4th Annual Statewide Conference on Illegal Dumping

HOSTED BY ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR NATE MILEY
AND THE ILLEGAL DUMPING TASK FORCE

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What is the Statewide Illegal Dumping Conference?

The Statewide Illegal Dumping Conference is an annual Conference that seeks to raise awareness of illegal dumping and its impacts, and to discuss best-practices and solutions for addressing it.

Who can attend the Conference?

The Conference is open to anyone interested in addressing illegal dumping, because illegal dumping knows no bounds, and everyone has a role to play. The Conference is appropriate for governmental entities (Counties, Cities, Special Districts, etc.), for-profit and non-profit organizations, community groups and individuals.

What will I learn at the Conference?

The theme of this years’ Conference is “Best Practices to End Illegal Dumping” and seeks to promotes best-practices such as cross-sector collaboration and The Three E’s Strategy (Education, Eradication, Enforcement) for all communities (Urban, Suburban, and Rural). Each day of the Conference will feature a series of speakers and presentations from experts in the field.

What are the three E’s?

Education is an upstream approach that seeks to increase understanding of what Illegal Dumping is as well as how to prevent and respond to it. For example, by educating communities about proper waste disposal methods future illegal dumping can be prevented.

Eradication is the process of removing Illegal Dumping. Studies of illegal dumping hotspots have shown that illegal dumping attracts more illegal dumping, which is why timely removal of illegal dumping is so important.

Enforcement a downstream action that is key to addressing illegal dumping. There must be deterrents in place for those who seek to take advantage of communities by dumping their waste improperly. If all that is happening is eradication, then it’s just a free garbage service for illegal dumpers. Enforcement prevents repeat offenders, and deters potential dumpers.

Where can I find information about past Conferences?

Rebroadcast of 2021 Conference: https://district4.acgov.org/idcon2021/
Rebroadcast of 2022 Conference: https://district4.acgov.org/illegal-dumping-conference-2022/
Rebroadcast of 2023 Conference: https://district4.acgov.org/IDCon24/

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