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.CouNTY OF SAN MA O : Inter-Departmenta! CorreSpondence -'i;] ':' Date:. February. 18, 1994 ':' To: Honorable Board of Supervisors i.; From:. · Robert L. Sans, Director of Public.Work. s . . S.ubject: .Countywide Residenlial Backyard Compos. fing Program ·. Recommendation :.' Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Director of' Public Works to '.'~ implement Pha~¢ I and Pha~e II of the proposed San Marco County · Countywide Residential Backyard Composting Program. ": " Previ0u~; Board Action : On June 30, 1992, your Board adopted a Source Reduction and Recycling.Element for :.; unincorporated San Marco County, a.s required by the California Integrated Waste ..' Management Act. of 1989 (AB 939, Sher). ?.:. Kev Fact~ " ;~:. 1. AB 939 mandates that every city and'every county in California reduce its waste !:.. stream 25% by 1995 and 50% by the year 2000. '" 2. Residential yard waste (grass, leaves, and'prunings) is a major component of the .. county's waste stream that is cu.rrenfly landfilled. 3. Backyard composting can keep much of thi: material out of the landfill. "?' ' 4. The SourCe Reduction and Recycling Elements of all jurisdictions in San Marco · : , 'COunty (20 cities and the county) identify backyard composting and-a compost bin ':> distribution program ~ necessary to reach the 25% and .50% goals mandated by .':'. AB 939. ' · . .~.. :::. 5.. The proposed Countywide Residential Backyard Composting Program to be .. · ~.- implemented by the Waste Management Division of the County Public .W. ork$ ;,. --.:,~ '. Department and described in detailed in Attachment I will bc more cost-effective .. .~':' and efficient than multiple and redundant programs, implemented individually by : .. the county and 'the t?venty cities. , .... .