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Environmental Business Council of New England
Energy Environment Economy
EBC Solid Waste Management Program:
What is Happening in theRecycling Market?
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Thomas A. Mackie
EBC Solid Waste Committee
Managing Shareholder
Mackie Shea P.C.
Environmental Business Council of New England
Energy Environment Economy
Welcome
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Christopher Koehler
Program Co-Chair
Solid Waste Section Manager,
HDR, Inc.
Environmental Business Council of New England
Energy Environment Economy
Introduction
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Mike Scipione
EBC Chair & Program Co-Chair
President,
Weston & Sampson
Environmental Business Council of New England
Energy Environment Economy
Introduction
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Molly Ettenborough
Recycling and Energy Manager,
City of Newburyport
Environmental Business Council of New England
Energy Environment Economy
How the Public Sector Manages
Recycling Programs, Day by Day
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How the PublicSector Manages
Recycling ProgramsDay by Day
Molly EttenboroughRecycling and Energy Manager for the
City of Newburyport
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The City of NewburyportSmall, coastal city in Essex County, 35 miles northeast of Boston. Population of17,926. Historic seaport with a vibrant tourism industry, expansive parks, a business
& industrial park and part of Plum Island.
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2009 Single Stream Recycling
Separated disposal costs from lump sum contract
Savings of $85,000 in the first year
Began receiving $24,000 fixed rebate on all recyclingmaterial
Increased recycling to 36% in the first year.
Before After
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Expanded Options at theRecycling Center
Bike recycle program forKenyan village and local
students.
Electronics recyclingprogram with local ARC
and Walmart grant run by
adults with disabilities
Rain Barrelsdistributed to
residents
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Zero Waste Pilot
2012141 self-selected hh
Compostingbackyard and curbside
Curbside recycling education
New diversion streams - Better outcomes for youroutcasts
Reuse Freecycle Curb Alert
Donation list Recycle
Terracycle and numerous other Coffee bags
Keys
Credit cards, etc
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Recycle BeyondtheBin
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Deliverables:
Betteroutcomesforyouroutcasts List of charitable and 2ndhand places that take your
donations
The Bin and Beyond the Bin spreadsheet
The Why and How document and website
TerraCycle and other diversion streams at theNewburyport Recycle Center (in addition to electronics,metals, mattresses, oils, etc.)
The organics pilot Putting these pieces in place to advocate for Trash
Metering for universal interest/motivation andcompliance
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Recycle RIGHTEverythingYouShouldand
NothingthatYouShouldnt
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Learnings
1. Organics
2. Education3. Non-traditional streams
4. Save Money and Reduce Trash or
Pay As You Throw
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Where we go from here
Start of the Newburyport Organics Pilot
Self selected in thickly settled neighborhood Over 400hh/3300 lbs per week
Weekly participation = 75%
Feedbacksaving bags and saving hauler stops
Really great feedback
Diverting ~10lb/hh/week FeedbackMy trash is downto bag!
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What else can we do to moveforward?
For Residents
1. Keepeducating
2. Sourcereduction
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February Waste 360 Conference in California
Barnes Johnson, Director of the Office of
Resource Conservation and Recovery with theU.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Estimates that 42 percent of greenhouse gases
in the U.S. come from the
handling, distribution and disposal of goods.
He also notes between 1975 and 2000, the U.S.
has increased the amount of materials
consumed by 57 percent.
He outlined the EPAs focus on the concept of sustainable materials
management.The agency defines this as the "approach to serving human needs by
using/reusing resources, productively and sustainably throughout their
life cycles, generally minimizing the amount of materials involved and
all associated environmental impacts."
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Newburyport & Our Future SustainabilityRoadmap
Mass. Clean Energy Center & Meister Group selected Newburyport for pilot:
Create a community vision Identify energy inventory and interests
Prioritizes key aspects to guide research to develop a robust clean energy inventory
Finalize sustainability roadmap
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Reduction in Energy Costs
Saves the City $800,000 over the next 20 years.
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FEB. 12, 2016
NY Times -Skid in Oil Prices Pulls the
Recycling Industry Down With It By DAVID
GELLES
There are still bright spots in the
industry.
Big companies like Pepsi and Procter
& Gamble are buying more recyclable
material to meet sustainability goals.
And efforts are underway to build out
new recycling infrastructure that
could make the industry more
efficient.
There are still some customers for
recycled materials, for reasons otherthan pure economics, said Mr. Taylor
of the Society of the Plastics Industry.
The thinking is that that demand will
grow because of the greening of the
mainstream American consumer.
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New Technologies for Quality Material-The
Krysteline Technology
Capable of significantly enhancing the glass
recovery process within a MRF with
effective and efficient benefits towards the
end marketplace and existing economic
conditions.
Highly innovative implosion process that
offers a full range of glass clean-up systems
specifically designed for MRFs
In addition to its range of technologies,Krysteline can also assist as required with
recovered glass commodities trading.
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February Waste 360s conference
Michael E. Hoffman of Stifel laid out aneconomic outlook for solid waste and
related fundamentals.
Some of Hoffman's observations over 10
years included:
The top 25 solid waste operators are spending money smarter.
Municipalities face more pressure to shift recycling processing
from a commodity based model to a process fee based model
Whether organics diversion need to be subsidized to be
economical.
Solid waste has more information available to manage cost,
transparency, productivity and capital allocation- big data and
technology will drive changes.
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We are setting goals
There is a new business landscape
We have done the hard research and working on education
We have developed Reference materials New streamsincluding organics
Looked at incentives and motivators (PAYT)
We know if zero waste is to be achieved it must be included as a goal at all stepsof the processes.
How do we further increase convenience and bring down (or stabilize) costs?
Not Business
As Usual
Time for Disruption
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What we want
and need---
New Contracts and RFPs
Transparency and flexibilityin contracts Changes in fuel prices Changes in # of runs Changes in after
markets Extended Producer
Responsibility and ProductStewardship
PAYT to help with sourcereduction
Cooperation and Infrastructurechanges with MRFs
Continuous planning andflexibility and responsiveprogram implementation
Zero Waste Ordinances Look at cities around the
US and abroad
New curbside collection streams Bags for textiles E-waste
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By 2020 The City of Newburyportis working towards: A well informed citizenry
Well established referencematerials, significantoutreach and education
Comprehends, appreciates
and supports Weekly curbside organics
collection With significant food waste
reduction programs With a Green Restaurant
program With a systematic way of
diverting leftover food tothose in need
Weekly curbside recyclingcollection
Including new streams?
Benchmark and track and
look at metered trashcollection
Engage all stakeholders
Think outside the box- Contracts, plans, new
streams, material handling,etc.
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Ben Harvey
Executive Vice President,
E. L. Harvey & Sons, Inc.
Environmental Business Council of New England
Energy Environment Economy
Reflections on the State of the
Marketplace and Future Trends
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Dawn R. Quirk
Waste Ban Inspector, Commercial Waste
Reduction and Waste Planning,
MassDEP
Environmental Business Council of New England
Energy Environment Economy
Mass DEPs Recycling Policies,
Goals and Program Objectives
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MassDEP Waste Ban Compliance
and Enforcement UpdateFebruary 24, 2016
Dawn Quirk
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About the waste bans (with photos)
DEPs enforcement strategies
Technical assistance program
Next steps
Presentation Overview
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Waste Bans
Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection (Mass DEP) has implemented waste
bans on certain hazardous, recyclable, and
compostable materials. The restrictions on
disposal began in 1990.
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Current Waste Ban Materials
Recyclable Paperand Cardboard
Glass/Aluminum/Metal/Plastic Containers
Leaves and Yard Waste
Commercial Organics
Cathode Ray Tubes (TVs and Computer Monitors)
White Goods (Major Appliances)
Asphalt Pavement, Brick, Concrete, Wood, Metal and Clean Gypsum Wallboard
often referred to as Construction/Demolition Materials(C&D)
Tires
Lead Acid Batteries
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Cardboard
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Paper
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Leaves and Yard Waste
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Food Waste
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Bottles & Cans
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Zero Tolerance Items
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Compliance Strategy Overview Three key components
Use facility and third party data to conduct
outreach and target inspections Increased MassDEP waste ban inspections and
enforcement
RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts assistance
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Compliance Overview
MassDEP inspections +enforcements are anessential part of MassDEPswaste ban compliance
approach
Currently about 40% oftrash is waste ban materials(does not include commercial
organics)
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Compliance Overview
DEP Inspections
2015 > 230 waste ban inspections conducted
Inspected approximately 5,300 loads
Seeing average of 22.5 loads/inspection
Failed load rate = about 16%
2016 Expectations: 200+ inspections, 5,000 loads
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2015 Enforcement
Issued 158enforcement actions
146 Notices of Noncompliance (NONs)
12 higher level enforcements several in progress
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Distribution12%
Food Processor4%
Hauler6%
Healthcare5%
Hospitality5%
Manufacturer10%
Municipal4%
Other8%
PropertyManagement
11%
Restaurant
6%
Retail20%
Supermarket3%
University
3%
Utility Service
3%
Enforcement by Sector 2013- 1/2016
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Additional Compliance Efforts 2015Sent 500+ generator/hauler letters based on:
Facility data
Third-party data
Complaints
Lower levels of banned materials observed by DEP
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Observations
Most enforcement for cardboard
Majority of violation recipients have recycling
program in place
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Technical Assistance
Free technical assistance is available throughRecyclingWorks in Massachusetts, a project of
MassDEP, administered by the Center for Eco-Technology.
MassDEPsoutreach and communications referrecipients to RecyclingWorks
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RecyclingWorks in Massachusetts
Nearly 850 RecyclingWorks hotline/email
requests (FY 2015)
Many calls from MassDEP letters/enforcement
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Next Steps
Continue to conduct inspections
Conduct outreach
Commercial organics enforcement
Waste ban waivers
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Contact InfoDawn Quirk
MassDEP
http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/recycle
/solid/massachusetts-waste-disposal-bans.html
Panel Discussion
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Environmental Business Council of New England
Energy Environment Economy
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Mike Scipione, Weston & Sampson
Panel Members
Tom Mackie, Mackie Shea PC
Ben Harvey, E.L. Harvey & Sons Archie St. Hilaire, Casella Waste Systems
Molly Ettenborough, City of Newburyport
Dawn Quirk, MassDEP
EBC Solid Waste Management Program:
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Environmental Business Council of New England
EBC Solid Waste Management Program:
What is Happening in the
Recycling Market?