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AB 75/SOARD Workshops: Completing On-line Annual Reports and Integrated Waste Management Plans

Background

To strengthen California’s commitment to reduce the amount of solid waste entering its landfills, State agencies and facilities are required by AB 75, (Strom-Martin, Chapter 764, Statutes of 1999) to meet a waste diversion goal of 50 percent by 2004. State agencies and large State facilities were required to submit an integrated waste management plan (IWMP) to the California Integrated Waste Management Board showing how they would meet the diversion goals of 25 percent by 2002 and 50 percent by 2004. State agencies and large State facilities also must submit annual reports showing how they are meeting and/or maintaining the 50 percent goal.

Workshops (2002 | 2000-2001)

2002

The Board created the State Organization and Agency Recycling Database (SOARD) to track all of the information in the IWMPs and annual reports submitted by State agencies and large State facilities. In 2002, for the first time, these entities were able to submit their annual reports on-line through the Board's SOARD website.

In December 2002, the Board conducted workshops designed to:

• Teach recycling coordinators how to use SOARD.
• Provide tools that help document data that is entered into SOARD
• Help State agencies and large State facilities work together toward a common goal of increased waste diversion at State facilities.

Sample Agenda

• Welcoming remarks
• Overview of AB 75
• Annual reporting
  • Passwords
  • How to find and use the SOARD system
• Overview of submitted annual reports
• Record keeping/supporting documentation
• Breakout session

2000-2001

During the years 2000-2001, workshops were held as guidance on the required annual reports.