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SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEEMarch 23-24, 2010
What is a Waste Reduction Program?
What’s to come tonight!!!
• What is a Waste Reduction Program?
• Why a Waste Reduction Program?• How does it work?• How much will it save?• What will it cost?• Questions
Not much recycling going on here!
Much Better!!!!!
What is a Waste Reduction Program?
• A community wide effort to eliminate wastes whenever we can and use the remaining wastes as resources wherever possible and dispose of as little as possible…
–Throw out less–Recycle more
2008 Solid Waste Advisory Committee
(SWAC) Report
Assumes that Landfill closes on or about 12/31/2010
Plan implementable by January 1, 2011 Fee structure equitably reflects a
household’s recycling and waste reduction efforts:
RECYCLE MORE = PAY LESSTHROW AWAY MORE = PAY MORE
Underlying Concept
• Run Solid Waste Program like the South Hadley Electric Light Department or Water Districts…– use more electricity or water, pay more– use less electricity or water, pay less
•More recycling = pay less• Less recycling = pay more
Reasons for using a Waste Reduction Program• It is equitable: You only pay for
what you throw out, not what your neighbor throws out
• It is economical: Increased recycling reduces the overall cost of collection and disposal
• It is environmentally sound: It reduces the amount of trash being landfilled or incinerated
Recycling in South Hadley
Where in MA Have WRP’s Worked?
• In 130 Massachusetts municipalities• In 3 MA cities w/ curbside trash and
recycling: Brockton, Worcester, Taunton
• In 36 MA suburbs w/ curbside trash and recycling: Amherst, Buckland, Concord, East Longmeadow, Natick, Montague, Greenfield, Gloucester, Topsfield, Boxford, Maynard, North Attleboro, Merrimac, Longmeadow, Shutesbury
• 70 other MA communities w/drop-off trash and recycling programs
• Many programs have 10+ years experience
2010 SWAC Recommendations
Make NO changes to:
• Every other week curbside collection of trash and recycling – All waste in a barrel
• Unlimited recycling
• Recycling Center available to accept special wastes
• Leaf and yard waste drop-off available
2010 SWAC Recommendations
NEW:• Adopt the following Waste Reduction
Program (WRP): All trash disposed in a town approved bag
placed in a barrel Two bag size options Bags available all over town Bag fee = ??????
Change the per person flat fee to a per household fee.
Charge a small annual fee to support recycling center & lawn/yard waste drop-off
Funding Sources
• No Tax money• Annual per household flat fee• Bag sale revenue• Landfill revenue• Materials Recycling Facility
reimbursements• Recycling/Drop-off Center revenues• Annual Recycling Center sticker fee
Remember• THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE SYSTEM AND THE SYSTEM FEES
IMPORTANT
• No fees have been set – You can’t set fees without knowing costs of
disposal and income (if any) from landfill
• SOONER OR LATER….THE LANDFILL WILL CLOSE…it is just a matter of when
• SWAC recommendations focus primarily on the system…NOT ON WHAT THE SYSTEM FEES SHOULD BE
Examples of Fee Structures
For IllustrativePurposes Only
Budget/Fees – landfill closed Example # 1
• Total Budget $1,516,000
• Flat Fee $830,000
• Host Benefit $0
• Sticker Fee $20,000
• Bag Revenue $576,000
• RC/MRF Income $90,000
• Total Revenue $1,516,000
• Surplus $0
ASSUMPTIONS• No tax money• Flat fee = $138.00/household• Annual Recycling Center Sticker
Fee = $10/vehicle• Bag cost to resident = $1.50• 6,000 households• 2,000 stickers sold• 1.5 bags per week per person
Example Per Household Costs (2012) - Landfill
ClosedUSING CURRENT
PER PERSON SYSTEM
• 1 person = $107• 2 person = $214• 3 person = $321• 4 person = $428• 5 person = $535– $107/person flat fee
Example # 1• 1 person = $173 • 2 person = $212• 3 person = $251• 4 person = $290• 5 person = $329– $1.50/bag– $138/per household
Example Per Household Cost(2012) - Landfill
Closed Example # 2
• 1 person = $161• 2 person = $206• 3 person = $252• 4 person = $297• 5 person = $343– $1.75/bag– $115/household
Example # 3• 1 person = $148 • 2 person = $200• 3 person = $252• 4 person = $304• 5 person = $356– $2.00/bag– $96/household
REMEMBER
• The costs assume 1.5 bags per person per week on average
• If you use fewer bags you will pay less• If you use more
bags you will pay more
Potential Savings – Landfill Closed
Example Per Household Cost (2012) - Landfill
OPENASSUMPTIONS
$1.00 per bag Flat fee =
$0.00 per household Annual Recycling Center Sticker Fee = $10 per vehicle 6,000 households 2,000 stickers sold 1.5 bags per week per person
Example FeeStructure
per Household• 1 person = $ 39 • 2 person = $ 78• 3 person = $117• 4 person = $156• 5 person = $195
Flexibility• Selectboard will have great
flexibility to adjust fees depending on– landfill closed – landfill open– new technologies – disposal costs or recycling income
changes
Conclusions• When will the landfill close = ????
• Recommendations work with or without a landfill…• only the fee numbers will change
• Financially sound and very equitable
• Should increase recycling as much as 25%
Committee Members
• Voting Members– John Higgins, Chair– Sharon Hart– Ted Boulais– Michael Fisher– Yem Lip– Ronald Michalski
• Advisory Members– Veronique “V”
Blanchard Smith – SH DPW
– Jim Reidy – SH DPW– Arlene Miller – MA
DEP
Repeat 100 times before you go to sleep tonight
•More recycling = pay less• Less recycling = pay more•More recycling = pay less• Less recycling = pay more•More recycling = pay less• Less recycling = pay more
QUESTIONS????