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Item 07 - OC Grand Jury’s Investigative Report, Findings and Recommendations Regarding “Where Have All the CRVs Gone”
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September 22, 2022 Via E-mail and U.S. Mail <br />Honorable Erick Larsh, Presiding Judge <br />Orange County Grand Jury <br />700 Civic Center Drive West <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Subject: Response to Grand Jury Report Entitled “Where Have All the CRVs Gone” <br />Dear Honorable Judge Larsh: <br />Please accept this letter as the City of Santa Ana’s response to the Grand Jury’s report entitled “Where <br />Have All the CRVs Gone”. The City’s responses to the items requested by the Grand Jury specifically for <br />the City of Santa Ana are: F1, F2, F3, F4, R1, R2, R3, R4. <br />FINDINGS: <br />Based on its investigation described here, the 2021-2022 Orange County Grand Jury has arrived <br />at the following principal findings: <br />F1 Due to the reduced availability of convenient CRV redemption sites and the lack of accurate <br />online information, it is difficult for resident consumers to redeem CRV fees. <br />City’s Response: Disagree wholly - According to CalRecycle’s records, Santa Ana has 22 <br />buyback centers. These 22 buyback centers represent 20% of the 110 total buyback centers <br />in Orange County while Santa Ana’s population comprises less than 10% of the County’s <br />population. These buyback centers serve a population of 310,227, an average approximate <br />density of one redemption center for every 14,100 people, which is 84% higher density than <br />the California average of one redemption center for every 26,000 people. The City of Santa <br />Ana’s redemption center density is also over two times higher than the Orange County <br />average (one redemption center for 29,000 people). The high density of CRV redemption <br />centers allows for residents of Santa Ana, and contiguous communities, to redeem CRV <br />containers in a convenient manner. A map showing 22 redemption centers within the City <br />limits is included as Attachment 1 to this letter. <br />F2 Because redemption site locations have diminished in number, waste haulers are the <br />beneficiaries to the CRV fees paid originally by resident consumers. <br />City’s Response: Disagree wholly – Because of the high density of CRV redemption centers <br />in the City of Santa Ana, and the propensity of residents of Santa Ana to redeem their CRV <br />containers at these local centers, very low volumes of CRV end up in the curbside recycling <br />program that is operated by the City’s franchise hauler. For example, according to Waste <br />Management’s 2021 annual report, aluminum is 0.02% of the total residential waste stream <br />(27.87 tons of aluminum out of 121,430.88 tons of total residential waste in 2021). According <br />EXHIBIT 2
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