Recycling on a smaller scale: BestPractices for a thriving programPolicies & Practices
Rural Recycling Challenges DemographicsEconomies of scaleDistance to marketsLess-than-truckloadquantities Limited resource base
Successful Rural Michigan Recycling Who we are What we do How we got here How to overcome ruralchallenges of distancefrom markets,demographics,challenging economiesof scale
Who we are: Emmet County by the #s30,000 people14,000 households
Emmet County Governmental Units22 governmentunits: 2 cities 3 villages 16 townships Little Traverse BayBands of OdawaNative SovereignNation
State Plan encourages regional collaborationCreate synergies by working togetherCheboygan CountyOtsego CountyPresque Isle CountyMunicipalitiesTownshipsCouncil-ofGovernments
Straits Area ServicesStraits Regional RideDozens of vendorsContracts for servicesPublic Private Partnerships
Over300 businesses institutional nonprofitcurbside customersand so many more
What we do: Hub and Spoke
How we started County Solid Waste Planning Process County Recycling Funding Committee– Short term funding– Ongoing long term funding: Enterprise Fund
Emmet’s early steps Recycling Funding Committee Consider all: grants, millage, PA 185, PA 69,fee for service, ordinance, hauler licensing,etc. Hired consultant to facilitate process –meetings of all stakeholders
Decision Making Process Initial Millage Recycle Funding Committee Solid Waste Ordinance– Pay-As-You-Throw– Flow Control for level playingfield– License/Regulate Haulers
Start-up Funding Clean Michigan Fund grant Solid Waste Alternatives Program grant County millage (.25 mil, two year)
Seed funding critical! Many long term programs successfullyoperating today received grant funding fromthe state in the late 1980s early 1990s
Initial Capital InvestmentsExpendituresBuildings 146,842.00Equipment 207,608.00Truck/containers 144,274.00Total 498,724.00Contributions to CapitalCounty Millage 376,750.00State Grants 218,920.00Total 595,670.00
Recycle Drop-off Sites
Cost effective option for rural areas
Funding Options in Michigan General Fund Assessments– Act 185– Special Assessment Districts Tax Fees– Act 69, Act 138
How our partners fund recycling: Out of their general fund With a millage How some of our neighbors fund recycling: With PA 69 With PA 185
Millages-- Voter Approved Program Millage-- Voter Approved County-wide Millage-- Legislative Millage Act 298 Use Fees-- Supplemental Fees for non-Universal Services-- On/As Utility Bills Via Haulers/Landfills-- Hauler License Resource Recovery Fee-- Landfill/Transfer Station Surcharge-- Hauler Franchise with Hauler Collected FeesList adapted from RRS(Resource Recycling Systems, Inc.)
Diverse Funding PortfolioHow we fund our programs Fees for Service– Solid Waste Disposal– Contracts for Service Residential Curbside Commercial Curbside– Incentive-based Pricing Tires Some electronics Some C&D Recycle Matls Sales––––MRF processingRecycle Drop SitesEducation/PromotionCapital Purchases Transfer Station– HHW– Hazardous Recyclables– Stabilize Fluctuations
Ongoing Funding Allocation from Transfer Station Funds– “Tip Fee Surcharge” Used for HHW, Hazardous Recyclables, to StabilizeFluctuations in markets Fees for Service– Tires, mattresses, some Construction &Demomaterials Aggressive marketing of Recyclables– Funds processing– Drop sites Contracts for Services– Residential Curbside– Commercial Curbside
Other Income 30,304 2%For-Fee Recycling 61,4924%Curbside Contracts 271,644 17%OtherCountiesSale of 212,67913% 736,773 46%RecyclablesTransfer StationRevenues 290,887 18%Recycling Revenue Sources:Total Revenue 1,631,959.05
No Countytax dollarssince 1991.
Policy is key Best practices set policy that incentivizes andfunds waste reduction and recycling– Solid waste flow control– Bundling of services– Franchising/competitive bidding– Embedded pricing– Pay as you throw– ‘Free’ comprehensive, convenient services– Landfill bans– Hauler licensing requirements
The Emmet County eFlow ControlPay-As-You-Throw
Flow Control Supreme Court Decision Flow Control “ is a convenient and effective wayto finance integrated package of waste-disposalservices ” “create enhanced incentives for recycling ” “increase ability to enforce recycling laws ”
Aggressive Marketing of Recyclables 800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 02001 12002 22003 32004 42005 52006 62007 72008 82009 92010 10Decade Total 4,320,224.042011: 1,064,066.53
Market Volatility (value per ton)Newspaper 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0#1 PET 430 310 290 270 180 120 100 105 130 15 115 102008AprJulyOct2009Jan 105 30Apr 50 55JulyOct2010Jan
The Emmet County Recycling Program, which does not rely ontax dollars, “ is a dream for Republicans.”Bonnie Lucas, ChairEmmet County Republican Women
CreatingEconomies ofScale Hub & Spokeregional MRF High QualityGrades Processing &Shipping
Emmet CountyTransfer Station and Recycle Processing
Curbside Recycling Collection
Recycling 80% ofresidents usingRecyclingProgram Over 300businesses usingCurbsideRecycling service
Bulky Recyclables Drop-off
Hazardous RecyclablesDrop-off
Electronics:All FreeAll the Time
1,810 Mattresses RecycledApril-December 2012Michigan Mattress Recyclers in Gaylord
Latex Paint Recycling ePaint
Recycling latex paint! Only one option, so started as a pilot A former headache:– Not solid waste, not a hshld haz waste– The ‘dry it out with kitty litter’ very unpopular– People willing to pay for convenience
e paint closing the loop
Paint Recycling Takes Off!Tons 2,062 gallonsin 20112520 4,346 gallonsin 201415Tons10502011201220132014
Event Recycling Festival by the Bay Petoskey SoccerTournaments July 4 Parades Art in the Park Bliss Fest MusicFestival And many more!
Public Space Recycling
Comprehensive
2010 Processing ExpansionBudgeted 4.3 millionApproved 3 million loanBorrowed to date: 2.2 M22,750 sq. foot expansion2 additional processing lines2 additional balersRecycle More Sort Less
Dual-stream expansion 2010
2 CategoriesPaper, Boxes and Bags
Mixed Containers
Nearly 10,000 tons in 2013
Over 300 Semis a Year
Local Markets, Win-Win Improving processing & transportation efficiencies
Roofs to Roads:Asphalt Shingles RecyclingFirst year (2010) 1,621 cubic yards recycled equivalent to 270 roofs
Yard Waste Composting
Activity #1 Orient by where your county is located in thestate; introduce yourself to your neighbors Learn 3 things about recycling in theircommunity: how they are funded, what theydo best, what their current challenge is
Affordable Education & Outreach Focus on clear, visual message: on bins, inrecycle guide, on website, on message boards Evaluate who your audience is, how they gettheir information, and what sort of messagewill reach them Schools!
Affordable EducationThe Corner Stones of Recycling Education1. Read up on Community Based SocialMarketing (“CBSM”)2. Work with a graphic designer
Community Based Social MarketingWhat specifically do you wantpeople to do?Who next?What are the barriers to them doing it?Where can you reach them and whatshould you say?
Community Based Social Marketing“Unless someone likeyou cares a whole awfullot, nothing is going toget better.It’s not!”--Dr. Seuss
Community Based Social MarketingResources“Over 300Emmet Countybusinessesrecycle”
Community Based Social lsofChange.com
Graphic Designer
“Develop a Brand”Use the same two or three COLORSin roughly the same shades each timeUse the same FONT everywhere possibleplus just 1 more (secondary)Repeat GRAPHICS over and overUse SIGNATURE ELEMENTS,i.e. graduated fill is one of oursApplies to AUDIO too, i.e. “the voice of”
CocaCola
The Basic Four1.2.3.4.Bin/Tote/Cart LabelsWebsitePaper Recycling GuidePhone number and someone answering THEN, take on press releases, schooloutreach, events, advertising, parades,promo items, etc.
Drop site bins as message centers Labeling of bins criticaleducation opportunity(Teachable moment!)– No scavenging– Recycling infowebsite address– Phone number– Visuals for what is(and is not) accepted– No littering
Brochure Racks
Message Centers
Gotta have some fun! Addressing the never-ending issue of qualitycontrol 24/7 Drop site management:– Part time help– Waste hauler contract– Sites hosted by service clubs– Include in someone’s job description– Ask host of site (township hall, grocery store) tohelp “we can’t clean up what we don’t knowabout!”
Activity #2Power Stance!
To the tune of “Ghost Busters”Who Ya Gonna Call?
Who ya gonna callwhen there is trash inthe drop site bins?
Who ya gonna callwhen a curbside customer ischronically mixed up?
Who ya gonna callwhen sharps show upin the recyclables?
Who ya gonna callwhen scavengers scare thecitizenry at our fair drop sites?
Call your dynamicquality-control duo:
Lindsey “Stalker”A militant tree hugger since 1974, she’s on the caselooking for clues. She tells it like it is—and not quietly!
Jiu-Jitsu JaynaAppears mild mannered on the surface, but this galuses her nimble mind and law enforcement training toturn the tables on those who cross the line.
Your QC Hotline:348-0640
That’s348-0640
Or go incognito, and put yourinformation in the suggestion box.
We can look for information in the materialsto identify “the perp” and contact them.When we have done this, we’ve generallygotten excellent results –and apologies!
Building Community
Great Staff!
Great Leadership
Collaboration keeps resources and jobsin our communities
Environmental Benefits Prevented release of an estimated9,170 tons of air pollutionSaved an estimated 45,800 trees Prevented release ofan estimated35 tons of water pollution
Environmental Benefits Saved enough energy to powerroughly1,440 households for a year
Keeping the Green inNorthern Michigan
Elisa Seltzer, DirectorEmmet County Dept. Public Workseseltzer@emmetcounty.org231 348-0640www.EmmetRecycling.org
County Millage 376,750.00 State Grants 218,920.00 Total 595,670.00. Recycle Drop-off Sites. Cost effective option for rural areas . Funding Options in Michigan General Fund Assessments –Act 185 –Special Assessment Districts Ta
CCC-466/SCALE 3 in 1985 CCC-725/SCALE 5 in 2004 CCC-545/SCALE 4.0 in 1990 CCC-732/SCALE 5.1 in 2006 SCALE 4.1 in 1992 CCC-750/SCALE 6.0 in 2009 SCALE 4.2 in 1994 CCC-785/SCALE 6.1 in 2011 SCALE 4.3 in 1995 CCC-834/SCALE 6.2 in 2016 The SCALE team is thankful for 40 years of sustaining support from NRC
Water for recycling and reuse can be sourced from rainwater, stormwater, greywater and effluent from wastewater treatment plants. Water recycling can range from large-scale wastewater recycling schemes to smaller scale decentralised sewer mining and stormwater harvesting.
Chemical recycling could be a complementary solution to mechanical recycling where the latter proves to be unsuited to materially recover plastic because it is too degraded, contaminated or too complex. At the same time, increased collection of high-quality waste and design for reuse and recycling should remain the two priorities in order to increase the recycling rates for plastics and .
Recycling & Solid Waste 2016 Community Meeting Presentation Outline Introductions Recycling Program Household Hazardous Waste Yard and Wood Waste Composting Electronics and Appliance Recycling Communities Participating in Waukesha County Recycling & Stormwater Education Programs Leg
The National Recycling Coalition reports that recycling has created 1.1 million jobs, 236 billion in gross annual sales, and 37 billion in annual payroll. In California, meeting the state's 50% recycling goal is expected to create about 45,000 recycling jobs, over 20,0
2015 Annual Review 2015 was a BIG year for WKU Recycling & Surplus! The Department of Facilities Management invested significantly in the Recycling Program, purchasing 27 eight-yard recycling dumpsters and additional outdoor recycling bins (pictured below), while increasing signage across campus, partnering with a new recycling .
3.3 Pre-consumer textile recycling in Panipat 21 3.4 Mixing of post- and pre-consumer textiles in recycling 24 4. Child labour and working conditions in the Panipat textile recycling industry 25 4.1 Indian labour laws and international guidelines 25 4.2 Findings on child labour and working conditions in recycling units in Panipat 27 5.
Collection and Recycling Plan for British Columbia Submitted to the Ministry of the Environment by: Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation of Canada (RBRCC) . of Environment Business Plan, the Recycling Regulation and the Recycling Regulation Guide . 8 1 December 2009 Provide a level playing field and, in the longer term, provide the .