Effective Date: 02-01-14
Revision Date: 07-31-18
Review Date: 07-31-20
PURPOSE OF ORDER:
This order establishes policy and guidelines regarding the collection of all recyclable materials which are placed into designated recycling areas or bins.
SCOPE OF ORDER:
This order applies to all personnel assigned to, and working at Pitchess Detention Center (PDC).
ORDER:
Assembly Bill (AB) 341 was approved by Governor Brown on October 5, 2011. AB 341 requires all businesses, which generate four (4) or more cubic yards of garbage per week, to recycle, effective July 1, 2012. The PDC Recycling Center began operating on January 10, 2014. The program’s mission is to maintain compliance with AB 341, to reduce trash disposal costs, and to encourage individuals working at PDC to participate in recycling efforts for the betterment of PDC.
Virtually all of the trash on PDC property is sent to the recycling center for sorting. These areas include, but are not limited to, the bachelor officer’s quarters (BOQs), North County Correctional Facility (NCCF), South Facility, North Facility, East Facility, Court Services Transportation (CST) Bureau, PDC laundry facility, Parks Bureau, Detective’s Bureau (DB), custody training, the weapons range, and Facilities Services Bureau (FSB).
Any recyclable materials (e.g., aluminum, plastic, glass, cardboard, etc.) placed in designated trash and recycling bins will be the property of, and collected and recycled by, the PDC recycling center.
Individuals shall not personally collect and recycle, for their own personal financial gain, any material designated to be handled by the PDC recycling center.
07/31/18 SOUF