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<br />commercial, industrial, institutional, and agricultural uses in addition to construction and
<br />demolition materials, wastewater sludge, street sweepings, plant debris, litter, and hazardous
<br />wastes. In short, the solid waste which must be collected and disposed consists of every material
<br />used or consumed by people. A detailed description of solid waste material types and the quantities
<br />produced are contained in the Alameda County Integrated Waste Management Plan. 12
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<br />The City currently has a franchise agreement with Pleasanton Garbage Service (pGS) to the
<br />year 2019, which gives PGS exclusive right, subject to limited exceptions, to collect and transport
<br />solid waste from all residential, commercial, and industrial waste generators in the City, This
<br />agreement requires PGS to maintain a contract for disposal with a landfill operator. PGS currently
<br />contracts with Browning Ferris Industries for disposal at the Vasco Road Landfill in Livermore.
<br />According to the Alameda County Integrated Waste Management Plan, and assuming achievement of
<br />countywide waste reduction goals, the Vasco Road Landfill will have capacity through 2037." Table
<br />VI-3 shows Pleasanton's annual garage generation and diversion rates for 2005 and 2025,
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<br />Hazardous materials are processed and disposed of according to State and Federal regulations,
<br />Residents and small generators of hazardous wastes can dispose of them at Alameda County's
<br />Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) facilities in Livermore, Hayward or Oakland which recycle
<br />some HHW and package the remainder for treatment or disposal outside the County, In addition,
<br />the Livermore-PIeasanton Fire Department operates a used-oil collection program,
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<br />The Pleasanton Transfer Station is owned and operated by Pleasanton Garbage Service (pGS),
<br />and has a design capacity of 720 tons per day. In 2005, it processed an average of 400 tons per
<br />day." In addition to the residential, commercial, and industrial refuse collected by PGS in
<br />Pleasanton, the transfer station accepts refuse collected by PGS in the Sunol and Castlewood areas
<br />of unincorporated Alameda County, from the general public, and from residents and businesses
<br />from neighboring jurisdictions. Approximately twenty percent of the self-haul refuse processed at
<br />the transfer station originates outside the Pleasanton city limits," Pleasanton's principal solid waste
<br />management planning document is the City's Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE),
<br />adopted in January 1992. This document has been incorporated into the Alameda County Integrated
<br />Waste Management Plan. The SRRE describes the programs that the City will use to comply with
<br />the California Integrated Waste Management Act, which requires all cities and counties to recycle
<br />25 percent oftheir waste by the year 1995, and 50 percent by the year 2000. The Source Reduction
<br />and Recycling Initiative ("Measure D") was a County ballot initiative passed by the voters in 1990.
<br />It established aggressive countywide waste diversion goals above the goals set by the state.
<br />Measure D not only sets a 75 percent and higher goal for reduced Iandfilling, but also emphasizes
<br />the preservation of natural resources, and describes the need to establish long-term sustainable
<br />consumption and disposal patterns,
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<br />12 Alameda County Waste Management Authority, Alameda County Integrated Waste Management Plan, Adopted
<br />February 26, 2003.
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<br />" Ibid. Table 3-8, page III-I3,
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<br />14 Bob Molinaro, General Manager, Pleasanton Garbage Service, Personal Connnunication with Janice Stem, Principal
<br />Planner, City of Pleasant on, January 18, 2006.
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<br />" Ibid.
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