9053-19 - Adopt County Solid Waste Mangement Plan

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Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management Plan Update (December 2018) Chapter 5: Waste Reduction and Recycling 5. Economic Incentives -GRANTS Community Recycling Awareness Grant The District will continue to offer its annual Community Recycling Awareness Grant to assist communities with producing recycling awareness materials, conducting shredding events and purchasing public space recycling containers. The District may also offer additional funding for select communities with low curbside recycling rates to help those communities improve. Recycling Container Grant The District will continue to offer its annual Recycling Container Grant to help schools and not -for- profit organizations purchase recycling containers and expand its recycling efforts. PA YT Opportunities The District will identify communities that could benefit from a Pay As You Throw billing system for waste collection and provide assistance if any communities express interest. 6. Special Program Needs — Code Enforcement, Open Dumping and Litter Collection Health Department Funding The District will continue to provide an annual subsidy to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health and the Cleveland Department of Public Health to inspect solid waste facilities, inspect tire generators, respond to nuisance complaints and participate on the Environmental Crimes Task Force. Facilitate Environmental Crimes Task Force The District will continue to facilitate the Cleveland- Cuyahoga County Environmental Crimes Task Force which investigates and prosecutes open dumping and other environmental crimes cases. Partners include the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, Sheriff, Cleveland Police and Law departments and local health departments. The Task Force investigates an average of 600 cases annually. Evaluate Options to Establish Open Dump Remediation Fund The District may evaluate options to establish an Open Dump Remediation Fund to be used to clean- up open dumps. Funding could come from the payment of illegal dumping fines resulting from the work of the Environmental Crimes Task Force and supplemented with grants, a portion of the District's cash reserve or liens on properties. Pursue Legislative Changes to Open Dumping statutes and Create Local Environmental Court The District will continue to work with its Environmental Crimes Task Force partners to seek legislative changes that would facilitate the creation a City of Cleveland environmental court, similar to Franklin County and change the open dumping penalty statute to give judges more leeway in sentencing. Litter Collection Program The District will expand its litter collection program provided through Court Community Service as part of this Plan Update. The program will include two full time litter crews to clean up roadways and public areas throughout Cuyahoga County. This program serves 55 participating communities and provides over 98,000 man hours of services annually. 5 -7 050