Waste diversion funding approved

The Chino Council approved the use of $30,327 from the unappropriated reserves of teh Santiation Fund for the Used Oil Payment Program (formerly known as the Used Oil Block Grant); increase the Used Oil Payment Program revenue and expenditure budgets by $30,327. 

The city is responsible for developing and implementing waste diversion programs that will allow the city to meet its assembly Bill (AB) 939 diversion goal. AB 939 requires local agencies in California to reduce the amount of waste disposed in landfils by 50 percent. Cirrently, the City of Chino is at 72 percent diversion.

The state awards annual Used Oil Payment Program funding to cities and counties for used oil and oil filter recucling activities, using a per capita formula.