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Footnotes

  1. SB 1066 (Sher, Chapter 672, Statutes of 1997) permits the CIWMB to grant extensions of the 2000 deadline for specified reasons.
  2. California Integrated Waste Management Board, www.ciwmb.ca.gov/LGCentral/Rates/Diversion/RateTabl.htm.
  3. AB 75 (Strom-Martin, Chapter 764, Statutes of 1999) requires large State agencies to prepare waste management plans and meet waste diversion goals of 25 percent by 2002 and 50 percent by 2004.
  4. California Integrated Waste Management Board, www.ciwmb.ca.gov/WasteChar/Study1999/.
  5. See the School District Diversion Project Vision Statement in the appendices.
  6. See the School District Diversion "Project Team" in the appendices.
  7. See the School District Diversion "Resource Committee" in the appendices.
  8. "Green building" design is a term that describes a building constructed to provide a healthy indoor environment and is energy, water and resource efficient. In this context it also means building construction that recycles construction and demolition waste and utilizes recycled-content products.
  9. For editorial brevity, the term "waste reduction" is used throughout this report as analogous with the terms "waste prevention," "source reduction," "diversion," "reuse" and "recycle". The IWMA uses the terms reduce, reuse, and recycle.
  10. Source: www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/dev/District.asp 
  11. See the School District Diversion Project "Pilot District Waste Assessment Reports" in the appendices.
  12. In at least one pilot district, the wastewater treatment authority imposed limits on the amount disposed by this method.
  13. See the School District Diversion Project "Food Service Alternatives in School Districts" in the appendices for a summary discussion of the food service types.
  14. Food service debris includes plastics packaging, wax-covered individual serving trays, and contaminated food wrappers that cannot be recycled.
  15. These reports were not validated. Food waste characterization was not within the scope of the project.
  16. Environmental Science Associates, Analysis of Cafeteria Waste Disposal and Recycling Options for the Ravenswood Elementary School District, April 20, 2000.
  17. Analysis to verify this report is not within the scope of the project.
  18. To avoid repetition, the model resolution and policy and the sample letter were eliminated from the assessments and provided instead in the "Model Board of Education Waste Reduction Resolution and Environmental Purchasing Policy" and the "Sample Letter to Vendors" appendices.
  19. www.ciwmb.ca.gov/LGCentral/ 
  20. See the School District Diversion "Pilot District Waste Assessment Reports" in the appendices.
  21. Operators of recycling services or facilities.
  22. See the School District Diversion "Training Plan" in the appendices.
  23. See the School District Diversion "Outreach Plan" in the appendices.

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