Partnership 2000

Partnership 2000

Legislation has established joint responsibility between the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and the local enforcement agencies (LEA) for the effective management of solid waste in California.

In April 1996, the CIWMB (now CalRecycle) and the California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH), representing the majority of LEAs, agreed to work in partnership to identify issues to improve mutual effectiveness in meeting solid waste management legislative mandates. Additional information is available on original Partnership committments and accomplishments. In August 2003, the Partnership 2000 Work Group formed subcommittees to tackle mutual issues revolving around the topics of compliance and the processes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as related to solid waste regulatory oversight. The efforts resulted in the completion of several issue papers and the creation of the CEQA Toolbox. These joint efforts were called "Partnership 2000," a name which has carried forward to the present.

One of the commitments of Partnership 2000 was to hold an annual solid waste conference (now the annual technical training series) for CalRecycle staff and LEAs to provide more opportunity for interaction and information exchange. Successful conferences have been held since 1997.

Partnership 2000 established the technical training series steering committees which are made up of LEAs and CalRecycle staff who volunteer to organize each upcoming technical training series. The Partnership 2000 steering committee was also established:

• To ensure that P2000 commitments/projects are advancing satisfactorily, and
• To initiate new P2000 projects

Partnership is integrated into every facet of CalRecycle's work with the LEAs. Specific efforts are continually taken to fine tune and augment the local/state/industry Partnership, whether through CalRecycle's internal restructuring to better serve stakeholders or through the LEA Roundtables, Enforcement Advisory Council (EAC), CCDEH and the annual technical training conference.