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Recent legislation, AB 2494 (1992) , has revised and simplified <br /> the accounting procedure while maintaining the same diversion <br /> goals. Now, jurisdictions can show progress toward reaching <br /> their diversion goals by counting volumes of material disposed <br /> of in landfills. Essentially it requires that waste <br /> landfilled be limited to 50% of the projected waste stream. <br /> This eliminates the necessity of closely monitoring recycling <br /> efforts, although it is still essential to our long term goals <br /> for waste handling. AB 2494 also requires the County to <br /> monitor waste disposal information from all jurisdictions in <br /> the County and report that information to the State annually. <br /> To assist in the planning for the disposal needs of the <br /> County, the Division compiles annual waste quantity data on <br /> the amounts of solid waste delivered to the various disposal <br /> facilities throughout the County. This information also <br /> assists in monitoring waste diversion goals and the source of <br /> self-haul waste by jurisdiction at County sites. <br /> Diversion programs at solid waste disposal sites are <br /> increasing, and information on those programs is included in <br /> this report. Some of the diverted waste is being recycled and <br /> a small percentage of the waste from the Lovelace TS was <br /> transferred to the Stanislaus Waste To Energy facility. Wood <br /> waste programs at the North County Recycling Center'and at the <br /> Forward Inc. SL processed the wood for use as fuel in co- <br /> generation facilities. Waste tires were collected at the <br /> North County SL, the Corral Hollow SL and at the Lovelace TS. <br /> The tires were transported to a cement kiln in Redding, <br /> California, where they are burned whole as a supplemental fuel <br /> in the cement making process. <br /> The North County Recycling Center and SL (NCRCSL) began <br /> accepting waste in October of 1991. It was designed with a <br /> recycling center/transfer station near the entrance to the <br /> site; and in that facility, completed in February of 1992, <br /> recyclable materials are being removed from the waste stream <br /> and collected from source separated drop off bins. <br /> B. Methods of Measuring Waste Quantities: <br /> Basically, there are two methods for quantifying waste <br /> B Y, <br /> received at the above facilities. The waste can be measured <br /> at the gate by volume in cubic yards (cy) , or by weight in <br /> pounds or tons. Waste is brought to the disposal facilities <br /> 2 <br />