Why a “Universal Recycling” Bill?• Munis provide recycling access to most residents served

•1 million residents are not served by municipal programs

• Focus for diversion has been on municipalities

• Many private customers opt out of “optional” recycling

• More recovery potential from commercial sector:

1 MassDEP 2011 Solid Waste Update, Table 2 2 MassDEP Municipal Solid Waste and Recycling

Surveys 20113 US Census Bureau Massachusetts Quick Facts

Total MSW: 4.9 million tons disposed 2011 1

Municipalities: 1.8 million tons disposed 2011 2,3

Remainder = commercial: 3.1 million tons

Current regulations• MassDEP Waste Bans enforced at end of pipe

• high diminimis action levels

• difficult to ID generator

• low chance of NON or fine

• SWMP, p.21: Policy Objective One: “Increase recycling

and composting by businesses and institutions through

TA, a requirement on waste haulers to provide full

recycling services to their customers, more aggressive

enforcement of Waste Bans on haulers and generators”

All residents, businesses and institutions must separate waste-banned

materials from the trash

All waste haulers must provide offer adequate recyclables collection service

to all customers

waste service customers that decline recycling service through their waste

hauler must sign a waiver that they have been informed, to be provided to

local health dept. and MassDEP.

recycling service is included with solid waste collection service cost.

All haulers must register with and report to MassDEP

Waste Bans enforced from point of generation through the point of disposal.

Potential ImpactsEnvironmental:

Recover valuable materials

Eliminate need for new disposal capacity

Reduce GGEs from manufacturing, disposal

Economic:

Improve collection route efficiencies

Create jobs

Increase revenues/ Reduce costs?

Models

76 Local ordinances in Mass.

Waste haulers must provide recycling

service to all customers, document to town

33: bundled pricing

Some: businesses must recycle

Enforcement by BOH: challenging

Vermont Act 148: Universal recycling of solid waste

2012

Delaware SB234: Universal Recycling Law 2010

California AB341: Recycling Law 2012

The Hingham Model

2012 Recycling and Dumpster regulations

No recyclables in the trash

All municipal, residential and commercial property

Residents, businesses, haulers all liable to comply

Haulers must report tons/month of recyclables to BOH

Permit required for all dumpsters if TV property>4CY

Enforcement by DPW, HD, FD, PD

Compliance Coordinator partially funded through DEP grant

Fines up to $500/day (nonhaz); revocation of permit

Variances through BOH

Status

13 Cosponsors

Committee: Environment,

Natural Resources and Agriculture 617-722-2210

Hearing date: 6/27/2013

Presented to SWMs at MassRecycle Forum July 9

Met with ENRA Chairman Gobi 9/13

MassRecycle Stakeholder working group has met 3

times, will meet again soon

Redraft to ENRA soon

Details details details… Who, how to coordinate permitting, reporting,

communication, enforcement

Local officials

Haulers

MassDEP

Add to Housing, Sanitary codes?

Ensure level field for large and small haulers,

specialized recyclers

What’s next? Engage the municipal health community

Address one issue at a time in Workgroup

ENRA seeks a multi-stakeholder redraft of H765

Join the discussion!

Together we can build

a better material

management

system

Claire Sullivan Galkowski, Executive Director

781.329.8318

ssrecyclingcoop@verizon.net

Source: MassDEP

2010-2020 Solid

Waste Master

Plan, Dec. 2012,

Fig, 5