Transcript Colorado Municipal Solid Waste Collection

County and Municipal Solid
Waste Programs in Colorado
David Snapp
Environmental Protection Specialist
Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment
County Level Research
 Researched landfill tipping fees? (what
are they used for?)
 Are there County tipping fee surcharges?
(what are they used for?)
 Are there County Solid Waste programs,
and how are they funded?
County Owned Landfills
 9 of 64 Counties have a [County]
surcharge on tipping fees
 2 Counties provide free landfill drop-off
for residents with the operational costs
paid through their general funds
Tipping Fees
 Tipping fees range from $4.00yd³ to
$24.00yd³ (Average: $11.03yd³)
 Surcharges range from $0.25 per yd³ to
10% of all tipping fees
Tipping Fee Surcharges
Education
Programs
Landfill
Operations
E-Waste
Collection
Inspection
Services
Tipping Fee
Surcharges
Recycling
Drop-offs
Transfer to
other
programs
HHW
Programs
Yard Waste
Management
One example: Clear Creek
 Offset the cost of landfill disposal through
the sale of recyclables
 By recycling, they have less to
landfill=lower tipping fees
 Diversion of yard waste
County Conclusions:
 Counties can offset costs of operations
by passing it on to users
 Tipping fees
 Tipping fee surcharges
 Sale of recyclables
 Divert waste to extend landfill life
The Basics of Solid Waste
Collection
Municipal Research
 We were able to research and/or directly
contact 258 incorporated municipalities
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City managers
City administrators
Municipal codes
 Estimated population covered under our
research:3,372,983
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Private
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City
Contracted/
Third
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Type of Household Waste Collection by Population
(Incorporated Municipalities)
1,015,686
Population with municipal
refuse collection:
Population with city contracted
refuse collection:
2,128,988
224,947
Population with private
contracted refuse collection (if
any):
Pay Structures
Pay Structure for State of Colorado Residents
Out of
Incorprated
Area
27%
PAYT
26%
Flat/FeeUnlimited
1%
No Data
45%
Free
1%
 PAYT-Volume
Based Fees
 Flat
Fee/Unlimited
 Free
Municipal Ordinance:
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Equal Space
Curbside recycling
City contract
Municipal service
Reporting of recyclables
Trash tax
MSW Stats
Percentage of Municipalities with Curbside
 38% of
Recycling Available
municipalities (63%
of residents) have
N/A:
Muni. with
3%
curbside recycling
C/S:
38%
available
 At least 2,965,200 Muni without
C/S
residents have
59%
curbside recycling
available
MSW Stats
 30,692 is the average population for a
municipality with curbside recycling
available
 5,573 is the median population for
municipalities with curbside recycling
available
Population correlation:
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Percent with
Access to
Curbside
Recycling
67.9%
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37.2%
30%
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14.0%
10%
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What next?
 Figure out which areas have infrastructure to
support recycling and are not taking advantage
 Advocate recycling and composting as
alternative disposal methods
 Education
 Develop Beneficial Use Framework as another
means to increase diversion
Questions?
 Feel free to e-mail me at:
[email protected]