Celebrating 50 Percent Reduction at El Dorado!

On this page you will find quotes from speakers heard at the event, press coverage, and additional event photos.

Jack Sweeney, El Dorado County Supervisor, District III
“We're over the hump--we're here... I was on the Board (El Dorado Supervisors) in 1989 when AB 939 was passed and I thought wow, that’s an impossible goal. But now were here. We did it!”

Richard Forster, Chair of the Regional Council of Rural Counties
"The rural counties are faced with higher costs related to waste management but we’ve managed to do what is right…People should become stewards of the environment…educating the public doesn’t cost anything, trash does."

Margo Reid Brown, Chair of the Integrated Waste Management Board
"While we’ve met our mandate and reached the first 50 percent, the race continues to doing even more. We will continue to work with our partners in this effort and educate the public on the necessity of recycling and its value to the environment and the economy."

Press Coverage

There are no more excuses to not recycle
Auburn Journal: September 1, 2006
Last week, the state Integrated Waste Management Board announced that California had reached its goal of diverting, or recycling, more than half of its annual waste.

Additional Event Photos

CIWMB Board Members, Pat Wiggins, Rosalie Mulé, Jeffrey Danzinger, join Chairwoman Margo Reid Brown in handing out awards and congratulations.

CIWMB Board Members and El Dorado County Supervisors pose for a photograph opportunity in front of the banner: Celebrating 50 Percent Diversion for the State of California and El Dorado County.