Transcript Pennsylvania’s Act 101 Back to the Basics

April 4, 2003
Recycling: Do We Still Have to
Do It?
2003 Spring Conference
Allegheny League of Municipalities
Seven Springs Mountain Resort
Current status of recycling
945 municipalities have curbside recycling programs
• 82 of these are in Allegheny County
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59 are mandated by Act 101
23 implemented voluntarily
635 municipalities have drop-off recycling sites
• 16 of these are in Allegheny County
PA’s 2001 recycling rate: 28%
• Allegheny County’s 2001 rate: 17.2%
Act 101 requirements
Residential curbside
recycling
Commercial Recycling
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Residential leaf waste
collection
Residential recycling
education program
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Businesses
Institutions
Municipal facilities
Commercial recycling
education
Community event
recycling
Recycling Education
Required 2 times per year
Notify all persons occupying
residential, commercial and
institutional premises
Education Methods
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Describe program features
and requirements
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Responsibilities of residents
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Responsibilities of
commercial establishments
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Newspaper, radio, TV
advertisements
Official notices
Newsletters
Public place notices
Bill stuffers
Calendars
Other direct mail
Website
Recycling Education
Where to get help:
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County recycling coordinators
Municipal recycling coordinators
Environmental organizations
Local printers in yellow pages of phone book
Newspaper advertising department
PA DEP website: http://www.dep.state.pa.us
directLINK: (“recycling coordinators corner”)
Recycling Reporting
Report to county by February 15 (curbside and drop-off)
• Residential recycling
• Commercial, institutional, municipal, community events
• Leaf waste collection
Potential sources of recycling records:
• Haulers
• Businesses, institutions, municipal facilities
• Materials processors
MUNICIPAL NAME
MATERIAL
ALUMINUM CANS
ALUMINUM SCRAP
ANTIFREEZE
AUTO PARTS: CATALYTIC CONVERTERS, RADIATORS
BATTERY: LEAD-ACID
BATTERY: NICKEL & CADMIUM
BRASS
CIRCUIT BOARDS
CLOTHING/TEXTILES
COMMINGLED MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTION: CONCRETE, WOOD, CINDER BLOCKS, ASPHALT
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
COPPER
DRUM FIBER
DRUM PLASTIC
DRUM STEEL
FERROUS
FLUORESCENT TUBES
FOOD WASTE
FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS
GLASS: BROWN
GLASS: CLEAR
GLASS: GREEN
GLASS: MIXED
GLASS: OTHER
GLASS: PLATE
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
LEAD
MATTRESSES
MIXED METALS
NICKEL
NON FERROUS
OIL FILTERS
PAPER: BROWN BAGS & SACKS
PAPER: CARDBOARD
PAPER: COMPUTER
PAPER: MAGAZINE
PAPER: MIX
PAPER: NEWSPRINT
PAPER: OFFICE PAPER
PAPER: PHONE BOOKS
PLASTIC: FILM
PLASTIC: HDPE
PLASTIC: LPDE (LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE)
PLASTIC: MIXED
PLASTIC: OTHER
PLASTIC: PET
PLASTIC: PP (POLYPROPLENE)
PLASTIC: PS (POLYSTYRENE)
PLASTIC: PVC (POLYVINYL/CHLORIDE)
RUBBER TIRES
STAINLESS STEEL
STEEL & BIMETALLIC (TIN) CANS
USED OIL
WHITE GOODS
WIRE/CABLE
WOOD WASTE
YARD AND LEAF WASTE
MUNICIPAL NUMBER
CODE
AA1
AA2
O02
V01
B01
B02
N03
CB1
M03
XXX
M02
CRT
N02
DR3
DR1
DR2
F01
FL1
FW1
M04
GL4
GL1
GL3
GL2
GL6
GL5
HHW
N04
MT1
MM1
N10
N01
OL3
C02
C01
PA5
PA1
PA3
PA2
PA4
PA6
PL8
PL2
PL4
PL7
PL9
PL1
PL5
PL6
PL3
M01
N05
F02
OL2
F03
W01
WW1
Y03
CURBSIDE
TONS
DROP-OFF
COMMERCIAL
Community would report curbside
commingled total of 75.9 tons
89.29 – (89.29 x 0.15) = 75.9
_____________ TOWNSHIP
ANNUAL COMMERCIAL/INSTITUTIONAL RECYCLING REPORT
CALENDAR YEAR
Please return this report no later than January 31
NAME OF BUSINESS/ESTABLISHMENT
CONTACT PERSON
TELEPHONE (
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ADDRESS
CITY
ZIP CODE
COUNTY
Allegheny
1. What type of business do you operate?
 Manufacturing
 Wholesale/Retail
 Government
 Office/Administrative/Service
 Institution (school, hospital, etc.)
 Recycling Hauler/Market*
 Other
*If you are a hauler that collects recyclables or a market that accepts recyclables from businesses, institutions or
government offices in ________ Township, please attach a list of your ________ Township customers to ensure proper
accounting of the materials recycled in the Borough. These records will be kept strictly confidential. They will be
used only to help avoid double counting of materials and for verification of compliance with ________
Township’s Recycling Ordinance by businesses and institutions.
1. Where was the material you recycled generated?
 Offices
 Lunchroom
 Retail operations
 Shipping/Receiving
 Food service
 Maintenance
 Other
 Warehouse
 Other
2. Who collects/markets your recyclables?
Name of Business
Contact
Telephone (
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On the reverse side of this report, please record by category the amount(s) of Post-Consumer Materials that your
business separated for recycling. Please list the amount in TONS. These weights should be available to you from your
recycling hauler or market. Attach to this form any weight receipts or collection report(s) you received as verification of
the amount of material you recycled OR have your recycling hauler/market sign this form to verify its accuracy.
Post-Consumer Materials refer to recovered materials that have been used as a consumer item and are diverted from
municipal solid waste for the purpose of collection and recycling. The term excludes materials from industrial processes
that have not reached the consumer, such as overissues of newspapers or magazines and industrial process scrap.
Pre-Consumer Materials refer to materials generated in manufacturing and converting processes such as manufacturing
process scrap and trimmings/cuttings. Also, print overruns, overissue publications, and obsolete inventories that did not
leave the generating facility would be classified as pre-consumer materials.
I hereby certify that the amount(s) of recyclable materials listed in this report are to the best of my knowledge complete
and accurate.
Signature of Recyclable Hauler/Market
Date
Please list the amount(s) IN TONS of Post-Consumer recyclable materials generated from your business/
institution* for the calendar year that has just passed.
*Haulers that collect recyclables or markets that accept recyclables from businesses, institutions or government offices in
________ Township should provide total tonnage for all Township customers.
Tons
Tons
1. Old Newsprint
14. Food Wastes (including grease)
2. High Grade Office Paper
15. Lead Acid (Automotive) Batteries
3. Corrugated Cardboard
16. Major Appliances
4. Other Marketable Grades of Paper
17. Other Ferrous Metals
Magazines
18. Other Non-Ferrous Metals
Telephone Directories
19. Textiles
Other
20. Tires
Other
21. Wood
5. Aluminum Cans
6. Steel/Bimetal Cans
7. Amber (brown) Glass
Wood Packaging
Other
22. Yard Trimmings
8. Clear Glass
Brush & Branches
9. Green Glass
Grass
10. PET (#1) Plastics
Leaves
11. HDPE (#2) Plastics
Tree stumps
12. Other Plastics
23. Other Recyclables (please specify)
PVC (#3) Plastics
LDPE (#4) Plastics
PP (#5) Plastics
PS (#6) Plastics
Other
Other
13. Commingled (any of the above)
Please list materials included in your commingled
mix:
Please return this form no later than January 31 to:
________ Township
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Questions? Call ____________
_________________, PA _____
ATTN: Recycling Report
________ Township thanks you for your cooperation in providing this data in a timely manner.
Performance grants (904)
Source separated recyclables
• Aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans
• Clear and colored glass
• Corrugated paper, newspaper, high-grade office
paper, other marketable grades of paper
• Plastics
Residential and commercial post-consumer materials only
Leaf waste not eligible
(67% of eligible Allegheny Co. muni.’s applied in 2002)
Performance grant formula
$5.00/ton for residential tons
$5.00/ton for commercial tons equal to
residential tons (excess gets bonus)
$1.00/ton for each percent of DEP calculated
recycling rate
$10.00/ton bonus for commercial tons in excess
of residential tons
Sample performance grants
350 residential tons
$1,750
350 residential tons
$1,750
500 commercial tons
$1,750
250 commercial tons
$1,250
3.2% recycling rate
$2,274
2.7% recycling rate
$1,670
Excess commercial tons $1,500
TOTAL GRANT AWARD
$7,274
Excess commercial tons
$0
TOTAL GRANT AWARD
$4,670
Grant award increases 50% by obtaining 250 more tons of
commercial tonnage! Go after those numbers!
Recycling program development
& implementation grants (902)
90 percent funding of approved costs
• Project development
• Collection & processing equipment
• Drop-off & processing facilities
• Recycling education programs
Pre-application conference required
• DEP Regional Recycling Coordinator:
Sharon Svitek (412) 442-4130
• Allegheny County Recycling Coordinator:
Pete Previte (412) 578-8390
Free recycling technical
assistance program
Professional assistance with:
• Curbside program design
• Leaf waste collection & composting
• Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) programs
• Recycling education programs
Up to $6,000 professional engineering services
One-page application
Reports posted on DEP website:
http://www.dep.state.pa.us
directLINK: (“recycling technical assistance”)
Recycling means business in PA
Recycling/reuse establishments:
Recycling/reuse employment:
Annual sales receipts
Annual payroll
Taxes to general fund (est.)
Indirect benefits
Total:
$18.4
$ 2.9
$ 0.3
$ 1.8
3,247
81,322
billion
billion
billion
billion
$23.4 billion
Close the Loop ~ Buy Recycled !