HomeMy WebLinkAboutSWAG agenda 032818SWAG Meeting Agenda
Location: Solid Waste Administrative Office
Date: March 28, 2018
Time: 6:0o PM
Proposed Agenda details:
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Meeting Summary
III. Introduction
a. SWAG Board Members
b. New Solid Waste Director
• Vision for OCSWM
IV. Update on SWAG projects
a. Review of Solid Waste Priorities/ Goals
b. Inter -local Agreement
c. Eubanks Road Waste & Recycling Center
d. SCS Engineers, PC
• Set date to receive presentation - Regional planning, feasibility study
and conceptual design for a regional Integrated Material Management
Facility (IMMF)
e. AGR, LLC
• Set date to receive presentation- Solid Waste Plan
f. Emergency Storm Debris Site Update
V. Department Funding
a. Recommendation to increase fee from $128 to $132
VI. Staff Information Items
a. 2016 -2017 Data Report
b. Government Building Waste Audit
c. Waste Composition Study Results
d. News & Observer Article: China doesn't want your recycling anymore. Here's
what that means for you.
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VII. Next Meeting
VIII. Public Comment
IX. Adjourn
Page 2
Overview of Recycling FY 2016 -17
Compared With FY 2015 -16
Urban Curbside:
Tons
Set Out Rate
Participation Rate
Multifamily:
Tons
Commercial Collection:
Tons
Rural Curbside:
UP 4%
UP 11% CH T 10% CB T 3% H 21%
UP 7% CH T 5% CB T 3% H 13%
DOWN 3% CH 2% CB 0% H 3%
DOWN 5% CH 16% CB 1% H 31%
Tons UP 18%
24 Hour Drop -Off:
Tons UP 4%
Waste and Recycling Centers
Tons
DOWN 26%
Annual Recycling Percentage from State: 62%
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BUSINESS
China doesn't want your recycling anymore. Here's what that means
for you.
BY RICHARD STRADLING
rsfradling@newsobserverrom
March 15,201812:42 PM
RALEIGH — The Chinese no longer want the plastic bottles, milk jugs and junk mail you put in your recycling bin at home.
The world's largest buyer of recycled materials declared last summer that it would no longer import mixed paper and many
types of plastic starting Jan. 1. In some parts of the U.S., bales of unwanted plastics and paper are stacking up in
warehouses and in some cases going into landfills.
North Carolina is also feeling the effects of China's new aversion to what it calls "foreign garbage." While companies in the
Southeast that reprocess recyclables and tarn them into new products are still buying, China's policies have created a glut of
materials that has depressed prices everywhere, including the Triangle. Residential mixed paper that was worth between
$85 and $100 a ton a year ago was eaming about $37 a ton this winter, said Rob Taylor, who until last month headed the
recycling program at the state Department of Environmental Quality.
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"A paper mill in South Carolina that consumes mixed paper has a lot more paper to pick from," Taylor said. "It's going to
pick the best, and it's going to pay less for it."
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Many people recycle because they see it as a simple way to help the environment by reducing waste and saving energy. For
local governments (and taxpayers), recycling is cheaper than paying to bury trash and helps extend the life of landfills Shat
are difficult and expensive to replace.
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Carlos Acevedo, center, sorts Incoming materials at the Sonoco Recycling facility in Raleigh.
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But recycling only works when there is someone willing to buy the materials people put in their bins. With China taking
itself out of the market, "the recycling system is stressed right now," Taylor said.
One measure of that stress is that local governments that collect recycling at the curb are now earning little if anything
when they pass it on to recycling companies. The City of Raleigh sent 28,412 tons of recycling to the Sonoco Recycling
plant on the east side of town in the year ending last June 30. Last June, the city received $9 per ton.
"Last month, we received $0.00," city spokeswoman Terri Godwin Hyman wrote in an email. "According to Sonoco, this is
likely to be the case for at least the foreseeable future."
Sonoco and other companies that collect and prepare recyclables to be reused say residents can help. They say filling bins
with only clean, acceptable materials makes them easier (and cheaper) to sort and get to market.
Recyclables are all mixed together when they're collected, and places like the Sonoco plant on Rogers Road are where
they're separated. The glass ends up in a pile outside, waiting to be taken to a plant in Wilson, while the other materials -
paper, cardboard, aluminum, steel and different types of plastic - are baled and loaded on to trucks, mostly bound for
factories in the Southeast.
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About 13 percent of what comes in to the building can't be recycled, says Sonoco plant manager Patrick McDonald. That
includes Styrofoam, clothes, electronics, shoes, bubble wrap and plastic bags - materials that should not have been put in
the bins in the first place. Recyclers call this "residue," and removing it is critical to producing bales that companies will
want to buy.
A freshly unloaded truck of recycling included a shoe which cannot be recycled.
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As McDonald spoke, a Raleigh recycling truck disgorged its load on the ground just outside the Sonoco plant. At first
glance, it looks like so much trash, all mixed and compacted.
"That's a pretty good looking load, to be honest with you," McDonald said. But even then it wasn't hard to see items that
will have to be pulled out.
"There's a shoe. There's always a shoe," he said. "And those corduroys shouldn't be there."
Sorting by hand
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Front loaders scoop this pile onto the first of a series of conveyor belts that will carry recyclables through the plant.
Machines do some of the separating work; one is a series of rollers that carry plastic and metal containers and paper up an
incline, allowing the containers to fall through openings on the way up while the paper gets pushed over the top into a
separate bin.
But much of the work is done with human hands, as workers stand along the conveyor belts sorting different types of
plastics or pulling out materials that shouldn't be there.
To decrease the amount of residue in its finished bales, Sonoco has slowed down the speed of the conveyor belts and
increased the number of workers, McDonald said. The Sonoco plant runs about 20 hours a day, separating recycling from
Raleigh, Cary, Durham and Orange and Chatham counties, as well as numerous private haulers.
Carlos Acevedo sorts Incoming materials at the Sonoco Recycling facility in Raleigh.
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It was not long ago that people were encouraged to keep their paper and cardboard separate from the plastic, glass, steel
and aluminum cans and bottles. In Raleigh, city workers would grab each homeowner's open - topped green bin and sort the
recyclables into separate sections of the truck.
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To make it easier for residents and the city, Raleigh went to larger, closed- topped blue recycling bins that a city employee
can empty with a mechanical arm controlled from the cab of the truck. "Go-mingled" recycling is now the industry
standard and is what gave rise to places like the Sonoco plant.
But there was a tradeoff. where a city worker emptying a bin by hand might leave behind a shoe or a pair of pants, it all
now goes into the truck. At Sonoco, the first people who see it are five men who stand on either side of the conveyor belt,
pulling out the obvious offenders before the stream flows into machines that separate glass and corrugated cardboard.
"People now have the opportunity to do more recycling, which is a good thing," McDonald said of the larger blue bins.
"However, now there is no visibility on the material until these five gentlemen here see it, and by then it's too late. At that
point, if it's residue, it's now our problem because it's already here."
China changes course
China apparently felt the same way. The country relied on recycling from around the world as raw materials for its
factories, but came to find that too much of what it received was contaminated with garbage or even hazardous waste.
Last year, the country announced new restrictions on the amount of contamination allowed in bales of corrugated
cardboard and other materials - numbers so low that many American companies such as Sonoco have stopped sending
cardboard to China for fear of it being rejected. Then last summer, China told the World Trade Organization that it would
stop importing 24 types of waste, including different types of plastic and mixed paper, starting Jan. 1.
"The big picture is that China is trying to clean up their own environment," said Taylor, the former state recycling program
director. "And they're trying to grow domestic recycling in China and turn to their own waste stream instead of ours."
China's restrictions are felt less keenly in the Southeast because the region is less dependent on exports for its recycling,
said Will Sagar, executive director of the Southeast Recycling Development Council, a trade group that represents
companies and governments in 11 states from Louisiana to Virginia. There are 360 manufacturing plants in that region that
use recycled materials to make new products, according to the council, including 60 in North Carolina. Some like Envision
Plastics in Reidsville turn detergent and shampoo bottles into resins to make new bottles, while others, such as Clear Path
Recycling of Fayetteville, take plastics bottles and use them in new products, such as flooring or fibers.
Sager says the Chinese crackdown on contamination will ultimately be good for the U.S. recycling industry, if it results in
tighter controls on what goes out the door.
"Our domestic markets don't like all the contamination either," he said.
For that to happen, industry officials say, residents will need to be encouraged to do a better job at the front end. The
people who run government recycling programs around the country are looking for ways to encourage people to do the right
thing, said Scott Mouw of The Recycling Partnership, a national non -profit funded by companies such as Coke, Pepsi and
Target.
"What it boils down to if you're a homeowner and you've put the wrong stuff in your cart, the city should be giving you
feedback on that," Mouw said.
Mouw cited campaigns that urge residents not to put their recycling into plastic bags, which the recycling processors
sometimes discard because they don't know what's inside. Two years ago, Cary surveyed people's recycling bins and
screened for unwanted items, including bagged recyclables. Town workers left behind notes explaining why some items
were left in the bin and reminding residents to "keep it loose in the cart' and not use bags.
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How to help
• Consult your city or town's recycling program to see what items they accept and most importantly which ones they do not.
See a list of links below. Some common items that should not be in your recycling bin include food waste, styrofoam,
electronics, shoes, appliances, greasy pizza boxes and clothing.
• Leave out items that can gum up the machinery in the recycling plant, including plastic bags, garden hoses, strings of
Christmas lights and old VHS tapes. Many grocery stores will take back the plastic grocery bags, which can be recycled.
Put items in your bin loose, not in a plastic trash or kitchen garbage bag. The recycling plant operators don't know what's
inside those bags, and don't always take the time to rip them open.
Wake County residents can take all sorts of items, from propane tanks, paint, cellphones and appliances to VHS tapes and
oyster shells, to the county's two recycling drop -off sites. For the complete list, and where you can take them, go to
maps .wakegov.com /sw /index.html #/.
In addition, Raleigh residents can take advantage of the city's new program for recycling shoes and clothing.
For information about what to put in the recycling bins in your community, go to:
Apex: www.apemc.org /552 /Residential- Recycling
Cary: http: //nando.com /50s
Chapel Hill /Carrboro: http: / /mndo.com/50t
Chatham County: http: //nando.com /50u
Clayton: http: / /nando.com /50v
City of Durham: durhamnc.gov /862/Recycling
Durham County: http: / /nmdo.com/wd
Fuquay- Varina: www.fugmy- varina.org /397 /Recycling - Collection- Service _
Garner: http: //nando.wm /50w
Holly Springs: www.hollyspringsnc.us /69 /Garbage - Recycling
Johnston County: www. johnstonnc .cam/recycling/recwaste.cfm
Knightdale: http: / /nando.com /50z
Morrisville: http: //hmdo.com /50x
Orange County: http: //nando.com /50t
Raleigh: www.raleighnc.gov /recycling
Rolesville: http: / /mndo.com /50y
Wake Forest: www .wakeforestnc.gov/recycling.aspx
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OTHER RECYCLING OPTIONS
You don't have to rely on the city for recycling large Items. Many non - profit thrift stores in the area take furniture and
clothing and use the proceeds to further their mission. These include the Green Chair Project, Habitat for Humanity, A
-Z Thrift Shop and Retails Thrift Shop, all in Raleigh. The Scrap Exchange in Durham excepts numerous items including
Christmas lights, toys, cloth and shoes.
There's also the Give Back Box program. Re -use your boxes from Amazon to donate clothing or other goods to
Goodwill. Amazon allows you to printout a free shipping label on Its website and the box will ship free to Goodwill
Industries.
For electronics, consider:
• Kramden Institute: Accepts computer equipment at no charge. 4915 Prospectus Drive, Durham, 919 - 293 -1133,
kramclen.org
• Triangle Ecycling: Accepts computer equipment at no charge. Other a -waste (such as TVs) recycled for $1 1pound. 905
E. Jackie Robinson Drive, Durham, 919 - 414.3041, triangleecycling.com
• Anything with a Plug: TVs and computer monitors (except for those with tubes or projection), appliances, etc. and the
cords and plugs. 1008 Hammell Drive, Raleigh, www .anythingwithaplugrecycling.com
Raleigh Metal Recycling: Buys laptops, PCs, towers, servers, main frames, printers, copiers, microwaves but not
computer monitors. 2310 Garner Road, Raleigh, 919 - 828 -5426, www. raleighscrapmetalrecycling.com /
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URBAN RECYCLING PROGRAM SUMMARY BY JURISDICTION*
TOTAL
URBAN CURBSIDE COLLECTION PROGRAM **
MUTLI- FAMILY COLLECTION * **
COMMERCIAL COLLECTION * **
.ARRBOR
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
FY 16/17
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
PARTICIP
ATION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE*
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15 /16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
.st Quarter
st Quarter
359
329
361
10%
81%
50%
37%
48%
32%
-
85%
66%
87%
31%
95
90
85
92
8%
46
55
48
50
47
d Quarter
d Quarter
358
378
361
-4%
79%
50%
43%
49%
14%
-
85%
77%
83%
7%
94
86
87
90
3%
52
54
53
47
-127
rd Quarter
rd Quarter
350
362
364
1%
76%
51%
50%
48%
-2%
-
84%
83%
81%
-3%
86
81
84
82
-2%
49
54
52
45
-13%
th Quarter
quarter
347
351
332
-6%
80%
48%
43%
32%
-26%
-
85%
82%
68%
-17%
94
86
94
87
-8%
49
57
44
52
18%
Annual
It'
Annual
1,413
1,420
1,420
0%
79%
50%
43%
44%
3%
-
85%
77%
80%
3%
368
344
350
350
0%
196
220
197
195
-1%
TOTAL
URBAN CURBSIDE COLLECTION PROGRAM **
MUTLI- FAMILY COLLECTION * **
COMMERCIAL COLLECTION * **
HAPEL hill
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
PARTICIP
ATION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 14/16
FY 14/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
st Quarter
-
893
869
902
4%
64%
45%
36%
48%
35%
-
79%
65%
81%
24%
190
181
181
184
2%
163
196
168
224
33%
d Quarter
-
882
933
961
3%
65%
44%
40%
47%
19%
-
78%
71%
81%
14%
187
172
185
186
0%
185
194
184
208
13%
rd Quarter
-
870
893
937
5%
70%
31%
43%
46%
6%
-
78%
76%
77%
1%
171
162
177
167
-6%
174
192
189
195
3%
quarter
-
842
936
941
1%
59%
48%
40%
32%
-18%
-
77%
75%
64%
-16%
188
173
180
174
-3%
177
202
190
218
15%
It'
Annual
-
3,486
3,631
3,741
3%
64%
42%
40%
43%
10%
-
78%
72%
76%
5%
737
688
724
711
-2%
698
783
731
845
16%
TOTAL
URBAN CURBSIDE COLLECTION PROGRAM **
MUTLI- FAMILY COLLECTION * **
COMMERCIAL COLLECTION-
LSBOROU
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
PARTICIP
ATION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
st Quarter
-
166
168
176
5%
55%
41%
31%
46%
48%
-
76%
65%
78%
20%
27
25
5
6
12%
32
39
35
62
77%
d Quarter
-
170
171
193
13%
53%
43%
35%
46%
30%
-
78%
67%
80%
19%
26
24
5.70
6.183
8%
36
38
39
55
417
rd Quarter
-
165
167
200
20%
48%
43%
39%
46%
17%
-
76%
72%
79%
10%
24
23
5
5
-2%
34
38
41
50
23%
th Quarter
-
163
175
226
29%
60%
43%
38%
36%
-5%
-
77%
70%
73%
4%
26
24
6
5
-57
35
40
53
52
-2%
Annual
-
664
681
794
17%
54%
43%
36%
43%
21%
-
77%
69%
77%
13%
103
97
22
23
3%
138
155
168
219
31%
TOTAL
URBAN CURBSIDE COLLECTION PROGRAM **
MUTLI- FAMILY COLLECTION * **
COMMERCIAL COLLECTION * **
SINGLE-
STREAM
COLLECTI
ON
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
SETOUT
RATE
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
PARTICIP
ATION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
PARTICPA
TION
RATE
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
TONS
TONS
TONS
TONS
%
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOU
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
st Quarter
1,098
1,418
1,366
1,439
5%
67%
46%
35%
48%
38%
-
80%
65%
82%
25%
312
297
271
276
2%
241
289
252
274
9%
d Quarter
1,237
1,410
1,481
1,515
2%
66%
45%
39%
47%
20%
-
80%
72%
81%
13%
307
282
279
276
-1%
273
287
277
255
-87
rd Quarter
1,198
1,384
1,422
1,502
6%
65%
42%
44%
47%
6%
-
79%
77%
79%
3%
281
266
266
249
-7%
257
284
283
240
-15%
th Quarter
1,163
1,351
1,490
1,543
4%
66%
46%
40%
33%
-17%
-
80%
76%
68%
-10%
308
283
279
261
-7%
261
298
287
271
-6%
Annual
4,696
5,563
5,760
5,999
4%
66%
45%
40%
44%
11%
-
80%
73%
78%
7%
1,208
1,128
1,096
1,061
-3%
1,031
1,157
1,098
1,040
-5%
* Due to the integrated nature of recycling collection operations throughout the county which helps to ensure efficient and optimal collection services, there is some minor overlap of collection services by program areas, e.g. The
commercial recycling route collects some multi - family locations. To the extent possible, these variations in service collection are apportioned to each specific program accordingly.
** The total tons byjurisdiction in the Urban Curbside Collection program is apportioned according to the participation rate and number of homes by jurisdiction. This assumes that each cart collected at the curb has the same average
weight when collected.
* ** Tons are apportioned in the Multi - Family and Commercial programs based on the average number of carts collected in each jurisdiction at each MF /Commercial site for that quarter. This assumes that each cart collected at each site
has the same average weight when collected.
NOTES:
Participation Rate - the proportion of households served that take part in the curbside collection program at least once per month.
Setout Rate - the proportion of households that set out their recycling cart in any given week.
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TONS
%
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SETOUT
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SETOUT
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SETOUT
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SETOUT
RATE
%
CHANGE
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FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
FY 13/14
FY 14/15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
stQuarter
435
422
588
712
21%
38%
41%
44%
45%
2%
d Quarter
486
451
607
741
22%
35%
44%
44%
50%
14%
rd Quarter
396
484
615
675
10%
35%
40%
44%
41%
-7%
th Quarter
442
590
601
728
21%
40%
42%
44%
48%
9%
Annuall
1,7591
1,947
24111
2856
18%
37%
42%
44%
46%
5%
NOTE: it is not possible given current data collection constraints to gather particpation rates in the
24 -HOUR DROP -OFF SITES - SINGLE STREAM*
* Corrugated cardboard is not included in the single- stream tonnage. Cardboard is collected separetely from single stream in an integrated manner across program and jurisdictional boundaries and is included in the annual report.
TOTAL SINGLE - STREAM FOR ALL DROP -OFF SITES
TOTAL
FOR FY
TOTAL
I FOR FY
TOTAL
FOR FY
TOTAL
FOR FY
%
CHANGE
st Quarter
501
448
308
336
9%
d Quarter
551
434
363
350
-3%
rd Quarter
490
351
333
341
2%
th Quarter
506
331
350
384
10%
Annual
2,048
1,563
1,353
1,412
4%
43
-24%
09
77
79
3%
88
105
70
67
-4%
75
79
52
CHANGE
-14%
44
114
93
65
CHANGE
d Quarter
56
71
63
CHANGE
-31%
U464395
04
75
CHANGE
-10%
94
108
82
CHANGE
-23%
81
77
58
FROM
-25%
44
112
98
73
FROM
rd Quarter
52
60
54
FROM
HAMPTON POINT
(HOME
4
FROM
47
-42%
87
80
FROM
58
-14%
66
63
PREVIOU
41
CARRBORO
PLAZA
95
87
PREVIOU
CEDAR
FALLS
55
63
PREVIOU
45
DEPOT)
7
PREVIOU
MEADOWMONT
-100%
92
79
PREVIOU
UNIVERSITY
MALL
77
63
5 YEAR
48
5 YEAR
S YEAR
5 YEAR
S YEAR
72
FY13/14
FY14/15
FY15 /16
FY16 /17
FY13 /14
FY14 /15
FY15/16
FY16/17
FY13 /14
FY14 /15
FY15/16
FY16 /17
FY13/14
FY14/15
FY15/16
FY16/17
FY13 /14
FY14 /15
FY15 /16
FY16 /17
st Quarter
121
108
92
99
8%
61
49
26
29
11%
130
129
80
91
14%
50
39
30
41
38%
138
123
80
75
-6%
d Quarter
115
119
107
91
-15%
68
44
28
29
3%
147
125
99
91
-7%
53
37
34
35
3%
169
109
94
103
9%
rd Quarter
119
70
96
86
-10%
58
42
31
38
22%
124
105
81
90
11%
52
37
35
36
5%
137
98
91
92
1%
th Quarter
115
102
101
97
-4%
62
33
32
72
122%
125
79
90
81
-11%
55
33
38
33
-13%
149
84
89
101
15%
Annual
469
398
395
373
-6%
249
168
118
168
43%
527
439
350
353
1%
210
145
137
146
7%
593
413
354
372
5%
* Corrugated cardboard is not included in the single- stream tonnage. Cardboard is collected separetely from single stream in an integrated manner across program and jurisdictional boundaries and is included in the annual report.
TOTAL SINGLE - STREAM FOR ALL DROP -OFF SITES
WASTE & RECYCLING CENTERS RECYCLING - SINGLE - STREAM*
TOTAL
FOR FY
TOTAL
I FOR FY
TOTAL
FOR FY
TOTAL
FOR FY
%
CHANGE
st Quarter
501
448
308
336
9%
d Quarter
551
434
363
350
-3%
rd Quarter
490
351
333
341
2%
th Quarter
506
331
350
384
10%
Annual
2,048
1,563
1,353
1,412
4%
WASTE & RECYCLING CENTERS RECYCLING - SINGLE - STREAM*
* Corrugated cardboard is not included in the single- stream tonnage. Cardboard is collected in an integrated manner across program and jurisdictional boundaries and is included in the annual report.
TOTAL SINGLE - STREAM FOR ALL WASTE & RECYCLING CENTERS
BRADSHAW QUARRY
CHANGE
EUBANKS RD
TOTAL
FOR FY
CHANGE
FERGUSON RD
CHANGE
HIGH ROCK
CHANGE
WALNUT GROVE
FY13 /14 FY14 /15 FY15 /16 FY16 /17
CHANGE
FY13 /14
FY14 /15
FY15 /16
FY16 /17
291
-23%
4 /15
FY15 /16
FY16 /17
350
FY13 /14
FY14 /15
FY15 /16
FY16 /17
387
FY13 /14
FY14 /15
FY 15/16
FY 16/17
1,517
st Quarter
53
64
56
43
-24%
09
77
79
3%
88
105
70
67
-4%
75
79
52
44
-14%
44
114
93
65
-30%
d Quarter
56
71
63
43
-31%
U464395
04
75
68
-10%
94
108
82
63
-23%
81
77
58
44
-25%
44
112
98
73
-25%
rd Quarter
52
60
54
36
-35%
4
82
47
-42%
87
80
67
58
-14%
66
63
60
41
-31%
41
95
87
69
-20%
th Quarter
55
63
60
45
-24%
7
82
0
-100%
92
79
78
67
-14%
77
63
57
48
-16%
48
95
96
72
-25%
Annual
215
258
233
167
-28%
316
194
-39%
362
372
297
255
-14%
299
282
226
177
-22%
177
415
374
279
-25%
* Corrugated cardboard is not included in the single- stream tonnage. Cardboard is collected in an integrated manner across program and jurisdictional boundaries and is included in the annual report.
TOTAL SINGLE - STREAM FOR ALL WASTE & RECYCLING CENTERS
TOTAL
FOR FY
I TOTAL
FOR FY
TOTAL
FOR FY
TOTAL
FOR FY
%
CHANGE
st Quarter
372
470
348
298
-14%
d Quarter
399
474
376
291
-23%
rd Quarter
356
391
350
252
-28%
th Quarter
390
387
372
232
-38%
Annual
1,517
1,723
1,447
1,073
-26%
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Solid Waste Advisory Group Meeting Summary
DATE: March 23, 2017
LOCATION: Solid Waste Administration Training Room
MEMBERS PRESENT: Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle, Carrboro Alderman Randee Haven - O'Donnell, Chapel Hill
Mayor Pam Hemminger, Chapel Hill Councilmember Michael Parker, Hillsborough Commissioner Mark Bell,
UNC- Chapel Hill Representative Brad Ives, UNC - Healthcare Representative Mel Hurston, Orange County
Commissioner Barry Jacobs, Orange County Commissioner Penny Rich
MEMBERS ABSENT: Hillsborough Commissioner Brian Lowen, UNC - Chapel Hill Representative Matt Fajack
STAFF PRESENT: Carrboro Public Works Director JD Freeman, Chapel Hill Solid Waste Wendy Simmons, Chapel
Hill Public Works Director Lance Norris, Hillsborough Public Works Director Ken Hines, UNC -CH Solid Waste
Program Manager BJ Tipton, Orange County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, OC Solid Waste Management
Director Gayle Wilson, OC Solid Waste staff: Gordon Dively, Allison Lohrenz, Blair Pollock, Cheryl Young, Kristina
Witosky, and Kate Glass
Call to Order
Meeting Summary approval
• January 30 2017, Meeting Sun
• No changes to the Agenda pre
Financial Plan — Solid Waste Program Fee Options & Recommendations — Bonnie Hammersley, County
Manager
a) Hammersley indicated she had met with Town Managers about the fee and they had deferred to
county. She will be recommending the $128 program fee for FY17 -18 to the Board. This rate will sustain
current programs. The Towns do need to approve the increase so the County can implement the change
to that County representatives will be available for any town meetings.
b) Hammersley responded to several questions about using the solid waste fund balance upfront.
Hammersley indicated that the County is confident that the balance will be maintained. The
recommendation is based on a 5 -year outlook with 1 -year recommendations and includes annual fund
review and allows for an increase if necessary.
c) In response to questions about the mechanism for monitoring this fund and fee, Hammersley advised
that the interlocal agreement establishes internal oversight and frequent meetings of the managers to
monitor budget issues and to make recommendations to their respective governing boards after annual
evaluations of funds.
d) The goal is for the program fee to take effect on July 1, 2017.
Hemminger joined our group after this discussion and Jacobs asked for her opinion on this issue. Hemminger
advocating for a higher fee based on declining recyclables markets and forecast for continued decline and
strongly recommends that we consider higher fees now and better protection of the fund. Hammersley
responded that the $128 assumes $750,000 contribution from SW fund balance with goal to have 17% reserve.
Hammersley further advised after FY17/18 we will still have 28 % reserve in the SW fund and it will take 5 years
to get down to 17 %. Hammersley is confident funds available to maintain minimum 17% reserve in FY17/18.
Plus County conducts annual review. Hemminger asked if the fee decision based on assumptions the recycling
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market will not change and Hammersley responded it is based on no change to current recycling market and the
County will do what it needs to do by balancing expenditures and revenues. Hemminger restated recycling
markets are unstable and we should start at a higher rate and be prepared for a shift in the recyclables market.
Lavelle agreed with Hemminger's concerns and that the changing economic landscape and we should be
cautious setting the fee. Parker asked if there were any abilities to "test" this fee against decreasing recycling
markets to evaluate the risk and improve our understanding of our vulnerability. Hammersley reiterated the
Finance office supports this fee and that Donaldson will respond to concerns at next meeting. She will be
presenting the $128 fee to the Board of Commissioner and they make the final decision.
Regional Waste Management Framework Opportunities Assessment Update and Integrated Materials
Management Facility (Waste Transfer Station) Preliminary Assessment — Bob Dick, Project Manager, SCS
Engineers, PC
Dick provided a PowerPoint presentation "Regional Planning Framework & Preliminary IMM Facility Feasibility
Study" to the group. This presentation summarized efforts to date to explore options for a regional integrated
materials management (IMM) facility or other joint ventures. Primary goal of the study is to identify an efficient
and sustainable option for Orange County solid waste. Other jurisdictions and institutions, including the City of
Durham, are included in the study.. The need for a local facility has been established and documented with
TOCH and OC. Note: Regional does not mean the facility will necessarily be located in OC and no site or parcel
has been identified for a facility.
a) Lavelle requested several changes to the "Executive Summary Needs Assessment — Regional Integrated
Materials Management Facility" report provided to the group. These were identified during the course
of the meeting and SCS will make changes to the report as requested and resubmit for review.
b) Parker requested the study look beyond "landfilling" and consider other options. Dick indicated primary
intent of IMM facility will be to enhance recycling and provide cost- effective, efficient, aggregation and
transfer with a reduction in emissions. They are considering other options, delivery to a Waste -to-
Energy (WTE) facility closer to Raleigh.
Jacobs wanted to know the status of the report and process. Dick responded they will make revisions to report
based on today's comments and will provide an update to GW for feedback with a goal of final product by May
2017.
Dick summarized the concept of a local facility that will be sensitive to siting, environmental impact,
sustainability, and economic factors. Two funding options presented:
1) OC owns /operates the facility, provides initial capital costs and charges a tipping fee to
customers /users; or,
2) The facility is operated as a partnership; partners share the capital costs and operating costs
proportionally between the partners. There would be no tipping fees for the partners. There would
be direct haul cost avoidance for partners.
a) Revenues based on waste acceptance quantity and tipping fees.
b) Long haul fees need to be considered.
Jacobs requested that living wage being used in any calculations for costs.
SWAG Priority Update — Gayle Wilson, County Solid Waste Director
Suggested updates to the 9/2016 list of priorities with 3/2017 updates:
• #2 at request of Hammersley revise dates and steps for concluding interlocal agreement by 7/17
(Jacobs suggested changing July to June);
• #4 alter completion date and incorporate the regional plan framework;
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• # 7 this is ongoing process with reviews and revisions as needed but would mark as completed with
ongoing review and revisions as necessary;
• #8 combine #8, 9, 12 & 13 as discussed with conclusion of comprehensive long -term waste reduction
and recycling study to begin this summer.
Materials Recovery Facility Tour — Muriel Williman, Education & Outreach Coordinator
A tour of the Sonoco MRF is scheduled for 4/21/17 at 1 PM. Patrick McDonald plant manager and their
procurement rep will be there. Arrangements to be made via emails with Williman.
Information Items — General Staff Update —
a) Eubanks Road Waste and Recycling Facilities Improvement Update
Several questions asked about the status of this project. Wilson indicated they are removing stumps,
have built a sediment basin, and will be hauling dirt for a couple of weeks to achieve the construction
grade. He indicated the number of customers using the temporary site is not as high as the Eubanks
road site but there have been no complaints.
Public Comment -
Ms. Amanda Fairley, Sustainability Manager, Waste Ma
committee.
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Name of IV
ment, introduced herself to the group and
Agenda
Solid Waste Advisory Group
March 23, 2017 — 5:30 p.m.
Solid Waste Oaerations Center
1. Call to Order— Chair
2. Approve Meeting Summary
January 30, 2017 — Chair, Attachment
3. Financial Plan: Solid Waste Programs Fee Options & Recommendations - Bonnie Hammersley,
County Manager and Gary Donaldson, County Chief Financial Officer
4. Regional Waste Management Framework Opportunities Assessment Update and Integrated
Materials Management Facility (Waste Transfer Station) Preliminary Assessment — Bob Dick,
Project Manager, SCS Engineers, PC, Attachment
5. SWAG Priority Update —Gayle Wilson, County Solid Waste Director, Attachment
6. Materials Recovery Facility Tour — Muriel Williman, Education & Outreach Coordinator and
Allison Lohrenz, Recycling Programs Manager
7. Information Items:
a. General Staff Update Memo, Attachment
a. C &D Landfill Business Practice Evaluation
b. Emergency Storm Debris Management Site Search Update
c. Government Building Waste Audits Update
d. Telling Business Recycling Success Stories
e. Long Term Recycling & Waste Reduction Planning Update
f. Solid Waste Programs Fee - Public Assistance
g. Eubanks Road Waste & Recycling Facilities Improvements Update
h. Second Quarter FY 2016/17 Solid Waste Program Data Report
i. Destination of Waste Delivered to the City of Durham Waste Transfer Station
j. Difference in Interest Income Between Fee Option Scenarios 1 and 2
k. County Tax Administrator Presentation to Towns
I. Landfill Gas Production and Revenue
S. Public Comment —Chair
9. Adjourn —Chair
Next Meeting —There are no additional meetings scheduled.
Dinner will be provided
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Orange County Landfill (919) 932 -2989
Memorandum
To: Solid Waste Advisory Group
From: Orange County Solid Waste Staff
Subject: Results of 2016 -17 Waste Composition Study
Date: December 4, 2017
Attachments: Five
Orange Community Recycling (919) 968 -2788
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This memo summarizes work over the past year on internal government recycling and waste reduction
program investigation, education and improvements within the four local governments within Orange
County.
Background
Every few years the County conducts waste composition audits of the major County and Town buildings
to measure progress in recycling by analyzing how much recycling remains in the trash. Throughout
fiscal year 2016 -2017, Solid Waste staff, primarily intern Alex Gottschalk, conducted a series of these
waste composition studies or audits of trash from major government buildings in the County
(Attachment 1) and all three Towns (Attachments 2 - 4), the first since 2008. For County buildings the
amount of recyclables found in the trash by weight dropped from 28% in 2008 to 18 %, a decline of 33%
which represents significant progress. Similar comparative data was not available for the various Towns.
Following the audits, Solid Waste staff conducted a series of follow up face -to -face surveys (Attachment
5, survey blank form) and building walk - throughs with County Department heads, and Town of Chapel
Hill Department heads to clarify their the role of recycling and waste reduction activities in their
respective Departments and point towards future improvements. Only the County report contains
analysis of the survey results and delves more deeply into detailed findings as a result. Similar surveys
and walk- throughs are pending with the Towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough.
This memo summarizes the results and process of those audits and describes the process County staff
used for identifying possible improvements to current recycling and waste reduction activities
throughout local government.
Auditing Process
The four attached memos detail the results for each of the individual governments. Below is a summary
of the attached information. Because the previous waste audits were conducted in 2008 enough time
had gone by to assess progress by government employees and staff. Unannounced, Solid Waste staff
sequestered a load of trash from each major building in each government throughout late 2016 and
early 2017. Where multiple Departments occupied a single building, every effort was made to separate
trash by Department. Loads were then sorted and paper, cans and bottles, electronics, hazardous waste
(like batteries) and reusable items (like mugs or clothing) were weighed separately. Those buildings
with low occupancy or small in size were not included. Waste from public parks was not included either.
The table below summarizes the percentages by weight of recyclable materials found in the trash,
totaled for each government's buildings. Each of the attachments contains the audit details for the
individual government and provides an overall summary with building -by- building findings. This weight -
of- recyclables-in- the -trash metric is a surrogate for the success of the internal recycling efforts by the
various governments. While it was just a single day's trash from each major building, the collective
metric represents a reasonable estimate of ongoing performance.
Government
% recyclables in the trash 2016 -17
Orange County
19%
Town of Carrboro
18%
Town of Chapel Hill
18%
Town of Hillsborough
39%
County Solid Waste staff then contacted individual Department heads and conducted an in- person
survey focused on waste reduction and recycling activity and messaging in each Department. Along with
the survey, Solid Waste staff conducted a building (or Department) walk- through primarily to identify
the need for additional recycling bins and for ensuring that all the waste bins were paired with recycling
bins for convenient recycling. County staff followed up by delivering and placing recycling bins where
needed.
Following that activity, each Department head was given a copy of the survey results and their particular
Department's waste audit results. At that point, each Department head was offered training
opportunities for furtherance of waste reduction and recycling. Most County and Town of Chapel Hill
Departments have taken advantage of training opportunities or are planning to schedule them. The
Town of Chapel Hill is working with the County to incorporate recycling training into their New
Employee Orientation (NEO) similar to the County's current NEO protocol.
Next Steps
Town of Carrboro Departments will be surveyed in the coming month or two, as the Department heads'
schedules permit. Town of Hillsborough surveys are slated for early in 2018. Following the surveys,
County staff may conduct a second round of waste audits for all governments to determine if any
further progress in waste reduction and recycling has been made and if various Departments need any
further assistance in improving these efforts. Efforts will focus not only on reducing recyclables in the
trash, but also on reducing waste in the first place as illustrated by the techniques shown in the survey.
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Memorandum
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To: Solid Waste Advisory Group
From: Orange County Solid Waste Staff
Subject: Results of 2016 -17 Waste Composition Study
Date: December 4, 2017
Attachments: 2
Orange Community Recycling (919) 968 -2788
This memorandum includes a description of the most recent waste composition study conducted in
Orange County in 2016 -17.
Background
Approximately every five years since 1990, Orange County has conducted a waste composition study by
sector including single family residential; multi -unit housing and commercial; by jurisdiction including
each of the three towns; unincorporated County and UNC. This memorandum summarizes results of the
most recent study conducted in 2016 -17 and makes a few comparisons with past studies' data to
examine some trends. A composition study for the County is attached and includes trend analyses going
back to the 1995 study. The 1990 results were not comparable enough to include. A separate report is
included for UNC as they have a different breakdown among the types of buildings served.
Discussion
A total of one - hundred -one samples from all sectors including single family residential, multi -unit
housing (MUH) and commercial (non - residential) were taken over the two season sort in October 2016
and April 2017. The samples were proportionally distributed by jurisdiction and sector based on the
estimated tonnages coming from each. The amount of curbside recyclable material (cans, bottles, paper
and some plastics) remaining in the waste was 21% by weight, other recyclables including plastic bags,
textiles, scrap metal, hazardous waste and electronics was 10% . Compostable waste including food,
low grade paper and some yard waste was 47 %. Thus less than 25% of waste was not recoverable using
current technologies and markets. (figure 3 -1, page 12). Results from UNC (att. 2) were similar, showing
21% readily recyclable on campus and another 6% recoverable in conventional markets. (table 4 -1 p.22)
with a possible 51% compostable, leaving less than 25% not recoverable using current means.
Previously, data from the 1995 waste composition study helped the County set its waste reduction goal
of 61% in 1997, based on the potential to reduce or divert 50% of recyclables and some (backyard)
compostables from the waste stream. Over time the studies have also enabled us to assess
effectiveness of policies such as the implementation of the initial ban on landfilling non - residential
cardboard in 1996 and the subsequent ban on residential cardboard in 2005. Both bans resulted in a
significant decline in cardboard landfilled as seen in the waste composition study conducted following
the ban, summarized in the table below. NOTE: The single family sector shows a two -part slightly slower
decline, as the residential ban was not fully implemented until the 2005 -2006 year was complete. This
single policy was calculated to have saved over a year of landfill space in Orange County and also
diverted thousands of tons back to productive reuse. Staff estimates at an average 20 year market value
of around $100 per ton, the cardboard ban alone yielded about $6 million in revenues.
Impact of cardboard ban on percent of corrugated cardboard in Orange County NC Waste 1995 -2017
Sector
% cardboard in
% cardboard in
% cardboard in
%2010
%2016
garbage 1995.
garbage 2000
garbage 2005
(Landfill Ban
(ban in place
(Landfill ban
implemented in
for MUH &
implemented
1996 for MUH &
commercial)
in residential
Commercial)
2005 -06 and
cardboard
added to
curbside
program)
Residential
4.5%
4.7%
2.4%
1.8%
1.6%
Multi -Unit Housing
7.2%
2.8%
1.6%
1.6%
2.3%
Commercial (all other
10.7%
3.5%
3.1%
2.6%
3.6%
not in above sectors)
The waste composition studies have also enabled Orange County to view success of its recycling
programs and offer a look at how changing technologies and packaging trends may affect our future
solid waste planning. In general, recyclables found in the waste in 2016 -17 that could be collected at the
curb, MUH and drop -off sites have declined to about 21% overall from about 30% in 1995. Along with
increased local recycling efforts driving down that percentage, as metal cans and plastic bottles become
lighter, pouches of food replace cans, and physical newspapers and magazines are replaced by
electronic versions, the waste stream overall changes. Thus past emphasis on a material such as paper
may become less important (except cardboard) while we need to find more effective ways to manage
textiles, plastic bags and film, and food waste.
Details broken down and available in the attached reports. The main pie graphs showing waste
composition overall and by sector are found on pages: 12, 16, 20 and 24 of the main report. UNC report
is a separate attachment with similar results from the campus waste stream. The main conclusion is
that while recyclables as a percentage of waste have declined, there is still over thirty percent of Orange
County waste that could be captured using current markets and current processing technologies.
Overall the waste composition studies provide a valuable snapshot of our waste and the potential to
reduce it via a combination of conventional recycling, composting (both backyard and large- scale) and
reducing or reusing materials. As in the past, the data from this waste composition study will be an
integral component of the pending solid waste planning process.