April 29, 2019

SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN PUBLIC WORKSHOP

SAFETY BRIEFING

Exit Strategy 911 Caller CPR Backup

CPR

Silence your cell phone. Step outside of the room to take a call.

Interrupt the facilitator with questions.

Don’t interrupt each other.

Be respectful. Keep side conversations to a minimum.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

Waste, trash, garbage = waste you put in your garbage container Recyclables, Recycling = recyclables you put in your recycling container Yard waste, food scraps = organics Bulky waste = oversized waste that won’t fit in your container HHW = Household Hazardous Waste you bring to the HEC3

(Household Electronics Chemical Collection Center) or mobile events WTE = Waste to Energy, processes waste to create renewable energy MRF = Material Recovery Facility, sorting recyclables

DEFINITIONS

www.pinellascounty.org/solidwaste/masterplan/

SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN30-Year Master Plan

Online Surveys Newsletters and Social Media

Engagement Regional Sub-committee Public Workshops

Current solid waste system in Pinellas County

County’s goal for the future of the solid waste system • Zero Waste to Landfill

Your preferences and opinions for the strategies to meet the County’s goals

AGENDA FOR THIS DISCUSSION

Where have we been, and where are we now?

HISTORIC AND CURRENT SOLID WASTE SYSTEM

Waste – WTE FacilityRecyclables – Regional MRFs

Recovered materials from MRFs and WTE

Haulers or Self HaulDrop off LocationsWaste

Recyclables

EXISTING PROGRAMS

Any remaining waste disposed in the landfill

WHERE THE 2.2 MILLION TONS OF WASTE COMES FROM

Single Family30%

Multifamily17%

Commercial53%

WASTE COMPOSITION

Delivered to Solid Waste Management Facility(from Kessler 2014 Study)

22.6%, Recyclable Paper

10.1%, Recyclable Containers

30.9%, Compostables(yard waste, food scraps, non-

recyclable paper)

36.3%, All Other Waste

THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CAMPUS

LANDFILL190,000 tons of ash

Waste Recycled1,180,912 tons

Waste Landfilled (Non Ash)226,657 tons

Waste Combusted789,621 tons

(197,303 tons of Ash generated and landfilled)

TONS RECYCLED AND TONS DISPOSED (2017)

LANDFILL220,000 tons

RECYCLING1,200,000 tons

WASTE PROCESSED AT WTE

790,000 tons

Total = 2.2 Million tons

HISTORICAL RECYCLING RATES

Source: Annual Solid Waste Report published by FDEP

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

TRADITIONAL 33% 34% 32% 52% 54% 55%

ADJUSTED 63% 65% 63% 89% 82% 82%

Pinellas County has ranked #1 in Florida for past 3 years

WTE3,000 tons per day,

~1,000,000 tons per year*

Recycling5 private MRF’s for residential

material in the region

Landfillcurrent landfill area has 84

years of remaining life

CAPACITY OF FACILITIES

If we do nothing

A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE

POPULATION PROJECTIONS

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WASTE & RECYCLABLES PROJECTIONS

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WASTE PROJECTIONS

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Waste processed at WTELandfilled

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Next Phase200 acres

Current Phase240 acres

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Solid Waste Management Facility

WHAT IS YOUR IMPACT

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YOUR RECYCLING COUNTS(24 YEAR DECREASE IN LANDFILL LIFE)

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WHAT CAN WE DO

END GOAL – ZERO WASTE TO LANDFILL HOW DO WE GET THERE?

Minimize how much waste is generated

Maximize how much is recycled, diverted, processed

Responsibly manage what is left over

Eventually, nothing left over for landfill

EXISTING PROGRAMS

SOME OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WITH THE MASTER PLAN EFFORTS

Recycling processing capacity

Anaerobic digestion/composting

Ash reuse – construction products

Bulky waste recovery and processing

Regional cooperation

WTE processing capacity

Standardizing services

We buy things that come in packaging. Sometimes we buy more than we use.

By 2048, 2.5 million tons of waste are projected to be generated in Pinellas County.

WASTE IS GENERATED

What do you do to reduce waste and home or work?

WASTE IS GENERATED

What else can be done to promote waste reduction and reuse?

WASTE IS GENERATED

What role should businesses have to reduce and divert waste?

WASTE IS GENERATED

At curbside, at a centrally located dumpster, or dropped off at the disposal site.

Municipalities have one hauler to provide services to residential customers.

Unincorporated Area has eight licensed haulers. Residents choose which one to use or bring waste to the Facility.

COLLECTION SERVICES

COLLECTION SERVICES

Do you live in the unincorporated area of the County?

If so, would you prefer standardized services?

COLLECTION SERVICESLealman Example:• Area wide competitive procurement• Lowered costs• Reduced traffic• Lowered impacts

Would you support the County researching the same approach for the remainder of the Unincorporated Areas?

COLLECTION SERVICES

If you live in a city, what would you change about your collection service?

What do you currently do with your recyclables?

RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES

Do you think residentsshould be required to participate in a recycling program?

RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES

Do you think businessesshould be required to participate in a recycling program?

RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICES

Recyclables go to a processing facility (MRF) to be sorted and sold to end markets.

RECYCLABLES ARE PROCESSED

Contamination is a BIG problem today.

What do you think recycling contamination is?

How do you think contamination impacts recycling?

What do you do when you don’t know if something can be recycled?

RECYCLABLES ARE PROCESSED

What could be done to help residents and businesses “recycle right”?

RECYCLABLES ARE PROCESSED

Waste goes to the WTE facility to be turned into renewable energy.

WASTE IS PROCESSED

Would you support increased capacity of processing technologies to manage growth?

WASTE IS PROCESSED

END MARKETS

Traditional recycling • Conserve resources• Sold to commodity markets

Processing waste at a WTE• renewable energy sold to

electrical market• ash residuals can be reused or

recycled and metal residuals can be recycled and sold

END MARKETS

Yard waste and food scraps

WHAT ABOUT ORGANICS

What do you do with yard waste?

WHAT ABOUT ORGANICS

What do you do with food scraps?

WHAT ABOUT ORGANICS

Do you think grocery stores and restaurants should divert food scraps?

WHAT ABOUT ORGANICS

Would you favor restaurants or businesses that recycled food scraps?

What if this increased costs?

WHAT ABOUT ORGANICS

Would you participate in a curbside collection for food scraps?

What if there was a fee for this service?

WHAT ABOUT ORGANICS

Cell phones, computers, televisions

WHAT ABOUT ELECTRONICS

What do you currently do with electronics?

WHAT ABOUT ELECTRONICS

What do you wish you could do with electronics?

WHAT ABOUT ELECTRONICS

What is the best way to communicate with you?• A to Z guide• Social media• Print Ads• Nextdoor• Radio• TV• Other?

OUTREACHOUTREACH

Landfill disposal

Landfill is a finite asset• Once its filled, no other

local options

THE END OF THE JOURNEY

Anything else the group wants to discuss?

OPEN COMMENTS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK

Solid Waste Master Plan Webpage: http://www.pinellascounty.org/solidwaste/masterplan/

WHERE THE WASTE COMES FROM

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Source: Annual Solid Waste Report published by FDEP

Nearly 2.2 Million tons

WASTE COMPOSITION

Delivered to Solid Waste Management Facility(from Kessler 2014 Study)

Countywide Waste Composition (from FDEP 2017 Annual Report)

Landfill disposal

Landfill is a finite asset• Once its filled, no other

local options

THE END OF THE JOURNEY