Transcript 2008 Accomplishments Solid Waste Management Coordinating …

2009 Accomplishments
Solid Waste Management
Coordinating Board
January 27, 2010
SWMCB Operations
Regional Policy
Collaborative Activities
Communications and Outreach
Special Projects
Administration
Regional Policy:
Overview
• Focused on policy development and
intergovernmental coordination.
• Strengthened partnership with MPCA through
several policy initiatives.
• Expanded contacts with industry, AMC, MRRA,
environmental organizations, and municipalities
through the waste forums.
Regional Policy:
Legislative
• Successfully promoted Compostable
Bag Legislation.
• Retained LRDG and MLAA funding
for counties when it was in
jeopardy.
• Advanced the Paint Product
Stewardship bill through the House
and Senate; ultimately vetoed by
the Governor.
Regional Policy:
Forums
Product Stewardship and
Local Government Forum
National and State Product
Stewardship leaders working to
advance product stewardship.
Exploring Waste
Processing Technologies
Partnered with MRRA to learn
about emerging technologies in
the U.S. and approaches to WTE
in Europe.
Regional Policy:
Product Stewardship
E-Waste
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The SWMCB, MPCA and its partners
continued to work on the successful
implementation of the e-waste
product stewardship law.
Communications campaign
promoted electronics recycling as
part of the DTV transition.
Paint
• Advanced plans for the Minnesota Paint
Product Stewardship Demonstration project,
prior to the Governor's veto.
Regional Policy:
Source Separated
Organics Management
• Developed a Compostable Bag Toolkit to
inform residents and haulers on new law.
• Worked with MPCA to identify the financial,
regulatory and policy barriers impeding the
expansion of Source Separated Organics
Management.
• Began identifying the regional role in
organics management.
Regional Policy:
Waste Streams
Tear-Off Shingles
In collaboration with the MPCA,
SWMCB succeeded in advocating
for the addition of a Mn/DOT
permissive specification that would
allow for 5% tear-off shingles in
hot-mix asphalt for 2010.
RegionalPolicy
Policy:
Regional
Policy
Development
Partnerships
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Entered into a MOU with MPCA to jointly
develop the Policy Plan.
Participated in the MPCA Integrated Solid
Waste Stakeholder Process and the
Metro Centroid subgroup.
Developed options for Regional
Processing of MSW.
Regional Policy:
Data Management
Created 2008 Annual Results Report on findings
related to the management of 3.2 million tons of
MSW in the SWMCB region in 2008.
1,600,000
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
Recycled (with
credits)
Without
Credits
Delivered for
Processing
Landfilled
( 33%)
( 23%)
( 43%)
2004 Tons
2005 Tons
2006 Tons
2007 Tons
2008 Tons
Collaborative
Activities
Collaborative
Activities:
Household Hazardous
and Hazardous
Waste
Household
Waste
Reciprocal Use Agreement
Staff conducted an evaluation of the Reciprocal Use Agreement.
Updates to the Reciprocal Use Agreement:
• Term extended five years.
• Use of a regional per vehicle fee versus county-specific
fees.
Worked with the MPCA on regulatory and
management issues associated with
healthcare hazardous waste.
Collaborative
CollaborativeActivities
Activities:
HaulerWaste
Licensing
Solid
2009 Hauler Licensing
• Under the SWMCB JPA, the region collaboratively
issued 234 base and 546 operating licenses to
MSW haulers for the 2009-10 license year.
• Licensed 1,669 trucks.
Communications and Outreach:
Community POWER
• 19* SWMCB and County funded grants to
non-profit organizations to work on waste
and toxicity reduction.
*includes four grants funded through Hennepin County’s
coordinated, but separately managed program.
Communications and Outreach:
RethinkRecycling.com
Rebranded the Green Guardian
campaign as Rethink Recycling
• In 2009 the campaign had over 27
million impressions.
• Partners including counties, cities and
Community POWER grantees
generated an additional 3.5 million
impressions.
• RethinkRecycling.com had over
168,000 visits.
• Launched social marketing campaign
(Facebook, Twitter and Blog).
Communications and Outreach:
Media Outreach
• Three Advertising
Campaigns:
– Rebranding Rethink
Recycling and General
Recycling Messages
(Residents)
– Ewaste Recycling
(Residents and Businesses)
– Resourceful Waste
Management Guide Update
(Businesses)
• Using TV and Web
• 13 Million Consumer
Impressions in 2009!
Communications and Outreach:
Events and Outreach
• Living Green Expo
– Updated the promotional and
display pieces.
– The expo outreached to over
25,000 visitors.
• Minnesota State Fair
 In partnership with the MPCA,
updated the Trash Mountain exhibit
to include interactive composting
exhibit, new recycling game, and
rebrand the exhibit.
 Outreached to both less aware
citizens and zealots.
 The Eco-Experience Building
outreached to over 350,000
visitors.
Communications and Outreach:
Public Relations
• Using the “Trigger” strategy, the
SWMCB focused on timely topics and
news items to increase media coverage
of RethinkRecycling.com and SWMCB
spokes people.
• 11 triggers in 2009:
TV/Electronics - DTV Switch - Waste Reduction Earth Day Composting - Away from Home
Recycling - Back-to-School Minnesota State Fair
- RWMG - America Recycles Day Waste Free Holidays
• Reaching 11 million people in 2009!
SpecialProjects
Projects
Special
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HAZWOPER (hazardous waste operator training)
 Held annual recertification training for more than
92 hazardous waste staff.
Very Small Quantity Generator Data Base
 Electronically tracked hazardous waste manifest
data for counties.
Community POWER
 Eight county-funded grants in 2009.
Administration
Administration
• Entered into 32 contracts and Community POWER
Grant Agreements.
• Dakota County continued to manage the
SWMCB’s finances.
• Ramsey County provide legal services.
• Updated SWMCB.org with technical reports and
toolkit pieces.
• Prepared 2010 Work Plan and Budget.
2009 SWMCB
Members
2008 SWMCB
Board
Members
Chair: Commissioner Jim Kordiak, Anoka County
Vice Chair: Commissioner Victoria Reinhardt, Ramsey County
Secretary/Treasurer: Commissioner Joseph Harris, Dakota County
Commissioner Dick Lang, Anoka County
Commissioner Jim Ische, Carver County
Commissioner Tom Workman, Carver County
Commissioner Kathleen Gaylord, Dakota County
Commissioner Jan Callison, Hennepin County
Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, Hennepin County
Commissioner Janice Rettman, Ramsey County
Commissioner Gary Kriesel, Washington County
Commissioner Lisa Weik, Washington County
Tim Scherkenbach, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2009 County
Accomplishments
Anoka County
• Implemented new contract with RRT Elk River Resource
Recovery Facility (ERRRF) to maintain garbage processing
through 2012.
• Improved process for sale and distribution of backyard
compost bins through garden centers. Partnership with
garden centers offers exposure to centers’ customers and
year-round availability of compost bins.
• Developed a recycling assistance program for schools and
municipalities. Kicked off the program in 2009 with
workshop and recycling bin grants to participating entities.
Awarded 1,800 recycling bins to all public school districts
in the county, four private schools and 19 municipalities.
Site visits to be conducted in 2010.
Anoka County (cont.)
• Implemented 5 year contract with Veolia ES Technical
Solutions, L.L.C., to operate county household hazardous
waste (HHW) facility, thereby providing continuity of
service for residents for HHW collection and product reuse
at established location. Participation increased 8 percent in
2009 compared to previous year.
• Prepared publication for county businesses that identifies
available recycling opportunities and consultation services.
Publication to be distributed by direct mail, at events, and
during hazardous waste inspections.
• Distributed Anoka County Event Recycling Guide to all
municipalities and loaned recycling containers to facilitate
recycling at community events. County also provided
recycling logo labels to municipalities and National Sports
Center to make their recycling containers readily
identifiable.
Carver County
• Set record for annual attendance at the County’s
permanent HHW/recycling facility, the Environmental
Center (EC) with 23,451 visitors in 2009 (18,932 visitors
in 2008).
• Achieved dramatic increases in volumes collected for
several material streams collected at the EC resulting in
record annual collection totals:
– 3,448 appliances collected & recycled (26% increase
from 2008).
– Nearly 25,000 lamps collected (more than 50% increase
from 2008).
– 508,125 lbs of Residential Consumer Electronics
collected & recycled (56% increase from 2008).
Carver County (cont.)
• Reduced spending on non-county labor sources to operate
the Environmental Center by 12% from 2008. Improved
labor efficiency is attributed to sustained County oversight
of the EC using full-time staff , as well as increased
utilization of Sentenced to Serve and Community Work
Service crews.
• Provided collection opportunities to residents for items
that are difficult to dispose of. In 2009, Carver County
collected more than 90,000 lbs. of carpet for recycling.
Carver County (cont.)
• Worked with the Adult Training and Habilitation Center
(ATHC) to expand recycling and special waste services for
western Carver County by adding a new full service recycling
facility in the City of Watertown.
– New facility scheduled to open in June 2010, providing
employment for 25 individuals, including disabled adults,
and alleviating pressure from the Chaska Environmental
Center.
– Facility estimated to process 1 million pounds of
recyclables and provide education to 15,000 individuals in
the first year.
• Worked with haulers to offer both residential and
commercial organics collection throughout the county.
– County applied for a MPCA grant to reopen the Arboretum
Organics Compost site at a new location on Arboretum
property to provide a convenient location to deliver
organics for Carver County haulers.
Dakota County
• Worked with the Dakota County Transportation
Department to facilitate the inclusion of specifications for
the use of tear-off shingles in road construction project
bids.
• Collected and properly disposed of over 3.1 million pounds
of household hazardous waste, an increase of
approximately 10% over 2008.
• Collected approximately 900,000 pounds of electronics
from households during 2009, making up 30% of the total
household hazardous waste managed in Dakota County.
• Diverted approximately 65,000 pounds of reusable
household goods from disposal, through the Countysupported Twin Cities Free Market program.
Dakota County (cont.)
• Enhanced recycling in schools in Districts 192 and 197
through infrastructure support and technical assistance,
including program development, implementation,
education, and evaluation, resulting in a 47% increase in
recycling in these two Districts.
• Diverted approximately 40 tons of food waste from the
solid waste disposal system through a partnership with
communities and schools.
• Launched the Rethink Recycling campaign to Dakota
County residents and employees.
• Supported four Community POWER projects.
Hennepin County
• Received a NACO achievement award for the Dental
Hazardous Waste Generator self audit pilot project in
which 450 dentists completed audits over the course of a
year. The majority were found to be in basic compliance.
– Process would have taken 3-5 years if county had used
inspection process.
– County continues to use the self audit process to
review other healthcare businesses, including medical
clinics and pharmacies, and is currently developing a
generic self audit which will be used to provide
compliance information and license potential
generators in a wide variety of industries.
Hennepin County (cont.)
• Expanded recycling of organic waste materials to over 80
schools in nine school districts and collected 7,000 tons of
organic waste at the county’s transfer station for
composting.
– Participating schools have reported reducing their trash
service by 50%, as well as dramatic increases in their
recycling diversion numbers.
• Supported PPL, a jobs training organization under contract
with Hennepin County, to implement a mattress recycling
program.
– In 2009 PPL recycled 3,966 mattresses. PPL received
$59,500 in fees and $7,500 from commodity sales for
metal and foam. PPL uses 1.5 FTE’s for the mattress
program.
Hennepin County (cont.)
• Partnered with RAM and the bottling industry to place
recycling bins for beverage containers at 10 Holiday Stores
across the county.
– The “Message in a Bottle” program uses PPL to collect the
containers for recycling.
– PPL collected 17 tons of plastic bottles using 1.5 FTE’s.
PPL also collected 49 tons of plastic bags.
• Completed significant landscape improvements on HERC
grounds to make the plant more neighborhood-friendly.
• Completed an upgrade to the steam turbine at HERC to
produce more electricity and extract steam for District Energy.
– Modifications will result in additional electrical output to
Xcel Energy and steam distribution to NRG Energy Center
Minneapolis, which provides heating and chilling services to
downtown Minneapolis customers.
Ramsey County
• Continued to provide convenient household hazardous waste
services to residents, with either a year-round site or satellite
collection site within a 15 minute drive of almost every
household in Ramsey County.
– In 2009 participation increased 12% over 2008, with over
27,000 site visits delivering almost 1.5 million pounds of
material.
• Continued to provide yard waste collection services to
residents, serving over 429,000 visitors in 2009.
– Over 132,000 cubic yards of grass and leaves were
collected for composting, and 113,000 cubic yards of tree
and shrub waste were collected for use as biomass fuel at
District Energy.
– Worked closely with the Departments of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, and the City of Saint Paul, to assure
proper management of ash trees from the Emerald Ash
Borer quarantine area.
Ramsey County (cont.)
• Expanded services related to GreenGatherings by serving a
wide variety of events and festivals, including the
Governor’s Fishing Opener in White Bear Lake, Grand Old
Days, Rondo Days, Cinco de Mayo and others.
• Regulated solid and hazardous waste activities to assure
compliance with state and local regulations
– Licensed 1,929 hazardous waste generators, conducting
1,785 inspections and self-audit reviews of those
generators.
– Licensed 14 hazardous waste facilities and conducted 50
inspections of them, and licensed 9 solid waste facilities
conducting 75 inspections.
– Provided 2,912 phone consultations to businesses, 196
educational site visits to businesses, and 29 formal
training sessions attended by 667 employees of
hazardous waste generators.
Ramsey County (cont.)
• Implemented new provisions in the County’s Solid and
Hazardous Waste ordinances related to demolition and
deconstruction.
– Conducted 223 pre-demolition inspections during which
various materials were identified and removed prior to
disposal.
– An estimated 529,000 pounds of hazardous waste and
problem materials were removed and properly managed
from 156 residential properties and 41
commercial/industrial properties prior to demolition.
Ramsey County (cont.)
• Collaborated with Washington County and the Saint Paul
Port Authority to complete a feasibility study for a source
separated organic anaerobic digestion project, and
conducted follow up work to identify sources and
availability of organic waste from commercial/industrial
sources.
• Expanded outreach and education efforts in a variety of
social media, including development of a new “A-to-Z”
disposal guide; work with Spanish, Hmong and Somali
speaking communities; special projects in schools
throughout the County; and an extensive number of
partnerships with municipalities, planning districts, nonprofit organizations, and more.
Washington County
• Disseminated toxicity reduction information and strategies
through Community POWER to 100% of class participants
for a total of 52 parents through Mahtomedi Early
Childhood Family Education (ECFE). Also trained 38 junior
high youth from Guardian Angels Church in Oakdale at
waste reduction workshops in order to present the
information they learned to 276 youth attending the
church’s summer day camps.
• Loaned ClearStream recycling bins from 4 locations
throughout the county to 78 groups ranging from
households holding graduation parties or family reunions
to larger events like the Relay For Life and community
festivals.
Washington County (cont.)
• Conducted Post-Occupancy Evaluations (POE) on the Service
Center and Library in Forest Lake and Service Center in
Cottage Grove, including an analysis of county progress in
using Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines (MSBG),
occupant satisfaction assessments, and analysis of energy and
water use in the buildings compared to design.
• Continued third year of the agreement between
Ramsey/Washington County Resource Recovery Project and
Resource Recovery Technologies (RRT) for processing
services at the Newport RDF facility.
• Obtained a GreenCorps Member funded through the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency to assist with establishing a system
for tracking energy use and greenhouse gas emissions from
county operations and help with establishing an energy
reduction campaign for county employees.
Washington County (cont.)
• Opened the new Environmental Center in Woodbury to
provide household hazardous waste collection, and continue
the product reuse program and small business hazardous
waste collection program. Also expanded the materials
accepted (e.g. electronics) and the added drop-off service
for residents and small businesses for common recyclables
including paper, cardboard, bottles, and cans.
• Implemented a marketing-based approach to HHW
communications based on results from focus groups and a
telephone survey, which led to a new communications plan
for the Environmental Center and remote events, as well as
a new identity for the county’s HHW program.