Background
The Illegal Dumping Technical Advisory Committee (IDTAC) provides ongoing expertise for CalRecycle and the state of California, is comprised of voluntary members, and is not required to function under the statutory requirements of a legislative or department-created committee. Started as a Task Force in 2006, the group evolved into today’s technical advisory committee and relative subcommittees given the long-term problems associated with illegal dumping. The IDTAC continues to assess the extent and cost of the illegal dumping, while sharing their findings, best practices, and strategies in the Illegal Dumping Resources Toolbox.
2020 Work Plan
The IDTAC identified the need to update its original work plan. The 2020 Work Plan entails developing fresh resources and tools for jurisdictions, communities, contractors, and others to assist in addressing current illegal dumping issues.
Focused Topics have included Homeless Encampments and Abandoned Vehicles.
Subcommittees
Subcommittees are comprised of IDTAC members and interested persons who assist the IDTAC on specific illegal dumping issues. Updates on subcommittee activities are provided during IDTAC meetings. To get involved in a subcommittee, please contact the subcommittee chair (see contact info in Committee Member table below) or IllegalDumping@calrecycle.ca.gov.
Get Involved
Attend quarterly meetings (listed below), join a subcommittee, share illegal dumping concerns and content via email or at meetings, contribute to the Illegal Dumping Toolbox, subscribe to the Illegal Dumping Listserv, become an IDTAC member, and/or email IllegalDumping@calrecycle.ca.gov to start the conversation of how to get involved.
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Strategy Subcommittee (Chair: Tedd Ward)
Develop strategies for:
- Guidance for creating and facilitating local and regional partnerships with public agencies, private entities, and/or non-profits
- Measures for establishing and maintaining cleanup programs
- Identifying available funding resources
- Development of benchmarks or methods to gauge program effectiveness
- Addressing and incorporating environmental justice into programs
Outreach Subcommittee (Interim Chair: Sarah Sanders)
Develop concepts for:
- Education and outreach methods for preventing illegal dumping, including measures to facilitate community involvement including reward programs
- Property owners to address illegal dumping on their property
- Effective tools for discouraging future incidents
- Applications to report illegal dumping activities
- Effective news and social media outreach and involvement to publicize illegal dumping convictions including case studies
Standards Subcommittee (Chair: Larry Sweetser)
Develop standards related to:
- Cleanups of illegal dumping sites
- Identify levels for training personnel involved in cleanups
- Develop consistent data collection criteria
- Identify guidance for reporting and tracking cleanup costs
- Updating homeless encampments cleanup guidance
- Health and safety measures
Enforcement Subcommittee (Co-Chairs: Gonzalo Barriga & Vacant)
Develop methods for creating effective enforcement tools including:
- Available federal, state, local solid waste codes, ordinances, administrative orders, and other measures available as enforcement tools
- Case studies on effective enforcement and deterrents to illegal dumping
- Guidance on developing local Illegal Dumping Enforcement Officers and enforcement teams
- Measures that can hinder implementation of enforcement programs and potential prosecution
- Examples of how to document evidence successfully.
- Information on effective surveillance systems
Quick Links
- Illegal Dumping Listserv – Sign up for updates and meeting announcements
- Meeting Agendas, Notes (current/past)
- Illegal Dumping Toolbox
- IDTAC Google Drive – Meeting notes, agendas, presentations and other documents (not maintained by CalRecycle)
- Technical Advisory Committee’s 2020 Work Plan
- CalRecycle GeoMap: Find local resources for reporting illegal dumping
IDTAC Meetings
Upcoming Technical Advisory Committee Meetings
November 1, 2023, 12:30–4:00 pm
Sign up for the Illegal Dumping listserv to receive updates about future meetings and illegal dumping resources. IllegalDumping@calrecycle.ca.gov for additions, questions.
Past Technical Advisory Committee Meetings
- July 12, 2023, (Agenda, Notes)
- March 29, 2023, (Agenda, Notes)
- November 30, 2022, Virtual (Agenda, Notes)
- August 31, 2022, Virtual (Agenda, Notes)
- June 8, 2022, Virtual (Agenda, Notes)
- March 2, 2022, Virtual (Agenda, Notes)
- December 1, 2021, Virtual (Agenda, Notes)
- August 25, 2021, Virtual (Agenda, Notes)
- May 26, 2021, Virtual (Agenda, Notes)
- February 24, 2021, Virtual (Agenda, Notes)
- November 18, 2020, Virtual (Agenda, Minutes)
- June 3, 2020, Virtual (Agenda, Minutes)
- November 6, 2019, San Jose, CA (Agenda, Minutes)
- May 22, 2019, San Diego, CA (Agenda, Minutes)
- 2018: April 19 (Agenda, Minutes), December 4–in conjunction with the CalRecycle Technical Training Series (Agenda, Minutes)
- 2017: April 5 (Agenda, Minutes), October 11 (Agenda, Minutes)
- 2016: June 6 (Agenda, Minutes), November 16 (Agenda, Minutes)
- 2015: February 25(Agenda & Minutes), September 16 (Agenda & Minutes)
- 2014: March 19 (Agenda & Minutes)
- 2013: June 20 (Agenda & Minutes), June 20 (Agenda & Minutes)
- 2012: May 23 (Agenda, Minutes, Member Roster), November 27 (Agenda & Minutes)
- 2011: May 6 ( Agenda & Minutes), December 14 (Agenda & Minutes)
- Earlier meetings: Oct 2008, Oct 2007, Sept 2006, May 2006, March 2006
Technical Advisory Committee Members
For a list of past advisory committee/task force members and committee history, please see Illegal Dumping Task Force and Technical Advisory Committee History.
| Committee Member | Affiliation | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Larry Sweetser (Chair) | Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority | sweetser@hazman.us |
| Gonzalo Barriga (Vice Chair) | Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | gbarriga@mwdh2o.com |
| Erin Armstrong, representing Supervisor Nate Miley | Alameda County/ California State Association of Counties | Erin.Armstrong@acgov.org |
| Doug Kobold | California Product Stewardship Council | doug@calpsc.org |
| Mark Azzouni, Benjamin Schiesser | California Hazardous Materials Investigators Association (CHMIA) | president@chmia.com, bay.area.director@chmia.com |
| Marr Christian | City of San Bernardino Code Enforcement | christian_ma@sbcity.org |
| Mark De Bie | CalRecycle | mark.debie@calrecycle.ca.gov |
| Pending | League of California Cities | |
| Carlos Duque | City of Elk Grove Public Works, Recycling and Waste | cduque@elkgrovecity.org |
| Justine Fallon/Taylor Grimes | Mattress Recycling Council | jfallon@mattressrecyclingcouncil.org tgrimes@mattressrecyclingcouncil.org |
| Maria Ferdin | Monterey County Illegal Dumping Task Force | Ferdinme@co.monterey.ca.us |
| Christine Flowers | Keep California Beautiful | cflowers@csus.edu |
| Traci Glaves | Public Member Representative | sjdeltaneighborhoodwatch@gmail.com |
| Rob Hutsel | San Diego River Park Foundation | rhutsel@sandiegoriver.org |
| Gary Harris | City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services, Investigation and Enforcement Division | gary.harris@lacity.org |
| Ted Horton | Sacramento Co. Dept. of Waste Management & Recycling | hortont@saccounty.net |
| Jaron Brandon Supervisor | Tuolumne County | jbrandon@co.tuolumne.ca.us |
| Nick Lapis | Californians Against Waste | nicklapis@cawrecycles.org |
| Avneet Mahil | City of Manteca, Solid Waste Association of North America | amahil@ci.manteca.ca.us |
| Eva Mann | City of Richmond Code Enforcement | eva_mann@ci.richmond.ca.us |
| Trent Manning | CalTrans | trent_manning@dot.ca.gov |
| Veronica Pardo | Resource Recovery Coalition of California | veronica@resourcecoalition.org |
| Heidi Sanborn | National Stewardship Action Council | heidi@nsaction.us |
| Alyce Sandbach/Jennifer (Kibbe) Day | Alameda County DA’s Office/San Joaquin County DA’s Office | alyce.sandbach@acgov.org Jennifer.Day@sjcda.org |
| Tedd Ward | Del Norte County Solid Waste Authority | tedd@recycledelnorte.ca.gov |
| Sara Weaver | California Conservation Corps Region III | sara.weaver@ccc.ca.gov |
| Olympia Williams | City of San Jose BeautifySJ Initiative | olympia.williams@sanjoseca.gov |
| Tom Mattson | County Engineers Association of California | tmattson@co.humboldt.ca.us |
| Jeff Lamoure, Jason Phillippe | California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH) | jefflamoure@co.imperial.ca.us, jphillippe@placer.ca.gov (alternate) |
| Garen Kazanjian | Recology | GKazanjian@recology.com |
| Vacant | California Waste Haulers Council |
Resources
For more information contact: Illegal Dumping, IllegalDumping@calrecycle.ca.gov