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GRAPEVINE, TEXAS – Forget aboutlemonade. We’re adults here.When life hands you a lemon,make a whiskey sour.

And many cities are realizingthey need to tend bar.

For many mu-nicipalities, thebudgets for re-cycling educa-tion and out-reach have beengetting bags oflemons for yearsfrom lawmakersfacing historicdeficits.

Important programs that edu-cate children and the communityabout recycling are often thefirst to get chopped by legisla-tors scrambling to slash spend-ing. It hasn’t helped that some ofthe grant money out there hasdecided to play hide-and-seek atthe same time.

Still, some municipalities havebeen able to soar, even with

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Smallerhousingunits bigchallengeSan Antonio is educatingsmall multifamily dwellings,but compliance remains low

By Jim JohnsonWRN senior reporter

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS – Implementingmultifamily residential recyclingis proving to be more of a chal-lenge at smaller properties thanlarger locations in San Antonio.

The Texas city is in the latterstages of a multiphase plan to in-troduce recycling to all apart-ment buildings with three ormore units. And Josephine Va-lencia, assistant director of thecity’s Solid Waste ManagementDepartment, said the staff hasbeen most challenged by bring-ing the smallest properties intothe program.

San Antonio’s largest multifam-ily residential properties haveachieved compliance rates rang-ing from 97% to 100%, Valenciasaid at the Residential RecyclingConference on Thursday morning.

All properties with 300 ormore units – there are 118 suchsites in the city – are now partic-ipating, as well as 98% of the 215sites with 200 to 299 units. Ofthe 220 sites with 100 to 199apartments, there is 97% compli-ance, Valencia said.

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From WRN staff reports

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS – Nine municipali-ties in North America can add aline to their résumés: Green City.

Waste & Recycling News hasannounced the finalists in itsannual Green City Awards com-petition. Nearly 100 municipali-ties across North America – arecord – submitted nominationsfor the award.

Here are the finalists in eachcategory:

Small cities (Fewer than100,000 residents): Allen, Texas;City of Whiting, Ind. (in partner-ship with the Lake County SolidWaste Management District);Rockville, Md.

Medium cities (100,000 to500,000 residents): Ann Arbor,Mich.; Anaheim, Calif.; Bellevue,Wash.

Large cities (more than500,000 residents): Regional Mu-nicipality of Halton, Ontario;Honolulu; San Jose, Calif.

The nine finalists faced furtherevaluation by judges and the at-tendees at Waste & RecyclingNews’ Residential Recycling Con-ference. One winner in each cate-gory will be named during a cere-mony at 12:30 p.m. today.

The Green City Awards recog-nize the municipalities and solidwaste management districts thathave shown exceptional leader-ship in successfully communicat-ing and promoting their residen-tial recycling programs.

“Each of the Green Citiesshould feel especially proud,”said WRN Editor John Campan-elli. “Not only did we get an over-whelming number of submis-sions, almost all of them wereexceptional. Choosing the final-ists from such an amazing pool ofentries was not easy.”

Each of the cities is promoting

9 vie for Green City Awards

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Sarah Cummins, left, and Christa Ward, sales representatives for Sun Coast Resources Inc., share a laughas they play Bin It to Win It at the ReCommunity Recycling booth at the Residential Recycling Conferenceon Thursday. Cummins tossed four PET bottles and aluminum cans into the recycling bin, and Wardmanaged to make one.

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Above: Brent Lidgard, left, assistantsanitation supervisor in West Plains,Mo., tries his luck at Bin It to Win It atthe ReCommunity Recycling booth onthe exhibit floor on Thursday, asStephen London, ReCommunity’smarketing coordinator, keeps score.

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The ReCommunity Recycling booth,right, is one of the more popularstops at the Gaylord Texan Resortand Convention Center during theResidential Recycling Conference.

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Monica Edwards, left, and Shawn Barney, principals withNew Orleans Recycling Co., at the Hoedown Reception.

3 Fools on 3 Stools,which includeband members,from left, CurtisTilton, Doc Wessonand Jim Richmond,also known asDiamond Jim, entertain the crowdat the HoedownReception onThursday night.

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Doug Hill, left, general manager of Ecosafe Zero Waste,talks with Neha Patel, manager of recycling relations forThe Coca-Cola Co., on the show floor during the RRC.


Susan Eppes, president of ESTSolutions Inc., at the Hoedown.


Rigo Rodriguez, a sales representative with Federal International Inc., rides the mechanical bull on Thursday night during the ResidentialRecycling Conference Hoedown Reception.

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Export commodities,not broken devices

By Jeremy CarrollWRN reporter

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS – There is nothingwrong with exporting commodi-ties that are a result of electronicwaste recycling to developingcountries, said Katie Reilly, pro-gram manager of e-waste legisla-tion for Electronics Recyclers In-ternational.

“But what we don’t want to seehappening is the export of e-waste so it can be dumped, mostlikely in a developing country, tobe recycled by rudimentarymeans where people might betaking blow torches to an elec-tronic device to recover the pre-cious metals,” she said.

Reilly, along with Jori Pas-carella, business development forIntercon Solutions, spoke on e-waste collection and recycling atthe Residential Recycling Con-ference at the Gaylord Texan onThursday.

For a community or a busi-ness looking to start an e-wastecollection drive or event, Reillysaid it is important to under-stand the certifications and thecompany that is actually goingto be doing the recycling. Both e-Stewards and R2, the industrystandard third-party certifiers,are important because they sig-nal the company is likely man-aging the materials in a respon-sible way, she said.

“They are a stamp of approvalfor that recycler,” she said.“That’s what these certificationsdo for you. To be certified, you gothrough an auditing process andyou end up getting audited atleast once a year to keep up withcertain standards. They are a

good indicator that you are usinga responsible recycler.”

The other benefit of the certifi-cations is that they show thecompany is not exporting intactmaterial that hasn’t been testedto see if it’s working, Reilly said.

Electronic Recyclers Interna-tional is the only e-waste compa-ny to be dual certified, in both e-Stewards and R2, at multiplelocations.

“E-waste as a whole is haz-ardous, but when it’s demanufac-tured into its original pieces, itcan be broken down into materialsto be recycled,” Pascarella said.

She agreed with Reilly, sayingit was important to do researchand make sure you are dealing

with a responsible recycler.“You have to always ask ques-

tions,” she said. With municipal solid waste de-

clining or being stagnant in re-cent years, the opposite is true fore-waste. As it has been for thelast several years, e-waste is thefastest growing portion of the sol-id waste stream with an annualgrowth rate of 5%. With an 18%recycling rate of electronics, thereis a lot of e-waste heading to thelandfills when it could be recycledproperly, Pascarella said. ��

Contact Waste & Recycling News reporterJeremy Carroll at [email protected] 313-446-6780.

Recyclability – you cantaste the difference

By Shawn WrightWRN reporter

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS – The differencebetween Aunt Jemima and Mrs.Butterworth may be more thanjust the taste of their syrups.

In the recycling world, the plas-tics containing the breakfast syrupare worlds, or numbers, apart.

“From a consumer’s perspec-tive, these two products prettymuch look identical,” said San-dra Keil, vice president of gov-ernment relations and industryaffairs for Earth911, a companythat provides consumers with re-cycling information. “We’vetrained the consumers to look ata number, see the resin code anddetermine whether that qualifiesinto their program or not.”

But Mrs. Butterworth is a No. 1plastic while Aunt Jemima is aNo. 5. In South Carolina, for ex-ample, Mrs. B is widely acceptedin recycling programs. Auntie, onthe other hand, has limited value.

“You can see how such similarproducts can create that confusionfor consumers,” Keil said. “Themarkets are very different – coun-ty-by-county, state-by-state.”

Keil and Heather McNamara,senior vice president of Hill andKnowlton Strategies, which workswith the nonprofit group CurbsideValue Partnership, spoke Thurs-day about the importance of effec-tive recycling education duringtheir presentation “Educating theCommunity – Residential Respon-sibility” during the ResidentialRecycling Conference.

“We’re selling a behaviorchange,” McNamara said. “Goodnews is that we’re starting at agood place ... recycling isn’t thatdifficult. But what’s important is,generally speaking, pure educa-tion alone is not just going to do it.”

The vast majority of commu-

nities’ education wants to bedriving people forward, McNa-mara said, and the most diffi-cult thing is getting people moti-vated. Convenience is thesingle-most important elementto behavioral change toward re-cycling, McNamara said.

For Keil, it’s not just about get-ting consumers and communitieson board, but having companiesunderstand the recyclability ofall the items contained in theircommodities.

“A product is only recyclable ifyou can actually recycle it,” Keilsaid. “Small variables in materi-als can create huge differences inits recyclability.” ��

Contact Waste & Recycling News reporterShawn Wright at [email protected] 313-446-0346.

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Delilah Martinez, stormwater and environmental education manager forPublic Works in McAllen, Texas: “[Effective education is] knowingyour audience, being out there withthem, showing them what it is thatyou’re recycling [and] participating ina lot of public events. We do a lot offestivals, parades to make sure weget all avenues of our audience.”


Casey Bennett, education specialistin Allen, Texas, just north of Dallas:“The best form of education is to gofor the youth. Really, reverse educa-tion is the best means to have anysignificant change in the household.By educating the youth, they will re-verse-educate their parents and thatwill change behavior.”


Chris Lash, recycling manager forPublic Works in McAllen, Texas, nearthe Mexican border: “A lot of us arevery visually minded. When you actu-ally see what it is you can and cannotrecycle, I think that goes a long waywith a lot of people. And once they seea visual, it triggers in their mind and Ithink that’s very helpful in educating. Ithink that’s a good resource to have.”


Clive Hess, president of CompuCycle,an e-waste recycler: “[Certification]comes down to the customer, what’simportant to them. Will R2 certificationbe sufficient? Do they want e-Stewardcertification? For my experience, R2certification, for what we’re doing,has been acceptable.”


Greg Hawk, board member of theNorth Texas Corporate Recycling Association: “It looks like if you openyour door and say you are an e-wasterecycler, you can almost become R2certified by what they were saying upthere. ... To me, it looks like some-thing that is an industry alternative tosomething more meaningful.”


Katie Reilly, left, program manager of e-waste legislation for Electronics Recyclers International, answers a questionfrom the audience as Jori Pascarella, business development manager for Intercon Solutions, listens. The two spoke onelectronic waste collection programs at the Residential Recycling Conference on Thursday.


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COMING EVENTSCurbside recycling: Education requiredBy Jeremy Carroll

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If there’s one piece of advice DawnSteph would give municipal leaderslooking to add curbside recycling, itwould be to be ready for complaints.

“Be prepared, the initial responsethat you are going to get is everyonehates the program,” said Steph, envi-ronmental manager for Sugar Land,Texas, which instituted automationinto curbside recycling collection latelast year. “You are going to be bom-barded with complaints.”

Steph, along with Scott Sellers, citymanager of Kilgore, Texas, and MarkAnderson, key account manager ofOtto Environmental, will discuss plan-ning and implementation of a curbsiderecycling collection program during thesession “Municipal Recycling: Options,Decisions & Solutions” at 10:30 a.m.today at the Gaylord Texan.

The conference is being co-sponsoredby Waste & Recycling News and Re-public Services Inc.

While having small bins and a virtu-ally unlimited amount of garbage col-lection, residents in Sugar Land wererecycling only about 10% of their wastebefore the switch to curbside recycling,Steph said. The new program gave res-idents 95-gallon carts for garbage and65-gallon carts for recycling and limit-ed bulk pickup to once a month. It alsogave residents the option to increase ordecrease the size of the carts.

After one month, Steph said the re-sults were astonishing: The 10% recy-cling rate jumped to 26%.

“We are hoping that with eachmonth, the program will get better,”she said.

Costs for the automated service alsodropped for residents. Instead of pay-ing $18.62 per month for garbage serv-ice, Republic Services is now chargingresidents $16 per month.

Sugar Land hopes to grow its recy-cling rate as well, since an 1,800-homepilot program diverted 38% when thetrial ended.

“Most people had been doing it oneway for 25 years,” Steph said. “They

had never seenthese carts before.The biggest thingwas the education-al piece.”

The city foundthat it needed toeducate customerson where and howthe carts needed tobe placed and theimportance of not putting bags next tothe carts.

After three months of the pilot pro-gram, a survey showed 91% of resi-dents preferred the new method over

the old one.“After a few months, they settle in,”

Steph said. “You just have to be pre-pared to take those initial complaints.”

Sellers, who was brought on as citymanager just as Kilgore, Texas, waslaunching its curbside program in2010, said it is important to be honestwith residents about the costs and thematerials they will be able to collect.

“When you start a program, youhave to be up front with the expecta-tions,” Sellers said.

Located in a rural part of Texas, Kil-gore can’t accept glass because there isno cullet recycler nearby. Sellers saidmunicipalities need local leaders toback the program.

“To really implement a good recy-cling program, you need dedicated andmotivated people to carry the torch,”he said. “We’ve been really fortunate tohave that here.” ��

Contact Waste & Recycling News reporterJeremy Carroll at [email protected] 313-446-6780.

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In addition to curbside recycling, Republic Services Inc. instituted automation in SugarLand, Texas. Dawn Steph, the city’s environmental manager, is scheduled to discuss thecity’s transition at the Residential Recycling Conference.

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NOTES: The recycling rate does not include methods such as incineration. Population is based on the 2010 U.S. Census, the 2006 Canadian Census. N.A. — Not available. Calgary, the 12th largest city, did not have recent data for the survey 1. NYCis changing commerical reporting data. Numbers not availible 2. Metal, Glass and Plastic combined 3. Data from 2011 survey 4. Canadian cities are in metric tonnes and Canadian currency

MATERIALS NOTE: Hazardous waste could include: automobile batteries, tires,oil, fluorescent lamps or household hazardous waste. Bulk could include: textiles, wood waste, construction debris, furniture and automobiles

Visit www.wastenews.com to see Municipal Recycling Survey results for the 30 largest U.S. cities.

NEW YORK LOS ANGELES3 CHICAGO TORONTO4 HOUSTON

Population 8,175,133 3,792,621 2,695,598 2,503,281 2,099,451

Most Recent Recycling Rate (%) N.A.1 65.0% 46.3% 47.0% 25.5%

2011 Survey (%) 49.0% 65.0% 43.8% N.A. 25.9%

2002 Survey (%) 20.1% 55.5% 44.9% N.A. 10.0%

Rate includes:Residential ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓Commercial ✓ ✓

Rates by category:Residential 27.0% 30.0% 5.6% 47.0% 22.2%Commercial N.A. 76.0% 55.3% N.A. N.A.

Materials included:Paper, Metal, Plastic, Glass Yes Yes Yes Yes YesOrganic Yard, Food Yard, Food Yard Yard, Food YardElectronic Yes Yes No Yes YesHazardous Yes No No Yes YesBulk Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Total Tonnage Collected: 1,236,176 6,000,000 2,625,001 212,735 208,882By City 1,236,176 624,000 57,129 147,272 208,882By contracted haulers N.A. 5,376,000 2,567,872 65,463 0

Tonnage collectedper material:

Paper 331,598 N.A. 332,340 136,022 21,285Metal 228,6492 N.A. 1,503,916 6,170 1,889Plastic N.A. 5,324 7,145 3,825Glass N.A. 38,206 18,390 4,424Organics 14,830 N.A. 171,465 92,715 67,681Other 661,097 N.A. 514,370 175,185 109,779

Collection Methods:Curbside Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Frequency Weekly Weekly Bi-weekly Weekly, bi-weekly Bi-weeklyNumber of households 3.5 million 743,000 240,000 894,000 206,000Percentage of households

in the city 100% N.A. 40% 98% 55%Is program mandatory? Yes No No Yes NoHow materials collected Source-separated Commingled Commingled Commingled Both commingled and

multiple bins seperatedVehicles run on

alternative fuel All 56% N.A. 1% NoneProgram operated by: City crews City crews City crews and City crews and City crews

private haulers private haulers

Dropoff Yes Yes Yes Yes YesNumber of sites 5 6 40 5 14Program operated by: City crews City crews City crews and City crews City crews

private haulers

Apartment/Multifamily dwelling Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Program operated by: City crews Private haulers Private haulers City crews and N.A.private haulers

Number of city employees 8,000 54 934 440Size of containers used 30 gallon bin 90 gallons 96 gallon 75 litre, 120 litre, 240 litre, 18-gallon bins, 96-gallon carts

360 litre

Financial Information:Annual revenue from thesale of recyclables N.A. $5,962,000 N.A. $21,000,000 $1,293,224Recycling budget N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. $7,468,502Overall solid waste budget N.A. $167,000,000 N.A. $294,000,000 $65,543,214How are residents charged

for recycling Property taxes Part of the solid waste fee No charge Part of solid waste fee No charge

Recycling Director: Robert Lange Jorge Santiesteban Chris Sauve Tim Michael Harry HayesTitle Director Division Manager Program Director Acting Director, Director of

Policy & Planning Solid Waste ManagementTelephone Number 212-437-4656 213-485-3825 312-744-4616 416-392-8506 713-837-9103Fax Number 212-514-7812 N.A. 312-744-2667 416-392-4754 713-837-9243Web site www.nyc.gov/wasteless www.san.lacity.org www.chicagorecycles.org www.toronto.ca/garbage www.houstonsolidwaste.orgE-mail address [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

To purchase an electronic version of this survey, visit www.wasterecyclingnews.com/dataresearch.

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NOTES: The recycling rate does not include methods such as incineration. Population is based on the 2010 U.S. Census, the 2006 Canadian Census. N.A. — Not available. 4. Canadian cities are in metric tonnes and Canadian currency 5. Does not in-clude organics

MATERIALS NOTE: Hazardous waste could include: automobile batteries, tires,oil, fluorescent lamps or household hazardous waste. Bulk could include: textiles, wood waste, construction debris, furniture and automobiles

Visit www.wastenews.com to see Municipal Recycling Survey results for the 30 largest U.S. cities.

MONTREAL4 PHILADELPHIA PHOENIX SAN ANTONIO SAN DIEGO

Population 1,620,693 1,526,006 1,445,632 1,327,407 1,307,402

Most RecentRecycling Rate (%) 53.0% 18.9% 12.0% 24.9% 68.0%

2011 Survey (%) N.A. 15.7% 11.0% 19.0% 66.0%

2002 Survey (%) N.A. 24.0% 27.7% 25.8% 48.0%

Rate includes:Residential ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓Commercial ✓ ✓

Rates by category:Residential N.A. 18.9% 17.0% 24.9% N.A.Commercial N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

Materials included:Paper, Metal, Plastic, Glass Yes Yes Yes Yes YesOrganic No Yard Yard Yard Yard, FoodElectronic No Yes Yes Yes YesHazardous No Yes Yes Yes YesBulk No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Total Tonnage Collected: 147,868 165,316 136,099 127,809 61,0315

By City N.A. 60,086 0 3,301 61,031By contracted haulers N.A. 105,230 136,099 124,508 N.A.

Tonnage collectedper material:

Paper N.A. N.A. 65,052 41,153 49,857Metal N.A. N.A. 2,570 3,563 1,344Plastic N.A. N.A. 5,529 7,650 2,114Glass N.A. N.A. 2,570 17,478 7,715Organics N.A. N.A. 24,660 57,410 N.A.Other N.A. N.A. 34,637 555 N.A.

Collection Methods:Curbside Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Frequency Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Bi-weeklyNumber of households 904,743 550,000 354,498 338,507 245,000Percentage of households

in the city 100% N.A. 90% 100% 48%Is program mandatory? Yes (part of the city) Yes No No YesHow materials collected Commingled Commingled Commingled Commingled CommingledVehicles run on

alternative fuel No N.A. 100% 16% NoneProgram operated by: City crews and City crews City crews City crews and City crews

private haulers private haulers

Dropoff Yes Yes Yes Yes YesNumber of sites 7 5 3 1 9Program operated by: Private haulers City crews City crews and City crews Private haulers

private haulers

Apartment/Multifamily dwelling Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Program operated by: City crews and N.A. Private haulers Private haulers City crews and private haulers private haulers

Number of city employees N.A. N.A. 600 N.A. 160Size of containers used 25, 45, 65 liter bins; 240, 360, N.A. Primarily 90-gallon 48 and 96 gallon carts 64 and 96 gallon containers

660 liter bins on wheels

Financial Information:Annual revenue from the

sale of recyclables $470,050 N.A. $9,275,185 $8,860,972 $5,680,000Recycling budget $24,388,909 N.A. $7,862,053 $24,847,956 $8,400,000Overall solid waste budget $163,049,857 N.A. $124,238,686 $90,173,852 $91,970,000How are residents charged

for recycling Included in property tax Included in property taxes Part of solid waste fee Monthly solid waste fee No chargeof $19.43

Recycling Director: Roger Lachance Vacant Christine Smith David W. McCary Stephen GrealyTitle Director of Environnement Deputy Public Works Director Director, Deputy Director of Waste

Solid Waste Management Reduction and DisposalTelephone Number 514-872-7540 215-686-5096 602-256-5621 210-207-6470 858-492-5010Fax Number 514-872-8146 215-686-7812 N.A. 858-492-5089Web site www.ville.montreal.qc.ca phillyrecyclingpays.gov www.phoenix.gov/residents/ www.sanantonio.gov www.sandiego.gov/

garbage environmental-services/E-mail address rlachance@ville. [email protected] david.mccary@ [email protected]

montreal.qc.ca sanantonio.gov

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Waste Fleet show to be heldin Indianapolis; CRWCreturns to Orlando, Fla.

By Vince Bond Jr.WRN reporter

The Residential RecyclingConference might be coming to aclose, but it isn’t too early tostart looking ahead to otherWaste & Recycling News eventslater this year.

From June 12 to June 14,

WRN is bringing you the WasteFleet Conference, which takesplace at the Indianapolis MarriotDowntown.

The conference, which is co-sponsored by G-S Products, willcater to fleet managers of alltypes, whether they manage solidwaste vehicles or recycling trucks.

Companies that provide prod-ucts and services to fleet opera-tors also are welcome to attend,purchase a booth and minglewith clients.

The event is perfect for recy-

WRN plans two more conferencesclers, public works officials,street superintendents, truckmanufacturers and garbagetruck enthusiasts.

Managers can meet with one an-other at the conference to learnwhat’s working for them duringeveryday operations, and in somecases, what isn’t working for them.

The Waste Fleet Conference isa networking event that will fea-ture educational opportunitiesfor attendants through round-table discussions and conferencesessions.

Speakers include Tim Miller,marketing communication man-ager for Goodyear Tire and Rub-ber Co.; Bob Nicholas, fleet direc-tor for Waste Pro USA; GarySimmons, vice president of fleetmanagement for Casella WasteSystems Inc.; and Ron Svehla,senior manager of fleet mainte-nance for Republic Services Inc.

The strategies provided can beput to use as soon as managersreturn to their fleets.

People can check out the in-door and outdoor exhibition hallsas well as a Ride and Drive area,which gives companies a chanceto show off their latest trucksand body styles, while spectatorscan hop behind the wheel andput them to the test.

Attendees also will get an op-portunity to unwind during the100th Anniversary of the GarbageTruck tailgating party.

The conference will build mo-mentum for WRN’s special issuecelebrating “100 Years of theGarbage Truck,” which will be pub-lished as a hard volume on Oct. 15.

Registration information isavailable at www.wastefleetconference.com/register.html.

Waste stream managementand profit maximization willtake center stage when WRNheads south to Orlando, Fla., forthe 2012 Corporate Recycling &Waste Conference (CRWC) fromSept. 10 to Sept. 12.

CRWC, which is being co-or-ganized with Republic Services,will feature networking forumsand exhibits for procurementmanagers, corporate sustainabil-ity officers, business owners,commodity managers, wastehandlers and many more wasteand recycling professionals.

The conference also presentsadvertising opportunities forcompanies that sponsor it.

The Green Corporate CitizenAward will be given at CRWC toa business that had made a ma-jor effort to lessen its environ-mental footprint.

The event is stationed at theGaylord Palms Resort & Conven-tion Center, which is just fiveminutes away from Walt DisneyWorld Resorts, Universal Stu-dios and Sea World.

Registration for CRWC opens inMay. Visit www.crwcconference.com/index.html. ��

Contact Waste & Recycling News reporterVince Bond at [email protected] 313-446-1653.

Attendees atthe Corporate Recycling &Waste Conferencemingle on theexhibit floorduring last year’sCRWC in Orlando,Fla. This year’sevent will be heldSept. 10-12 inOrlando.

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Single-stream recycling,CNG become widespread

By Shawn WrightWRN reporter

When it comes to the collec-tion and processing of recyclablematerials, technological ad-vancements have been a force inthe industry.

Since the early 1980s, SeanDuffy, president and chief oper-ating officer for ReCommunityRecycling Inc., has seen it all.His career began in 1983 as oneof the original founders of FCRRecycling.

But the largest change in theprocessing industry he said he’switnessed has been the transi-tion from laborers manually sort-ing recyclables to having technol-ogy do the separation, allowinglabor to do the quality control.

Duffy, along with Chris Me-locik, vice president of integra-tion and process improvement atRepublic Services Inc., will givean outlook of the industry at thesession “Innovations: The Latest

and Greatest in Collection andProcessing,” at 8:30 a.m. today.

“I think there will be a higherdegree of optical sorting that willtake place,” Duffy said. “We mayhave more grades of fiber thatare being recovered or at leastseparated. … As plastics havebeen really taking over [from]the late ’90s to today, you’re go-ing to start seeing some of thechanges happening with thefiber streams.”

On the collection side, Melocikwill be speaking about the as-pects of the increasing preva-lence of compressed natural gas

(CNG) vehicles being used totake and haul the material.

“Why is [natural gas] good?There are certainly a lot of an-swers for that – from the factthat it’s great for the environ-ment, good for the communities,”Melocik said. “We’re in a periodwhere it’s very attractive [eco-nomically], and natural gas isabundantly available in NorthAmerica, so it’s local.”

Melocik said now more thanever, CNG makes sense, but notin all cases.

“Does it make sense for theguy who’s running three routesand wants to go CNG?” Melociksaid. “It could, if certain otherthings were true, and we’ll talkabout some of those.”

In the waste industry, Melociksaid the use of CNG will contin-ue to grow because, “We’re one ofthe applications that are verywell-suited to CNG from thekind of duty that is expectedfrom our vehicles.”

File: Shawn Wright, Waste & Recycling News

ReCommunity Recycling Inc.’s facility in New Boston, Mich., is one of its 35U.S. operations that handle aluminum, plastics, paper, cardboard, tin andglass. Sean Duffy, company president and chief operating officer, predicts thatimproved optical sorting technology will allow more grades of fiber to berecovered or at least separated.

As the future of processing ex-pands, Duffy said he expectsmore items to be added into thesingle-stream mix. This canpose opportunities and chal-lenges, he said.

“The key is people always wantto expand to divert more, sothey’re adding additional itemssuch as large, rigid plastics,scrap metal, aseptic containersand mixed plastics,” Duffy said.“And it’s easy to say, ‘Put it in

the truck and we can compact itwith single stream,’ but thenthere’s a whole series of modifi-cations and technology that needto be used in the facility to han-dle that.”

As some communities and mu-nicipalities contemplate if singlestream or dual stream is a betterchoice, ReCommunity plans toconvert all but a couple of its fa-cilities to single stream by theend of this year. ��

Chris Melocik Sean Duffy


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Experts: Keep safety atforefront of operations

By Vince Bond Jr.WRN reporter

Taking shortcuts while operat-ing equipment at recycling facili-ties could be a potentially fatalmistake, according to industrysafety experts.

In 2011, 10 workers died in re-cycling plants, but lessons can begleaned from these incidents,said David Biderman, generalcounsel and safety director of theNational Solid Wastes Manage-ment Association.

Biderman, along with EST Solu-tions President Susan Eppes, willaddress industry safety duringtheir presentation “Making Safetya Priority” at 9:15 a.m. today.

Both stressed that proper“lockout-tagout” (LOTO) proce-dures on machinery is necessary.

“In plain English, what itrefers to is the idea that beforeyou do any maintenance on any-thing, you make sure there is nopossibility of the machine, theequipment or the truck startingup and moving by itself,” Bider-

man said. “Let’s say it’s a baleror compactor that’s creating abale of cardboard and there is ajam in that bale. We need tomake sure that the employeesare trained to lockout and tagoutthat baler before trying to clearthe jam.”

Eppes, who has two decadesexperience in the waste industryconsulting companies on safepractices, said some workers ig-nore protocol and put them-selves at risk. If someone fallsinto a baler, Eppes said the ma-chine is going to do what it’s de-signed to do.

“You have to take the time todo it the right way,” she said. ��

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The deadline for the city’ssmallest multifamily sites to becompliant is April 1, and the as-sistant director said just 16% ofthose 826 properties are on board.

With the smaller properties,San Antonio is spending a lot oftime and energy on education,but it has had some troublescheduling meetings with proper-ty managers to provide guidance.

“We ended up having to do alot of hand-holding, even beforethey began recycling, to design aplan,” Valencia said regardingmany of the smaller properties.

The city officially only has oneperson on staff responsible for im-plementing the program, but thereare actually now eight people chip-ping in to handle the excess workneeded to help the smaller sites.

“Our biggest difficulty is beingable to reach out to the owners,”she said, of these sites who areoften very busy.

San Antonio has a budget of$250,000 for educational out-reach for the multifamily resi-dential recycling effort.

Education is one key to thesuccess of any multifamily recy-cling program, said Maite Quinn,

manager of business develop-ment and marketing for Sims –New York City.

“Education, education and alot more education and you haveto have signage everywhere,”Quinn said. ��

Contact Waste & Recycling News senior reporter Jim Johnson at [email protected] 937-964-1289.

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Nevada Matthews, vice president ofRay’s Trash Service in Indianapolis:“I do a lot of colleges in town, in Indi-anapolis. The high turnover rate atcolleges [affects recycling rates] … .Re-education of everything is thekey. Apartments are the same way.You’re getting new tenants monthly.”

Demetrius Robinson, president ofGreen Earth Services of Damascus,Md.: “Education and communication.You give the residents the informationand you make it simple for them andtell them how it’s done. And typicallythey will follow along. Also, providingthe bins, that’s a big help, too.”

Ruthie Bracken, landfill operationssupervisor for Grand Prairie, Texas:“Education. Education. Education. I’vedone multifamily recycling before. …The more you put into it, the betterresults you get, whether it be withproduct or with participation. …You’ve got to be there to hold thehand of the people, whether it be themanagement or the residents.”


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and communicating its residen-tial recycling program in differ-ent and effective ways. Amongthe highlights:

�� Honolulu offers on-demandeducational tools for residents on“The Green Channel,” which itcalls the “first eco-conscious tele-vision network in America.”

�� San Jose has organized flashmobs to pleasantly surprisethose heedful shoppers who use

to implement. It’s this kind of in-genuity that raises the educationlevel, raises the diversion rate andraises the profile of a community’srecycling program.

And to that, we can all raise aglass ... of whiskey sour. ��

Contact Waste & Recycling News Editor John Campanelli at [email protected] 313-446-6767.

tightened belts.Among them are the nine fi-

nalists for Waste & RecyclingNews’ Green City Awards,which will be handed out todayhere at the Residential Recy-cling Conference.

I hope you took the time tobrowse the posters highlightingtheir accomplishments and votefor your favorites.

Most of them use time-testedand effective ways to promote re-cycling and educate their resi-dents: brochures, newsletters,school visits, community events,door hangings. But many arecomplementing that foundationwith creative ways to steer atten-tion toward their recycling pro-grams and spread all sorts of in-formation along the way.

Grocery shoppers usingreusable grocery bags in SanJose, Calif., have found them-selves in the center of flash mobsorganized by the city’s eco-team.

Citizens of Allen, Texas, wereintroduced to a new single-stream program with a hilariousYouTube video featuring a resi-dent going out on a blind datewith a blue cart.

Whiting, Ind., partnered witha local radio station for a contestcalled “Where in the World is theGreen Team?” that included atune sung to the old “CarmenSandiego” theme song.

Instead of hiring a dedicatedsocial media guru, Halton Re-gion, Ontario – just outside ofToronto – has crafted a scheduleso that 10 staff members eachwork on social media for half aday once a week.

The list goes on and on.Ray Foreman, recycling and re-

fuse superintendent for Rockville,Md., told me during a break dur-ing the conference yesterday thatat neighborhood meetings pro-moting the city’s switch to single-stream, he’d play a game withresidents, offering a special prizeto the winners. He’d then hold upitems such as plastic cutlery,straws and a child’s toy madefrom rigid plastic.

“Raise yourhand if you thinkthis is recycla-ble,” he said.Only a smart fewraised theirhands. Foremanasked them towrite down theirnames and ad-dresses.

“The prize you get,” he toldthem, “is that for one month, Iwill take your recycling cartdown to the curb and then bringit back up to your house whenit’s empty.”

He followed through, too. “Ididn’t mind doing that,” he said.

The point is that many of thesecreative ideas cost little or nothing

reusable grocery bags. �� Halton has a 10-person so-

cial media team that takes turnsinteracting online.

�� Ann Arbor sends all itssixth-graders to its MRF everyyear.

�� Bellevue has created a uniquemascot called Carbon Yeti.

�� Anaheim has its own smart-phone app that lets residentsschedule collection.

�� Whiting helped build a recy-cled float in its annual Pierogi

Parade. �� Allen created a video in

which a resident learns about re-cycling while on a date with ablue bin.

�� Rockville residents ranktheir recycling service ahead ofthe city’s police department.

Last year, the Green CityAwards went to Muncie, Ind.;Lake County, Ind.; and Dallas. ��

Contact Waste & Recycling News at 313-446-6000 or [email protected].

Cities: Educating residents a priorityContinued from Page 1

Outreach: Innovativeprograms on the cheapContinued from Page 1

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