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California school districts reduce waste, lower operating costs,
improve and sustain waste reduction programs over time, and benefit from
effective and sustained support from local government and the California
Integrated Waste Management Board.
Objectives
The school district diversion project has three principle objectives
that will serve to accomplish the vision:
- To develop a model methodology by which school districts can
achieve maximum waste prevention, reuse, and recycling.
- To identify those factors and benefits essential to
institutionalizing waste prevention, reuse, and recycling in school
districts.
- To strengthen the relationships and support provided to school
districts by local government and the California Integrated Waste
Management Board.
Desired Outcomes
Each of the pilot districts will have:
- Adopted waste reduction as a priority of the Board of Trustees,
the district superintendent, and principals.
- Applied the analytical tools developed by the project to evaluate
and implement optimal waste reduction strategies and practices for
its particular circumstances.
- Adopted policies and administrative regulations that will
formalize waste reduction programs in the district.
- Assigned a staff person the primary responsibility for managing
waste reduction programs and included waste reduction criteria in
performance goals.
- Made appropriate investments in equipment and other resources with
an expectation of a reasonable return in cost savings or other
benefits.
- Included waste reduction policies and practices in its employee
orientation and training programs.
- Developed an effective partnership at the executive and working
levels with its local government(s) and the California Integrated
Waste Management Board’s Office of Local Assistance.
Local Government
Local government responsible for achieving the waste diversion
mandates of the Integrated Waste Management Act (IWMA) will have:
- Considered school districts important partners in achieving waste
reduction objectives.
- Developed an understanding of school district culture, operating
objectives and constraints, and the potential districts have for
contributing to the achievement of waste reduction/diversion goals.
- Developed an effective partnership at the executive and working
levels with its school districts and the Office of Local Assistance.
- Assigned a staff person the primary responsibility for working
with and providing technical support to school districts and
included school district waste reduction criteria in employee
performance goals.
- Included school district waste reduction policies, programs and
practices in employee orientation and training programs.
- Facilitated school district understanding and use of community
resources needed to effectuate waste reduction programs in schools.
Office of Local Assistance
The California Integrated Waste Management Board’s Office of Local
Assistance (OLA) will have:
- Considered school districts important partners in achieving waste
reduction objectives.
- Developed an understanding of school district culture, operating
objectives and constraints, and the potential of school districts
for contributing to the achievement of waste reduction/diversion
goals.
- Developed effective relationships with local governments and
school districts at the executive and working levels.
- Identified and organized for easy accessibility (Web-based links)
information in OLA and other units of the CIWMB, local government,
U. S. Government, nongovernmental organizations, and the private
sector for use by OLA staff, other CIWMB program areas, local
governments, school districts, and the public.
- Included school district waste reduction program assistance
(policies, programs, and practices) in employee orientation and
training programs.
- Included school district waste reduction program assistance in
employee duty statements and job performance criteria.
- Established OLA as the initial point of contact for school
diversion matters within the CIWMB.
- Established OLA as an effective facilitator and coordinator of
CIWMB activities for school district diversion matters.
- Established OLA as a technical resource for CIWMB staff working
with school diversion matters.
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