Getting the most out of your transfer station

1. Electronic Waste Collection 2. Green Waste3. Recycling CRV Material4. Scrap Metal Disposal5. Mulching Program6. Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection E-Waste, HHW, and recycling should all go inside the

transfer station. Green waste and scrap metal should have a designated

area outside the transfer station All these efforts will help reduce solid waste cost as it will

decrease the amount of tonnage in your waste stream It will also allow more room for regular household rubbish

What is electronic waste? Washers & dryers, televisions, refrigerators, old VHS or DVD players, CD and radio players

Most waste haulers will not allow you to simply throw them away

Many times you will find old TV’s, refrigerators, washers, and dryers littered throughout the Reservation or sitting in a persons yard

Educate Tribal residents on what is considered E-waste and why it is dangerous to illegally dump in the environment

Set up a centralized or multiple drop off areas for electronic waste

Set up an area in your transfer station, it does not take up much space

Put signs up in the transfer station showing the designated drop off area

Research to find a company in your area that will remove E-Waste free of charge

Find out what E-Waste they will and will not take

Contact local electronic stores (Best Buy or Fry’s) to see if they have E-Waste collection days

Look for other grants to pay for the removal of E-Waste (Best Buy)

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Start small and work your way up

Try to roll it out to any Tribally owned and operated business

Offer recycling bins at Tribal gatherings

Pick an area in your transfer station for CRV materials

Secure the area with fencing to eliminate theft

Scales to weigh the materials

A bailer to compact the materials

The California Department of Conservation (CDC) is the agency you apply to for a CRV license

Their website (CDC) has a lot of material for download on recycling

The CDC also has CRV grants available

Must allow CDC officials to come onto the Reservation to check your scales

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Waste haulers will not allow you to throw green waste (tree trimmings) into their dumpsters and most landfills will not take it

Most people burn their green waste, which could lead to a wildfire and causes air pollution

People just let it pile up in their yard or throw it down into canyons

Wood chippings can be used for erosion control around homes and on dirt roads

Best way to start is to purchase a small chipper

The BIA has a wood chipper that it loans out to tribes

Just create a designated area for drop off of green waste

Chip up the green waste as needed

Leave it easily accessible for residents to pick up and use

Could also use the wood chippings to create mulch and landscaping

This can be an expensive item to collect

Educate people on what exactly HHW is?

Training your staff should attend: CPR, HAZWOPR, etc.

Educate your staff and Tribal residents about the dangers of HHW

Many rules and regulations for HHW

No waste hauler will accept HHW material

Do not attempt to haul HHW on your own

Have a designated area for scrap metal

All scrap metal has a value

Scrap metal companies will provide drop off and pick up of 40-yard roll offs

Anything that is metal or mostly metal can be recycled and loaded into the bins such as refrigerators, washers and dryers

Some will even take cars

Start one in your office and lunch room with left over food scraps and coffee grinds

One of a casinos largest waste items is food, try to get them involved

A mulching program is a great teaching tool, try to get your tribes after school program involved

A market exists for clean mulch Many different methods to

create mulch, find out what is best for you

Mulch can be used for planting projects, gardens and landscaping

Reduces the amount of waste you have haul to the landfill