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•. .. - _ - .. <br />"- -. <br />ME ON FARM 15*111M.N. M 100M NOR <br />3.2.1.1 White Goods <br />White Goods including refrigerators and other appliances are unloaded by customers at the White <br />Goods / Appliances Staging Processing Area (Figure 4) at the south end of the Public Self Haul <br />Disposal Area. Refrigerant is removed from refrigerators and freezers by a private contractor <br />before units are processed as White Goods. <br />3.2.1.2 Refrigerant <br />LTS uses a Refrigerant Extraction Contractor to comply with State Law requiring that certain <br />items in the refrigerant waste stream receive special handling and processing prior to recycling. <br />Wastes to be removed include Freon and other refrigerants, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), <br />mercury switches and temperature sensing devices, and gasoline. Items such as refrigerators, <br />AML freezers, A/C units, drinking water dispensers, and commercial food display units can contain <br />refrigerants. Refrigeration units can contain any one of many refrigerants, Chlorofluorocarbons <br />(Freon) R-12, R-22, R-134, R-30 are the most common. Older units and units removed from <br />recreational vehicles may contain ammonia. Although extremely rare, the facility occasionally <br />has received very old refrigerant containing methyl chloride which poses an extreme hazard to <br />personnel. <br />Due to the level of technical understanding required, and potential for injury, refrigerant removal <br />may only be performed by certified trained employees. Refrigerant training includes the <br />instruction of proper operation of evacuation equipment, and "Operator Certification" for <br />refrigerant removal. An employee must pass a State certified Freon removal written exam and be <br />certified and trained by an experienced staff member from America Refrigerant Supply. Current <br />State law mandates that all White Goods as certified to prove that the materials identified above <br />have been removed. (See Appendix H: Appliance Recycling) <br />3.2.1.3 E-WUniversal Waste <br />Electronic waste ("E -waste") includes computers, cell phones, stereo equipment, televisions, and <br />any other electronic item that may contain heavy metals. E -waste is unloaded by customers on to <br />the unloading dock and staged in palletized cages along the east wall of the Public Self Haul <br />Disposal Area by Lovelace staff. Currently E -waste is taken off-site for processing 3 days per <br />week or as needed by a private electronics recycler. <br />Customers are asked by the cashiers in the scalehouse if their load contains electronics. If it does, <br />these customers are directed to the CRT collection area to prevent electronics from going to the <br />Lovelace MRF and Transfer Station Department of Public Works/Solid Waste Division <br />Transfer Processing Report 34 County of San Joaquin -Revised 8/23/07 <br />