Yolo Sharps Grant

17th Cycle Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Grant

The County of Yolo was awarded $197,000 from the CIWMB's 17th Cycle HHW grant program to implement a grant targeting Sharps and Universal Waste in Yolo County. The four incorporated cities of Woodland, Davis, West Sacramento and Winters are partnering with Yolo County, and CPSC is the primary contractor for implementing grant objectives 1 and 2, related to EPR education and Sharps outreach.

Yolo County will purchase and distribute 6,000 Sharps containers to Yolo residents. Containers will be made available at local hospitals, clinics, health facilities and other community locations. Each container will be distributed with a postage-paid survey to determine the user's knowledge about Sharps disposal, EPR and to determine what types of disposal options are preferred by consumers.

Project Objectives

Objective 1: Increase Knowledge and Capacity about EPR in Yolo County

Deliverables and Grant Products

CPSC will give presentations about EPR to local government staff, elected officials, community organizations and stakeholders in each of the four incorporated Cities to increase knowledge and capacity about EPR. CPSC will develop a survey to measure the participant's knowledge of EPR both before and after the presentation and to solicit feedback on the presentation and outreach materials.

1.1 Prepare workshop power point presentation and handouts.

Deliverables: Presentations and Handouts

• For presentations, see 1.3

1.2 Prepare and administer post-presentation survey to evaluate attendee knowledge of EPR and actions planned as a result of presentation.

Deliverable: Survey

Online survey	Hard copy survey

1.3 Conduct presentations to area Chambers of Commerce and other stakeholders.

Deliverables: Presentations to Stakeholders

• Winters Rotary Club 4/7/10
• West Sacramento Chamber of Commerce 31.6 MB 8/11/09

1.4 Compile results of workshop survey and analyze results. Maintain participant database.

Deliverable: Survey Results

• Results will be posted at the end of the project

1.5 Provide outreach on Sharps, u-waste and project progress in the form of press releases, articles, and other media

Deliverables

• Davis Business Association Presentation —6/24/10
  
  
• County Receives $197,000 for Needle Disposal Program —Woodland Record 3/16/10
  
  
• Grant Allows Easy Collection of Hazardous "Sharps" —Joint press release from CPSC and Yolo County 3/8/10
  
  
• Letter to California C-20 Contractors 1/26/10
  CPSC performed outreach to Yolo area HVAC wholesalers and contractors to inform them of their requirements to recycle mercury-containing thermostats under California’s Mercury Thermostat Collection Act. CPSC worked with the State Contractor’s Licensing Board to distribute this letter to all California Contractors.
  
  
• Make a Resolution to Recycle —Joint press release from CPSC and Yolo County 1/13/10
  
  
• Interview on Product Stewardship —Central Valley Business Times 10/12/09
  Hear the audio
  
  
  
• Winters Adopts EPR Resolution —Winters Express 10/1/09
  
  
• A More Sustainable Future By Supporting Effort to Reduce Waste —Folsom News Blaze 9/17/09
  
  
• Yolo County Starts Sharps Collection Program —Davis Enterprise
  
  
• CPSC Helps Yolo with Sharps and EPR via CIWMB Grant —California Aggie 5/5/09
  

1.6 Develop and distribute postage paid reply card containing survey on EPR as it relates to Sharps and other products.

Deliverable: Mail-Back Survey

• CPSC developed a postage-paid mail-back reply card for distribution with sharps containers that contains a short survey on EPR as it relates to sharps and other products. The survey can be a model for use by other local governments.

Objective 2: Adopt Resolutions and Policies in Yolo County

Deliverables and Grant Products

CPSC will work with local government staff in the four incorporated cities to present a resolution supporting EPR to each of the City Councils and other decision makers. The Green Purchasing Institute will provide technical assistance to all five Yolo jurisdictions (County, Woodland, Winters, Davis and West Sacramento) to incorporate EPR into their green purchasing policies.

2.1 Provide technical assistance to the incorporated cities in Yolo County on drafting EPR resolutions and policies and produce supporting documents for u-waste/sharps reduction, collection and take-back efforts

Deliverables: Supporting Documents and Model Documents

• Model Letter of Support for EPR from Businesses

2.2 Conduct presentations on EPR to the four City Councils

Deliverables: Presentations to Cities

• Winters City Council 9/15/09
• West Sacramento Economic Development Advisory Committee 29.2 MB
• West Sacramento Natural Resources Committee Presentation

2.3 Prepare model language for 5 Yolo jurisdictions integrating EPR into purchasing policies and planning documents

Deliverables: EPR Presentations and Documents

• EPR for Green Purchasing —Green Purchasing Institute 6/09

2.4 Provide technical assistance on integrating EPR into purchasing specifications for Yolo jurisdictions

Deliverable: EPR Language for Yolo Purchasing Policies and Documents

2.5 Make available successful EPR u-waste reduction/collection initiatives via CPSC, Yolo County/City web sites and listservs.

Deliverables: Post information to web sites and listservs

• Resolutions
  • City of West Sacramento 9/23/09
  • City of Winters 9/15/09

Press and Media Coverage Related to This Grant

• Yolo County Diverts 175,000 Needles, Syringes from Landfill —Davis Enterprise 6/25/10
• Yolo County Introduces New Opportunity to Recycle Music —Cal Aggie 1/22/10
• Don’t Make Your Holidays Hazardous —CPSC Press Release 12/22/09
  
• Mercury Thermostat Webinar Announcement —Joint press release from CPSC and Sierra Club 12/2/09
  
• It's Becoming Extraordinarily Expensive to Manage our Waste
  Recently the city of West Sacramento became the 12th Central Valley city to join the movement when it adopted what it calls a “producer responsibility,” quoting the
  Central Valley Business Times article —West Sacramento Weekly 10/20/09
• West Sacramento Adopts Extended Producer Responsibility Resolution —Joint press release from CPSC and the City of West Sacramento 9/29/09
  
• CPSC and Winters Announce City of Winters EPR Resolution —Joint press release from CPSC and the City of Winters 9/16/09
  
• Sharps Collection Project: Grant Will Create Easy Sharps Recycling —Joint press release from CPSC and Yolo County 4/27/09