by station personnel.
<br /> 3.1.3 NON-SALVAGEABLE ITEMS
<br /> In accordance with 14 CCR, Section 17408.4, drugs, cosmetics, foods, beverages, hazardous
<br /> wastes, poisons, medical wastes, syringes, pesticides and other materials capable of causing
<br /> public health or safety problems are not salvaged at the LMRF&TS unless approved by the LEA.
<br /> 3.1.4 SCAVENGING AND SALVAGING
<br /> Scavenging is prohibited at the LMRF&TS in accordance with 14 CCR, Section 17409.3 (a).
<br /> However, salvaging operations including collection of recyclable materials (e.g., including
<br /> corrugated paper, mixed paper, newspaper, plastics, aluminum, ferrous metal, green materials
<br /> and glass) is performed at the MRF.
<br /> 3.1.4.1 MATERIALS SEPARATION AND SORTING
<br /> The LMRF&TS is designed to accept and process commercial, industrial, and household self-
<br /> haul refuse material, including garbage, trash, and recyclable materials such as yard waste, wood
<br /> waste, construction/demolition waste, agricultural waste, commingled recyclables, electronic
<br /> waste such as televisions and computers, white goods such as refrigerators and clothes washers,
<br /> tires, agricultural pesticide containers, and household hazardous waste. In the future, other
<br /> materials may be added to the recyclable stream based on new State of California requirements.
<br /> Commingled recyclable material is deposited on the MRF tipping floor either from the
<br /> commercial side or the self haul side. Upon reaching the tipping floor, materials which are hand
<br /> sorted will be pushed by a loader to recycling bins located beneath a"Z" wall at the south end of
<br /> the station. The remaining refuse is pushed into transfer trucks through a transfer truck pit, an
<br /> opening in the north side of the tipping floor. Refuse entering the waste stream from the Self-
<br /> Haul side is unloaded by the customer from the vehicles under the scrutiny of refuse workers
<br /> assigned to the area. To the extent possible, white goods, electronic waste, green waste, tires and
<br /> household hazardous waste are set aside prior to reaching the tipping floor and relocated to the
<br /> appropriate staging area for dismantling and processing. Storage and handling of all material will
<br /> be performed in accordance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations.
<br /> ELECTRONICS RECYCLING — The LMRF&TS proposes to relocate the current CRT/
<br /> Electronics Waste Collection Area from the recycling materials staging area south of the station
<br /> to the staging area northeast of the station (see attached diagram, revised Figure 2).
<br /> To meet State mandates requiring certain electronics be diverted and recycled, LMRF&TS
<br /> contracts with a CIWMB Approved Electronics Recycler to provide recycling services for
<br /> cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and other electronics waste (e-waste). CRTs include, but are not
<br /> limited to, computer monitors, televisions, and laptops. Other electronics include, but are not
<br /> Lovelace MRF and Transfer Station Department of Public Works/Solid Waste Division
<br /> Transfer Processing Report - 18 - County of San Joaquin-Revised 8/15/07
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