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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.



Welcome


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Christopher Koehler

Program Co-Chair

Solid Waste Section Manager,

HDR, Inc.



Introduction


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Mike Scipione

EBC Chair & Program Co-Chair

President,

Weston & Sampson



Introduction


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Molly Ettenborough

Recycling and Energy Manager,

City of Newburyport



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.



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



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

Contact Matthew Destino:[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Contact InfoDawn Quirk

MassDEP

[email protected]

http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/recycle

/solid/massachusetts-waste-disposal-bans.html

Panel Discussion
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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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



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