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2012 Davis Integrated Waste Management Plan
Some successful examples are out there, such as Urban Ore, a 3 acre privately run resource recovery park
located at a transfer station in Berkeley, the Monterey Recovery Park in Marina, California, operated by the
Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD) and the 53-acre San Leandro RR Park at the Davis
Street Transfer Station in San Leandro.
The 2010 Davis Climate Action Adaptation Plan 2015 Objective 2 (Recover 75% of all waste generated) listed
“Create a City salvage yard for the City to promote reuse of goods and reduce consumption, expanding on
existing program with extended hours of operation and increased seasonal availability based on the UC Davis
schedule” as a priority II item.
At the City of Davis Climate Action Team Community Forum on June 26, 2008, all attendees were asked to
provide feedback and comment on several lists of action items to reduce carbon emissions. Attendees were
asked to choose five consumption and waste reduction actions from a list of 24 that they would be most willing
to support. Attendees were also asked to indicate which five actions that they would not support. Action item
W: Create a city salvage yard to promote reuse of goods received, received 40 votes of support and no votes of
opposition.
RRP’s usually are developed at landfills or transfer stations that offer waste disposal, composting, reuse and
recycling. There isn’t an active landfill, transfer station or compost facility within the City of Davis. Per the
current contract with the City, DWR does operate a recycling center on 2 nd Street that is open 24/7, and there
are multiple reuse stores throughout the city. Within Yolo County, there is one compost facility, Northern
Recycling Compost in Zamora. The YCCL is the only active landfill in the County and is in the early stages of
developing a compost facility.
A city-operated reuse and recovery park would put the city in direct competition with stores in Davis that sell
used items (including several non-profits), the YCCL, DWR and the Zamora compost facility. City staff time to
set up and run a RRP would be considerable. There isn’t a current location in town that would be large enough
and that would make sense for such a facility.
The chart below compares current facilities/properties that offer different services or currently have certain
processes in operation.
TABLE 11-2 OPTIONS FOR A RESOURCE RECOVERY PARK
DRAFT
Potential Location Reuse Recycling Compost Manufacturing Retail
Haz
Waste
YCCL Yes Yes Maybe No Maybe Yes
DWR Recycling Center No Yes No No No No
City Property No No No No No No
Local Thrift Store Yes Yes/No No No Yes No
The YCCL has a reuse area for certain hazardous wastes (such as paint, fertilizers, etc.) that are recovered from
the HHW facility. These materials are available to County residents and businesses at no cost during HHW
drop off days. The YCCL has extensive recycling options for many different items (see section 11.1 for details).
The landfill is a transfer site for C&D materials and other wastes and has a permanent hazardous waste
collection facility. As mentioned in section 4.3.1 and 11.1, the YCCL is exploring the possibility of opening
composting and reuse facilities. The landfill does not offer manufacturing services.
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