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1951 |
Monterey County Board of Supervisors forms the Monterey
Peninsula Garbage and Refuse Disposal District. |
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1953 |
Operation
of disposal site on leased portion of Laguna Seca Ranch,
off Highway 68, by private contractor.
Salvaging of cardboard is agreed upon by board of
directors. |
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1961 |
County Board of Supervisors approves new landfill site
north of Marina |
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1964 |
District board states that “Disposal Site” shall be used
in all correspondence and not “dump”. |
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1966 |
New landfill opens north of Marina on 570 acres
purchased using property tax revenues. |
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1972 |
The movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull is filmed on site.
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1973 |
Drop-off
recycling bins placed in several District cities.
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1977 |
District
begins installation of groundwater monitoring well
network, before required by regulations. |
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1980 |
The
District initiates a Peninsula-wide litter control
program. This included public appearances by
“Litterwoman” at all Peninsula schools. |
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1983 |
One of the area's first curbside recycling programs is
established in the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea. With
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
grant funds, the District provides the vehicle and
processes the recyclables. |
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1983 |
One of the
country's first landfill gas-to-energy facilities goes
on-line and the District sells electricity to PG&E.
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1986 |
Standard & Poor’s give District’s JPA bonds a rating of
"A." District begins to separate concrete and asphalt
for recycling into baserock. |
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1986 |
District sponsors the first Monterey Peninsula “Toxic
Waste Disposal Day”. |
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1987
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The
District’s name changes to "Monterey Regional Waste
Management District". One of the state’s first permanent
household hazardous waste collection facilities opens
on-site at MRWMD. |
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1988 |
District begins installation of composite liners under
all new landfill modules, several years before federal
law requires liners. |
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1989 |
District
begins separating woodwaste for conversion into biomass
fuel and mulch. |
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1989 |
The
California Integrated Waste Management Act becomes law
and requires each jurisdiction in the state to reduce
waste 50% by the year 2000. |
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1990 |
The MRWMD becomes one of the first landfill facilities
to use a "vampire" unit to recycle Freon gas from
refrigerators. |
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1991
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"Last
Chance Mercantile" opens, one of the first publicly
owned and operated resale stores in the municipal solid
waste industry. |
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1994 |
Expanded and remodeled "green" administration building
completed, providing a showcase for the use of recycled
materials in new construction. |
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1996 |
New
materials recovery facility (MRF) completed and voted
"Steel Building of the Year Award" by Systems Builders
Association.
This 100,000 sq ft building houses a tipping floor for
self-haul and selected commercial vehicles to drop their
loads. Grinders, magnets, conveyor belts, screens and
manual sorting will process recyclables. The $9.6
million facility is designed to process 600 tons of
waste per day and to divert up to 60% of incoming
materials through recycling and composting. MRF is voted
"Steel Building of the Year Award" by Systems Builders
Association. |
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1997 |
The
Small Planet Garden opens and is used to teach children
about waste reduction, composting and native plants
during their school tours of the MRWMD. |
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1998 |
The District receives the California Resource Recovery
Association Award for "Innovation in Government."
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1998
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First
Austrian Jenbacher landfill gas engine in the United
States goes on-line at the District. |
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1998 |
The Solid Waste Association of North America names the
District "Best Solid Waste System in North America".
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2001 |
The
entrance road to the MRWMD, Charlie Benson Lane, was
paved with rubberized asphalt. Approximately 4000 tires
were recycled in the asphalt mix. |
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2002 |
The
annual number of District residents dropping off
household hazardous waste at the MRWMD collection
facility surpasses 10,000. |
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2004 |
The
Last Chance Mercantile program diverts more than 1,075
tons of reusable goods from disposal. |
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2005 |
The
District Board forms an Ad Hoc Litter Abatement
Committee with representatives from CalTrans, the
California Highway Patrol, and Monterey County. |
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2006 |
The
annual summary of materials recycled at MRWMD facilities
totals 140,218 tons. |
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2006 |
Litter Abatement Committee launches
www.keepmontereycountyclean.org
website to help crack down on litter violations and
illegal dumping. |
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2007 |
The
MRWMD employs 145 full-time staff with an annual budget
of $17,868,000. |
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