Garrett County Schools E-Waste & Universal Waste Records
| Submitted | May 13, 2015 |
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From: Cindy Long
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Maryland's Public Information Act ("PIA"), I hereby request the following records:
Copy of electronics waste disposal and/or electronics waste recycling contracts for previous 2 years for all Garrett County Schools facilities.
Copy of hard drive shredding and/or hard drive disposal contracts for previous 2 years for all Garrett County Schools facilities.
Copy of universal waste disposal, including florescent light bulbs and batteries, contracts for previous 2 years for all Garrett County Schools facilities.
Copy of all procurement records of light bulbs, including Bills of Lading, Shipping Documents and Invoices for previous 2 years for all Garrett County Schools facilities.
Copy of all procurement records of batteries, including Bills of Lading, Shipping Documents and Invoices for previous 2 years for all Garrett County Schools facilities.
Copy of all recycling/disposal records of light bulbs, including Bills of Lading, Shipping Documents and Invoices for previous 2 years for all Garrett County Schools facilities.
Copy of all recycling/disposal records of batteries, including Bills of Lading, Shipping Documents and Invoices for previous 2 years for all Garrett County Schools facilities.
Records of electronics waste, including computers, electronics and TVs, recycled for the previous 2 years including destination of material for all Garrett County Schools facilities.
Copy of Garrett County Schools due diligence policy (or equivalent) for handling end of life electronics. Including criteria for selecting an electronics recycler for all Garrett County Schools facilities.
List or records of any fines, penalties or warnings received by Garrett County Schools in regards to improper disposal of Universal Waste including light bulbs, batteries and electronics.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 30 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Cindy Long
From: Garrett Schools
Cindy,
Below is information you requested from Garrett County Public Schools
regarding E-Waste and Universal Waste. See the 4 attachments and responses
in red.
Copy of electronic waste disposal and/or electronics waste recycling
contracts for previous 2 years for all Garrett County Schools facilities. PC
Renewal: June 2012-2017. See attachment “Garrett Co BOE - PC Renewal
Contract 2012_2017”
Copy of hard drive shredding and/or hard drive disposal contracts for the
previous 2 years for all Garrett County Schools facilities. School system
tech department clears the hard drives and sends them to PC Renewal through
the PC Renewal Contract. There are no records available. See attachment
“Garrett Co BOE - PC Renewal Contract 2012_2017”
Copy of universal waste disposal, including fluorescent light bulbs and
batteries, contracts for previous 2 years for all Garrett County Schools
facilities. There are no records. Bulbs and batteries are thrown away in
the trash.
A copy of all procurement records of light bulbs, including Bills of
Lading, Shipping Documents and Invoices for the previous 2 years for all
Garrett County Schools facilities. See attachments: “Scott Electric
Purchase Orders 2013-15” and “Johnson Control Performance Contract 2013-14”
(materials we still use provided by Johnson Controls).
A copy of all procurement records of batteries, including Bills of Lading,
Shipping Documents and Invoices for the previous 2 years for all Garrett
County Schools facilities. There are no records. There is no one supplier
of batteries. The procurement process is not centralized.
Copy of all recycling/disposal records of light bulbs, including Bills of
Lading, Shipping Documents and Invoices for previous 2 years for all
Garrett County Schools facilities. There are no records.
Copy of all recycling/disposal records of batteries, including Bills of
Lading, Shipping Documents and Invoices for previous 2 years for all
Garrett County Schools facilities. There are no records.
Records of electronics waste, including computers, electronics and TVs,
recycled for the previous 2 years, including the destination of material
for all Garrett County Schools facilities. See attachment “Electronic
Waste Certificates 2013-15” for certificates of disposal.
Copy of Garrett County Schools due diligence policy (or equivalent) for
handling end of life electronics. Including criteria for selecting an
electronics recycler for all Garrett County Schools facilities. There is
no policy developed by the school system.
List or records of any fines, penalties or warnings received by Garrett
County Schools in regards to improper disposal of Universal Waste including
light bulbs, batteries and electronics. There have been no fines,
penalties, or warnings. Therefore, there are no records.
Jim Morris
Garrett County Public Schools
Supervisor of Research, Evaluation, and Information
40 S. Second Street
Oakland, MD 21550
301-334-8931
From: Cindy Long
Dear Mr. Morris,
Thank you for providing the requested information. We are additionally seeking copies of the following documents:
Copies of Pollution Insurance for PC Renewal. (the districts computer recycler)
Copies of Professional Liability Insurance of PC Renewal (the schools computer recycler)
Copies of General Liability Insurance of PC Renewal (the schools computer recycler)
Thank you again for your assistance.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 13, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Garrett Schools
Cindy,
Below is the additional information you requested from Garrett County
Public Schools regarding E-Waste and Universal Waste. See the 1 attachment
and responses in red.
Copies of Pollution Insurance for PC Renewal. (the districts computer
recycler): Attached is a scanned copy of an email PC Renewal received from
the WV DEP in Charleston, WV, regarding the fact that PC Renewal is not
required to have this type of insurance.
Copies of General Liability Insurance of PC Renewal (the schools computer
recycler): Attached is a scanned copy of PC Renewal's General Liability
Insurance.
Copies of Professional Liability Insurance of PC Renewal (the schools
computer recycler): PC Renewal does not have this type of insurance.
Jim Morris
Garrett County Public Schools
Supervisor of Research, Evaluation, and Information
40 S. Second Street
Oakland, MD 21550
301-334-8931
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