HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/09/1988 - Solid Waste Abatement Commission M E E T I N G N O T I C E
The Eagan Solid Waste Abatement Commission
will hold a Regular Meeting
beginning at 11:30 a.m.
on Wednesday, November 9, 1988
(Note Special Date Due to General Election)
in Eagan Municipal Center Conference Rooms A & B
3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota
Packet materials will follow for Commission Members.
For more information about this meeting, please call
Jon Hohenstein at 454 -8100.
AGENDA
SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION
EAGAN, MINNESOTA
EAGAN MUNICIPAL CENTER CONFERENCE ROOMS A & B
WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER 9, 1988
11:30 A.M.
I. ROLL CALL AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
III. CURBSIDE RECYCLING IMPLEMENTATION
A. Draft Ordinance Amendments
B. Curbside Container Specifications
IV. OTHER BUSINESS
V. NEXT MEETING
VI. ADJOURNMENT
MEMO TO: CHAIRS HOEL AND MANN AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE SOLID WASTE
ABATEMENT COMMISSION
FROM: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT HOHENSTEIN
DATE: NOVEMBER 2, 1988
SUBJECT: EAGAN SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION MEETING OF
NOVEMBER 9, 1988
A regular meeting of the Eagan Solid Waste Abatement Commission
will be held on Wednesday, November 9, 1988 at 11:30 a.m. in the
Eagan Municipal Center Conference Rooms A and B. The City will
provide a box lunch to those requesting one by noon, Tuesday,
November 8. Please contact Jon Hohenstein at 454 -8100 to
indicate whether you will attend and your lunch preference.
I. ROLL CALL AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA
The agenda, as presented or modified, requires adoption by the
Commission.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A copy of the minutes of the Solid Waste Abatement Commission
meeting of October 11, 1988, is enclosed on pages 3- S for
your review. These minutes, subject to any change, require
approval by the Commission.
III. CURBSIDE RECYCLING IMPLEMENTATION
A. Draft Ordinance Amendment
Under separate cover you previously received copies of the draft
ordinance amendments for your review. As a reminder, the
additions are indicated in bold, the items to be considered for
deletion are indicated by parentheses. Please refer to those
copies in preparation for this item.
As a matter of information, the haulers have expressed extreme
concern regarding the existing code section which allows the City
Council prior approval of hauler rates. They have requested
separate consideration and action on this item when it appears
before the Council and may be considered for separate
consideration by the Commission.
ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THIS ITEM: 1) To recommend retention,
modification or removal of those portions of Code Section 6.37,
Subdivision 4, Subsection D, which pertains to prior approval of
hauler rates and 2) to recommend amendments of City Code Section
6.37 and Section 10.01 as presented or modified for Council
consideration for adoption.
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B. Curbside Container Specifications
nclosed on pages t o -- /0 you will find information and
specifications for Shamrock Industries' stackable and three bag
recycling containers and similar products by Rehrig Pacific
Company.
As you know, the Commission had previously discussed the use of
single three bag containers. At a recent hauler meeting,
however, representatives of the hauling community indicated a
preference for stackable containers. If the City were to pursue
this avenue, it would be staff's recommendation that it purchase
two stackable containers for every household but that we
encourage homeowners to bundle or bag newsprint and set it on top
N. of the other two containers. The reason for this recommendation
�• is that it would save the cost of a single container and it would
encourage people to bag or bundle newsprint which tends to fly
out of containers when it is not somehow bound.
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N ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THIS ITEM: To recommend a three bag
single recycling container or stackable containers for City
V • X Council consideration and direct staff to prepare specifications
for bids for such containers.
l� IV. OTHER BUSINESS
There is no other business at this time.
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V. NEXT MEETING
The next regular meeting of the Solid Waste Abatement Commission
will be on Tuesday, December 13, 1988. As a point of interest,
if the ordinance amendments are approved by the Commission at its
meeting next Wednesday, the amendments themselves should be
before the Council for consideration on Tuesday, November 15,
1988.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting will adjourn at or about 1:00 p.m.
Ad nistrative Assistant
cc: Tom Hedges
Dale Runkle
C;72
Subject to Approval
MINUTES OF THE SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION
Eagan, Minnesota
October 11, 1988
A regular meeting of the Eagan Solid Waste Abatement Commission was held
on Tuesday, October 11, 1988 at 11:30 a.m. at the Eagan Municipal Center. The
following members were present: Milbridge, Bahr, Marshall, Ista and Schnell.
Absent were: Knutson, Mann, Hoel, Nordby and DeBilzan. Also present was
Administrative Assistant Hohenstein and representatives of the hauling industry
and public.
ACTING CHAIR
In the absence of either co- chair, Terry Schnell was chosen by
acclamation to serve as acting chair.
AGENDA
Upon motion by Bahr, seconded by Marshall, all members voting in favor,
the agenda for the meeting was approved as presented.
MINUTES
Upon motion by Marshall, seconded by Bahr, all members voting in favor,
the minutes of the September 14, 1988 meeting were approved as presented.
CURBSIDE RECYCLING IMPLEMENTATION
Hohenstein introduced the issue and indicated that workshops involving
waste haulers had been occurring on a weekly or biweekly basis since the previous
Commission meeting and that several of the items discussed at those meetings were
ready for Commission consideration. He indicated that they should be handled in
separate discussions and separate actions.
HAULING DISTRICTS
Acting Chair Schnell requested a background discussion of the formation
of the districts and the choice of days of service. Dana Turner of Dana's Eco
Systems explained that the haulers preferred three daily districts because
economies of scale work better for them in three days rather than five. He stated
that he had proposed the arrangement before the Commission and that he had
estimated current and future populations in residential quarter sections and then
used county roads as boundaries. Jim Weinzettel of Mendota Heights Rubbish stated
that the haulers all agreed that the districts should be served on Monday,
Wednesday or Friday. Hohenstein stated that he had checked the districts with the
Planning Department and that the future populations of the three districts would
be relatively equal.
Upon motion by Bahr, seconded by Ista, all members voting in favor, the
Commission recommended Council approval of the daily hauling districts defined as
presented with Monday service occurring west of Lexington Avenue and north of
Diffley Road, Wednesday service occurring west of Lexington Avenue and south of
Diffley Road and Friday service being provided east of Lexington Avenue.
RECYCLING CAPITAL BUDGET
Hohenstein stated that staff had scaled back the budget to be presented
to the County because it had been learned that the capital expenditures could be
spread over three years from 1989 to 1991 and that it would be in the best
interests of the City to hold some of its entitlement for future years. Bahr
asked if any more consideration had been given to a leaf vacuum. Hohenstein
stated that it had been considered but at the present time there were not
personnel available to operate such a program. He also stated that it might be
wise for the Commission to place public works items aside for the time being to
maintain the largest possible amount of capital funding for future years' needs.
Floyd Hiar, an Eagan resident, suggested that the City consider adding
drop -off containers at City facilities and including it in the budget for County
consideration. Hohenstein indicated that this might be considered in the future
but that first priority should be given to capital items which would allow
implementation of curbside recycling.
Turner suggested that the City continue to talk with Burnsville about
making its compost site available to Eagan haulers and to consider amending the
application to provide appropriate capital for use of the site. Hiar stated that
it was his opinion that the City would be better off not participating in the
Burnsville compost site as it would ultimately cost someone money to remove the
material at Burnsville and it would not be marketable in the long run.
It was then suggested that the Commission only consider curbside
recyclable containers as capital items for purposes of the application and that
all other capital items be removed from the application budget for future
consideration. Upon motion by Bahr, seconded by Milbridge, all members voting in
favor, the draft budget was approved as amended such that it included only costs
for the purchase of recyclable containers.
DAKOTA COUNTY LANDFILL FUNDING APPLICATION
Hohenstein indicated that the ordinance amendments to implement
recycling had not been completed in time for the meeting but that the Dakota
County Funding Application which was necessary for the implementation of those
ordinances had been completed in draft and was available for review and
consideration. He briefly reviewed the elements of the application and indicated
that if approved, it would be forwarded to the Council for consideration at its
October 18, 1988 meeting. He stated that it would be necessary to complete a work
plan for the final application. Upon motion by Bahr, seconded by Marshall, all
members voting in favor, the application was approved and recommended for
consideration by the City Council with direction to staff to complete drafting of
the work plan consistent with the application and previous Commission action.
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NEXT MEETING
Hohenstein indicated that the next regular meeting of the Solid Waste
Abatement Commission meeting would fall on the general election day, November 8,
1988 and that it would be necessary to reschedule the meeting as a result. By
acclamation, Wednesday, November 9 was chosen as the next regular meeting date.
Hohenstein also indicated that he had scheduled a hauler workshop to review
ordinance amendments and consider container specifications for Tuesday, October
25 at 4 :00 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Upon motion by Ista, seconded by Milbridge, all members voting in favor,
the meeting was adjourned at 1:10 p.m.
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Comparing Commune Operations
T n previous articles of this series, we des- In the last section of a three -part introduction
lcribed growing waste generation and
disposal problems, and how that had re to recycling, the authors survey a number of
newedinterestinrecycling. We then review- community recycling programs. The differ-
ed state and federal laws concerning waste ences in the way programs are structured
reduction and recycling markets, and factors
involved in recycling programs such as show that successful programs can include
waste stream composition (commercial vs.
residential), collection methods and fac- different levels of elements such as public
tors affecting markets for recyclables. This funding laws private sector participation and
final installment discusses a number of re-
cycling programs throughout the United financial incentives.
States.
The following capsule descriptions will containers and one for bottles. They also proximately 60,000 homes in county with
show the variety of recycling programs that bundle newspaper and other mixed paper a total population of 225,000. Residents
are in place throughout the nation. Some and put out bulky wood waste. Recyclables support the program by paying a $1 monthly
have been developed in accordance with are picked up weekly in three compart- fee for recycling services.The residential
state waste management laws, while others mentized trailer trucks, with the exception participation rate is reported to be 60 per-
simply grew out of a need to plan for the of the bulky wood waste, which is collected cent, achieving the previously mentioned
future of waste disposal in a local area. Still monthly. Eight such trucks are used for 22 percent total waste stream reduction.
others came about as a result of citizen recyclable collections. The vehicles then County reports show the wood recyclables
support and volunteerism. deposit loads at the residential processing alone represent a 15 percent reduction in
How statistics are derived may differ from building. There newspaper is fed via a the residential waste stream.
program to program. For instance, a par- walking floor into a baler; glass is fed onto
ticipation rate for one community may in- a conveyor where clear glass is hand sorted Voluntary Drop -off in Kent
• dude the entire municipality, while else- from colored glass; and cans and plastic The Kent Recycling Center, owned and
where it might include only a few neigh- containers are fed onto a conveyor for hand operated by the Kent Environmental Coun-
borhoods. This variation is noted where separation of plastics and magnetic separ- cil, is a nonprofit, voluntary drop -off pro-
possible. ation of the ferrous from aluminum cans. gram.
Wood is sent to the commercial processing The Ohio Division of Litter Prevention
Curbside Collection in Marin County building where it is ground to sawdust and and Recycling provides partial funding for
By operating its new "resource recovery shipped for use as a fuel. the center with an annual grant. Operating
facility," Marin County, CA, claims to be The Marin County operation serves ap- costs are covered by the sale of the recyc-
diverting22percentofthe lables, while the City of
total residential waste Kent helps by renting the
stream from its ultimate Center building space for
destination at the landfill. 7 $10 annually.
The front -end materials Kent is an urban /indus-
recovery system, housed in /' 6311111 'L=t rial community with a pop
three large buildings, sep- , '� A - _
� � =� lation of approximately
crates recyclable materials
s« ° .f *' ± ' i s 28,000 and amedianinome
from the county waste 't """ 1+ of about $14,000. The Cen-
stream prior to incinera- € �� , . t . . I � � N _. f : . ; �,, terservesthecity,andalso
tion. One buildin is used y - = provides six satellite col-
to accept and process } = � •, -, �l fi� lectioncentersthroughout
residential recyclables. A 1 " q , :.; .r ; ,I. - t
.,.,;1; r ec y cle l r N # surrounding Portage Coun-
second building is used as .. ann # X �; ,, [ These outlying drop- off
a transfer station for resi � z ar bor d , *y i Y Y g P
_ •' ,� locations bring in approx
dential wastes. The last � ,, 6656398 A ,- '
y } � imatelyonethirdofthere
building is used to transfer >g `
,� ,. _ � ,, � .� t T� ; ; cyclables the central loca-
commercial waste and to .-r- Q "t '+'. i'
sort out and process re .'_ , <` tion normally receives.
cyclables from this waste The center and its collec- • ="` :�. -�
..:� x, .� :� -.• tionbranchesacceptalum-
- stream. - x _ -.� t ; • • • .�'�". "*'""' inumcansandfoils,glass,
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To collect residential re- bimetal cans, motor oil,
cyclables, residents are .. t .= s ". cardboard and paper.
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given two plastic buckets: The Center is staffed by
one for cans and plastic Monthly collection in Ann Arbor, M/. Photo courtesy of the Ecology' Center. (continued on page 88)
86 /RECYCLING TODAY /OCTOBER 1988
STATE•OF- THE•ART
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one full time manager, two part-time work
ers. one full -time driver, and one driver/ 1146
supervisor. ' "•,.. t- - . i . i I Th Between 1980 and 1984, a 66 percent in- �"
crease was realized in the amounts of re- "*""•"
cyclables collected and processed. These i , :.-
materials represent the following natural'
resource savings: , 3 - � '_ ""
• 52,394 trees (paper products) t .j t _t
• 880 tons sand (glass) , i _ j
• 48 tons bauxite (aluminum) j — ` i 1 : # 4.4 7
• 200 tons iron ore (tin cans) �� q k
Substituting the Recycling Center's used ' ' us '+� ; . , r i �, •
materials for virgin materials in manufac- -41` r • turing processes saved energy equivalents
Some ro rnrns offer residents the convenience of commingl re in collection containers.
of 317,627 sallons of crude oil, or enough
electricity to supply 1,427 homes for one service, she feels the center builds an im- three plastic bins in which households store
year. portant recycling ethic in the community. their recyclables, one each for cans, glass
Because this recycling center is a volun- and plastics. Newspapers are bundled
tary drop-off center, statistics on percentage Curbside Collection in, San Jose separately. Waste Management Inc.
of waste diverted from the waste stream are One day a week, you find more than negotiated a contract with the city for its
not available. However, Ruth Meade, the just your average trash can on the curbs RecycleAmerica subsidiary to manage the
center's director, says the main benefit is of residential streets in San Jose, CA. program. With a total population of about
an environmental one. By providing this Joining the everyday trash containers are 800,000. San Jose's program yields a par -
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ticipation rate of 50 to 60 percent for the the pick -up routes every other week, Mon- cyclables each month, which represents a
177.000 households it serves. day through Friday. As bags are loaded on diversion of about 7 percent of the residen-
A major contributor to the program's suc- the truck, four workers separate recyclables tial waste stream from the landfill. This
cess is the city's approach to recycling. San into the appropriate containers in the back saves local governments $85 per ton in land -
Jose provides different recycling collection of the truck. fill disposal costs.
methods since they recognize that different Recently the center started a daily draw- Containers are not provided, but stickers
people recycle for different reasons. They ing to generate additional incentive for labeled "We Recycle" can be placed on any
encourage residents to choose the form of citizens' participation. If the numbered tag container the household chooses to use.
recycling which best suits their needs. found on a household's yellow bag matches Materials collected include newspaper,
whether it's through curbside collections that day's number, the participating home- glass, cans and cardboard. The county pop -
provided in some areas of the city, or buy- owner wins $10. ulation is approximately 500.000. With
back centers offering cash for beverage The association's drive - through buyback 25,000 households included in the curbside
containers or other recyclables. Thus, the program serves not only the Barberton program, overall participation is estimated
city revised its zoning, codes to beasflexible residents, but also citizens in neighboring at 60 to 70 percent each month.
as possible and provide the maximum Summit, Medina, Wayne, Stark, and Por-
amount of recycling by combining several tage counties. Recyclers drive into the cen- Multimaterial Buyback Center
types of collection methods. ter, where workers unload and weigh the Milliron Recycling and Milliron Iron and
San Jose's program is one of the largest collected material and determine the total Metal are both private operations. family-
in the nation. recycling an average of 14.000 payment. owned and operated by Grant Milliron.
tons of materials per year, which equals Both programs provide economic bene- The company's buyback center serves
a total reduction in the residential waste fits to those utilizing them. The curbside RichlandCounty ,OH — withapopulation
stream of almost9percent.SanJosecitizens program reduces disposal costs for those of 131,205 and a median income of S29,187
have benefited by extending the productive separating their recyclables, is provided at — and also parts of Crawford, Huron and
life of the city landfill, and reducing disposal no cost, and potentially can earn panic- Ashland counties. The center collects all
fees with little inconvenience. ipants a cash prize. recyclables except plastics. which Milliron
The buyback program, like the curbside hopes to begin accepting as soon as the
Buyback Offers Convenience program. provides recyclers a way to reduce market for plastics becomes more estab-
The Barberton Area Recycling Center their disposal costs; it also gives them a lished.
Association in Barberton, OH, owns and monetary return for their efforts. The area The transfer station is a turnkey commer-
operates a curbside collection program and served is economically depressed. with a cial joint venture of Milliron and Richland
a drive - through buyback center. Funding median income averaging $20,000 to County. This came about when Richland
for both operations is provided by the Ohio $24,000 per year. This may explain the pop- County's landfill was near closing and
Division of Litter Prevention and Recycling. ularity of the buyback operation. county commissioners, finding it difficult
Both programs collect aluminum cans, to site a new one, needed to find an alter -
glass, plastics (high- density polyethylene Camden Curbside Program native. Milliron designed and constructed
milk jugs and two -liter PET bottles), card- The curbside program in Camden the county- financed transfer station/recyc-
board and newspaper. Tonnages and diver- County, NJ, collects recyclables weekly ling center, the county contracted his firm
lion rates are not available at this time. from 25,000 households. A local hauler to operate it and haul away the remaining
The curbside program is a voluntary provides collection services to four muni- solid waste to a landfill for disposal.
program operated independent of the city's cipalities, transporting loads to the county- Now, all the waste collected in the county
regular trash pick -ups. Barberton presents owned Camden Recycling Facility for pro- is brought to the transfer station. The trucks
a potential service base from a population cessing. The program is funded by the state are driven in, the driver checks in with an
of approximately 30,000. However, al- as part of its legislative drive to promote employee at the station office. providing
though the number of participants is steadily recycling as part of solid waste manage- information on the quantity and type of
increasing, only two city wards presently ment. The operation, administered by the waste being delivered. The driver then takes
receive the service. county's Office of Solid Waste Manage- the truck to the tipping floor, where the load
The recycling center provides bright ment, also receives some money from the is dumped and pushed onto conveyors.
yellow bags. free of charge, for citizens to sale of recyclables. The transfer station uses dual conveyors
collect their recyclables. Aclosedtruckruns Camden County collects 500 tons of re- to sort incoming wastes. One conveyor is
used for trash, the other for recyclable card -
` r Yl? t 1 ` • : ... :. board. The trash conveyors lead directly
- ®.� . � : to a compactor, where it is crushed and
- ' - loaded onto trucks for transportation to a
landfill. The recovered cardboard is auto-
rti;rt. ''`r\
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_ delivery to the market. Currently, card-
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' -- A computer system was installed in order
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•' ''' , material entering the station. This improves
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dous wastes are not processed along with
� "...I.,. S � � ° ' r ecyclables or landfill -bound waste.
`� .y ”. }- ti : w The entire recycling operation is com-
Drop - offs and buyback centers are still popular. puterized, with all current prices for mat -
OCTOBER 1988 /RECYCLING TODAY /89
erials stored in the computer. A recycler Future plans include weekly curbside St. Louis Park has recovered 16 percent with
receives a breakdown for each material services to an expanded area, with a goal a participation rate of more than 40 percent.
brought in. including the current price of 25 percent reduction of the total waste St. Louis Park also organized an ambit -
and the weight. The computer calculates stream by the year 2000. ious yard waste composting program that
this information and prints out a receipt diverted 14.000 tons from the waste stream
with this information and a check for the Hennepin County Collection last year.
total. Hennepin County, one of seven counties
The Richland operation provides a large- in Minnesota's St. Paul /Minneapolis met- No Single Answer
ly rural area the opportunity to receive cash ropolitan area. is enthusiastic about its ac- Clearly, the lesson these case histories
for recyclables and also reducing disposal complishments in the last year. Guided by communicate is that no single recycling
costs. Both operations employ a total of 56 the Council of Municipalities. the county system will serve the needs of every com-
employees. providing an employment ben- requires its municipalities to enact some munity. Local governments may be limited
efit to the community as well as the cash sort of recycling program internally. At in the near-term by budgetary concerns and
returned to the public through the buyback present. 15 of the 46 municipalities have lack of capital equipment. Also, the geo-
operation. curbside collections, and that total is ex- graphical distribution of an area's popula-
pected to almost double by next year. The tion may make some forms of collection,
Ann Arbor Curbside Collection county's Department of Public Works man- such as curbside routes, unfeasible. Ano-
Monthly curbside collection in Ann Ar- ages the program and provides 50 to 80 ther consideration is existing private sector
bor. MI, targets newspaper. glass, alumi- percent of the funding. The remainder is operations. which may already serve an area
num and some ferrous metals. The pro - funded by the municipalities. with one or more recycling options. Gov -
gram, managed by Recycle Ecology Cen- Each city runs its own program with the ernment officials have to study the indivdual
ters, is a voluntary program augmented by county overseeing the projects. Asa result. characteristics of their communities and
a drop -off center. A 50 percent participation programs vary from city to city, but most the solid waste patterns that have developed
rate among the 20,000 single- family homes collect cans. glass. cardboard and news- in the area. and decide what will work best
served by the program resulted in a 9 percent paper. for their citizens and businesses. — Stephen
reduction of residential waste in 1987, rep- Of the 982,000 tons of waste generated C. Schwarz, PE; Harry G. Bhatt, PE; Sherri
resenting a 3 percent reduction of the total in 1988 by the county's population of more K. Hess. •
waste stream. Ann Arbor. a small urban than 1 million. 92.000 tons will be recycled
community with a median income of ap- through municipal programs. The Minne- The authors are environmental engineers,
proximately 525.000, finances the program apolis program recycles approximately 10 scientists aud plannerswithMalcolmPirnie
through its Solid Waste Department bud- percent of its waste stream with a biweekly Inc. , based in Columbus, OH, and White
get. pickup. while the Minneapolis suburb of Plains, NY.
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In 1984, Ohio EPA became concerned over East Coast waste
efforts in Ohio looks at the re- entering Ohio landfills and sought additional funding from the
General Assembly. The Agency received a 5300,000 grant from
cent solid waste management
,�/ ,� the State Division of Litter Prevention and Recycling in 1987
plan passed by the Ohio Leg's- to prepare solid waste feasibility studies for 24 critically affected
lature. While the bill addresses counties. While conducting this study, Ohio EPA learned that
industrial waste can double or triple county- generated waste and
waste disposal issues, this cif significantly reduce landfill capacity.
Y In the summer of 1987 House Bill 592, prohibiting landfills
recycling coordinator notes the from accepting waste from outside a 100 -mile radius, was intro -
bill does little to plan for the ire- duced into the General Assembly. Testimony focused on the
out -of -state waste issue and the Ohio Attorney General reluctantly
cycling life style" legislators concluded the 100 -mile service area as written into H.B. 592
couldn't withstand a constitutional court challenge and recom-
hope to encourage. mended another remedy be found to limit out -of -state waste.
After investigating various concepts. it was concluded that
local solid waste management plans linking community disposal
Editor's note: The city of Cleveland Heights, OH, has been a needs with available capacity could form the basis of policies
leader in Ohio in recycling and waste disposal programs. In with which local officials could control the flow of waste into
the early '70s, this suburb of about 60,000 on the east side of an area. A revised, Amended Substitute H.B. 592 — incorpor-
Cleveland was one of the first com munitiesto establish a monthly ating mandatory county district plans that link disposal capacity
dropoff center for recyclables. In 1980, supported by the Gund with community needs — became effective June 24, 1988.
Foundation, Cleveland Heights introduced the first municipal Whether one agrees or disagrees with it. Am. Sub. H.B. 592
curbside newspaper recycling program in Ohio, now a self- is the solid waste law to which local governments must conform
supporting operation. in the immediate future. It is important to understand that a major
In 1986, Cleveland Heights participated in a summer -long goal of H.B. 592 is controlling dumping of out -of -state waste
weekly n ltimaterial recycling program sponsored by the Region- into Ohio's landfills. Seeking administrative variances from the
al Planning Cotnmission and the Recycling Station. This buyback law for local reasons will be difficult if it weakens that interstate
program was so successful the city and two other organizations regulatory goal.
continue to operate it monthly, and currently accept more than Although H.B. 592 has been labeled a "solid waste management
one ton of glass per hour of operation. bill," in reality it is primarily a landfill management plan that
Continuing its leadership role, in Apri11988 Cleveland Heights also includes some superficial solid waste management sections.
and the Council on Hazardous Materials cosponsored the first While it has been hailed as a major policy move, it should be
community Household Hazardous Waste Collection in Ohio. viewed as a first, small step toward a recycling life style. Another
The one -day dropoff collected enough material — some of it more detailed and comprehensive solid waste management law
recyclable — to fill 37 drums. undoubtedly will be adopted by Ohio in the 1990s.
Gary L. Peters is a member of the Cleveland Heights Com-
munity Services staff, which coordinates the city's recycling Costs Uncovered
programs. From the perspective of a hands -on local recvcler, While many feel that recycling will soon be "on-line," a number
he comments on the recent state legislative efforts intended to of recycling issues have yet to be discussed - hazardous waste
develop solid waste plans and encourage recycling inOhio. While collection, enforcement policies, minority involvement and col-
the state is more removed from the waste disposal "crises' found lection of commingled vs. source - separated recyclables.
in some East Coast states, it has been on the receiving end of In the near future we are going to have curbside collection
solid waste shipped frotn the East. Legislators went on the alert of recyclable materials, utilizing municipal crews or private
when the issue of "imported waste'' came to light, and moved haulers. The collected material will be taken to a "recycling I
to legislate greater control of the waste stream. transfer station" where it will be processed — cleaned up, con- 1
densed for shipping and held until economical quantities are
ready for transport to a secondary materials consumer. These •
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transfer stations, handling tens of thousands of tons per year, •
will be municipal facilities, joint- venture public operations or
n 1980, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency began private business enterprises holding municipal contracts. They
documenting solid waste health and safety issues, the de- will have modern, cost - effective processing equipment for glass,
ficienciesinOhiolawsandregula tionsthatlimittheAgen- aluminum, paper, cardboard and plastics, and will be staffed
cy's power on these issues, and then took steps to educate lo- by professional managers and skilled work crews. i
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production methods and edu ... %. /
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cma 1,:* I . �� �� , Ohio faces an investment of • Second, the amount of mat- l` ""s "TS ' --• +�����o 7 • $200 million to $400 million. • processed There is also the cost of pub - • erial to be rocessed is tre- - , t �, „� ".. ��� � � � .�
mendous. With a proposed ' � lic education programs to in-
goal of recycling 25 percent £ • ' 1 <„ ice_ �� form residents of the need
of current solid waste collec 1 �' - °, for recycling, and how itworks.
tions, Ohio alone will have Just mailing one flyertoevery
...and the market development needed for collected materials.
more than 2 million tons of household in the state would
material that will have to be cost several million dollars.
collected, processed, transported and assimilated into and utilized In addition to the curbside subsidy costs, processing station
by the industrial sector. This weight equals the cargo capacity start-up costs and educational program costs, there will be ex-
of the entire Great Lakes ore -boat fleet, or the combined annual penses related to expansion or development of industrial capacity
production of40average Ohio coal mines. Among other material, to use collected secondary materials. Although they may not
Ohio will have 425,000 tons of glass. 530,000 tons of newspaper. necessarily all be incurred in Ohio, these costs also could run
22,000 tons of aluminum and 210,000 tons of plastic for which into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
I a market and production capacity must be found. Neighboring These costs are only a part of the total solid waste costs as
! states potentially will add similar volumes to the market stream. theother75 percent of unrecyclable waste still has to be disposed
As staggering as these figures are. the monetary costs to Ohio of. Clearly, adopting a recycling life style statewide is expensive
citizens is even more tremendous. Curbside collection of recyc- and it is unrealistic to expect this level of tax funding to initiate
lables is the only economically efficient recycling program that an environmental program.
significantly reduces the solid waste stream; even so. it requires
a subsidy of about $30 per ton. which is better than subsidiz- Working With the Private Sector
ing refuse collection at $50 -575 per ton. Ohio will have to sub- Only by formally involving the private business sector will
OCTOBER 1988 /RECYCLING TODAY /93
Ohio resolve its solid waste /recycling dil-
emma. Establishing curbside recycling pro- --
grams will probably be our largest pub-
lic- private joint venture activ ity in the next
decade. ,..r - - i 1
In any discussion of joint venture pro- s -zr `>t ' a � ;, . ,
grams. it is important to understand the A ' s; it,' .
needs and requirements of all parties .' '41__> ici ,
involved. Unfortunately. this is where ;` �; s ` ` � M - • Ohio's current solid waste policy is failing , ': _ � 1 • �� -
and needs to be strengthened. It fails to en- ; § ' t ' ` _ f processing Ohio's ! _ _
courage the proce of recyclables _„_ �,
by fostering a competitive fOhio' omicsystem ......N , ` �,„.:4 '�.IP - 4 . ' .." i
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The requirements of municipalities and X + m. . r `, Viv. �r
local governments are fairly simple. They '✓ J
need their refuse collected and disposed
of in an economical manner convenient to , t r
their residents. Whether operated by gov-
ernment employees or contracted to private
haulers. the municipality must have local Solid waste management / should address household hazardous waste disposal.
authority over collection systems as it is
City Hall which residents will hold accoun- justify their actions to their stockholders, recyclables on an industrial scale unless
table for any problems. investing institutions and employees whose there is a market to sell the product. As
For the private business sector to parti- jobs may be at stake. mentioned above. the quantity of material
cipate in establishing a recycling infrastruc- With these needs in mind, some policy to be absorbed is tremendous. Besides
ture, state solid waste laws must begin considerations the next Ohio solid waste strengthening government procurement
recognizing and accommodating their management bill will have to address guidelines. one of the first steps the state
needs. Although they have a great deal of follow: government must undertake is a significant.
freedom and flexibility in how they get • MARKET DEVELOPMENT Any cor- meaningful market development program
involved, private businesses are inherently porate executive will tell you there has to for recyclables, utilizing the universities.
conservative and need to minimize risk. be a market for selling a commodity before research centers and economic develop -
They look for manageable, predictable, there will be a demand to produce. Private ment offices.
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RECYCLING LIFE STYLE policy will succeed without a humanistic
rcontlnned from page 94) investment in the personnel involved in its
operations. Currently, there are numerous
• LEGALLY BINDING RECYCLING , •, t recycling coordinators whose salaries are
GOALS. Before businesses will investasub t . 3 - •s /` paid with state funds, but there are no job
stantial amount of money in purchasing ' i � - . si '
1, � � =�� qualification regulations. If the state goy-
recycling processing equipment. they have � '�I
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'� ernment expects to encourage recycling,
to be assured the material will be available :y / =_ both local governments and the private sec -
to process. If recycling goals are left to / – tor will need hundreds of recycling direc-
administrative regulations which can easily `� �' tors and other professionals knowledgeable
bechanged ,orsubvertedbygrantingofvar ,� ''.:• � _ 1 about the recycling field. Unfortunately,
iances, businesses will lack this assurance ? ,eif 1,
- 7 no college, technical institute or vocational
and will hesitate to invest. Ohio must write �` z s ) '^ i
school in Ohio offers programs pertaining
a recycling goal into law. ` i _ } „"°�,, . -.,,� to the recycling industry that can train this
• UNIFORM STATE STANDARDS. It will -. 3 , , z .,: work force. Schools and colleges looking
be a bureaucratic and business management -, � � for new programs to attract students should
nightmare to keep track of 80 -plus different ,, l " . be encouraged to develop recycling curri-
County District Plans and hundreds of mu -� --
I .. - - culum programs.
nicipal and township programs. If one , • CITIZENS EDUCATION PROGAM. It
suburb organizes a commingled collection '"
will be useless to have curbside collection
program while its neighbor implements — i programs in place if residents don't parti-
source separation, it will leads to promotion New recycling and disposal systems mar result in cipate. and if residents don't participate.
and marketing weakness. Businesses will new safety and labor standards. the volumes of materials needed to entice
avoid these kinds of management head- private business involvement won't be avail -
aches. Having uniform standards statewide • PROFESSIONAL STATE RECYCLING able. There must be a comprehensive, long -
will substantially lower planning and ad- OFFICE. Currently. the state's recycling term statewide citizens education program
ministrative costs and make business programs are administered in conjunction explaining the importance and mechanics
involvement easier. A major recycling poi- with the State's Litter Program and have of recycling. This program must include
icy decision the state legislature has to evolved over the years in a reactionary man- targeting the minority population.
discuss is whether Ohio will have a com- ner to the growing landfill crisis. Not one While the state and local governments
mingled or source separation collection staff member has actual hands -on exper- have much to do to encourage a recycling
program. These uniform regulations will ience running a recycling operation. Re- life style, the private business sector
not interfere with the existing legislation's cycling funds are constrained by the leg- shouldn't sit idle. Corporate executives
goal of controlling out -of -state dumping. alities of a tax law passed nine years ago. should familiarize and educate themselves
• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSTS- Ohio must establish a professional re- with recycling opportunities available to
TANCE. Assimilating the large volumes of cycling office with an administrator and them. They should develop the public and
recyclables into our industrial base will re- staff experienced in recycling operations. private business relationships needed in or-
quire expanding our processing capacity. This office should be located within the der to expand into this economic area. Bus-
In essence, we are establishing a whole new Ohio EPA, thereby combining all waste iness managers should prepare plans for
large -scale industry involving hundreds of stream management under one agency. joining the growing recycling industry, and
jobs and a substantial investment in capital • SMALL BUSINESS RECYCLING PRO- companies should begin developing the
equipment. Businesses may need economic GRAM. Unlike large corporations, small experienced and knowledgeable staff for
assistance and incentives. The Ohio De- businesses andommercia l enterprises can- recycling operations.
partment of Development must become not afford to hire personnel to develop This applies not only to the manufac-
heavily involved in establishing the re- recycling programs for their operations. If turing sector. but the service firms such
cycling infrastructure. Business statistics we are to effectively reduce the solid waste as marketing and promotion. transporta-
such as available processing capacity, mar- stream from this sector, Ohio will need to tion, brokerage and financial institutions,
ket demand and supply, transportation develop a special, professionally staffed which should analyze the role they can have
needs, manpower costs and requirements, program to assist small businesses in ad- in an established recycling market. If they
and the effects on other business sectors opting recycling methods. A side benefit don't, their domestic and foreign competi-
must be compiled and circulated for use of this program will be an improvement in tion will.
by corporate executives. Funding assistance the competitiveness of Ohio businesses as Adopting a recycling life style is a choice
programs such as bond offerings, tax credits they control a major area of operating costs. between altering our habits or letting our
and incentives, and business grants and • ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PRO- children live next to unhealthy modern -day
loans must be explored. GRAMS. As more workers handle of re- middens. The teamwork of an American
Furthermore, there is a professional need cyclables from the waste stream. the risk public - private recycling partnership will
for an analysis of the past accomplishments of occupational health hazards increase. help us avoid a landfill crisis and keep our
of the state's recycling programs. If we don't Consideration will have to be given to the economy strong. — Gary L. Peters •
know what we've done and how well it has health and safety regulations already on the
worked, how can we plan for the future? books or needed in the future. Additionally, The author is on the staff of the Citv of
What have been the costs per ton and man- the disposal of household hazardous wastes Cleveland Heights Department ofConumc-
hours per ton of various recycling opera- will have to be addressed in detail. Will nitv Services , and is the C vahoga Count V
tions? What lessons can be learned from hazardous waste collections similar to the Cominissioners 'appointee to the Cuva/;oga
our past recycling expenditures and activ- one organized by Cleveland Heights be- County Recvcling Allison. Board. He stud- ,ties? come routine, and how will they be funded? ied Public Police at The Ohio State Uni-
To be thorough and unbiased, this analy- What hazardous materials will be banned versify and received the Francis P Bolton
sis should be done by an independent agent. from refuse and recycling collection Arardfor Community Involvement. In1988, i
i.e. a university, research institute such as systems? he organized the first community Household
Battelle, or a private consulting firm. • PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. No Hazardous Waste Collection in Ohio.
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