Transcript 06_Expanding_Roy.ppt

Getting the most out of your transfer station
SESSION 6 – EXPANDING OPERATIONS
SERVICES TO CONSIDER
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Electronic Waste Collection
Green Waste
Recycling CRV Material
Scrap Metal Disposal
Mulching Program
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection
E-Waste, HHW, and recycling should all go inside the transfer
station.
Green waste and scrap metal should have a designated area
outside the transfer station
All these efforts will help reduce solid waste cost as it will decrease
the amount of tonnage in your waste stream
It will also allow more room for regular household rubbish
ELECTRONIC WASTE
What is electronic waste? Washers & dryers,
televisions, refrigerators, old VHS or DVD players,
CD and radio players
 Most waste haulers will not allow you to simply
throw them away
 Many times you will find old TV’s, refrigerators,
washers, and dryers littered throughout the
Reservation or sitting in a persons yard
 Educate Tribal residents on what is considered Ewaste and why it is dangerous to illegally dump in
the environment
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ELECTRONIC WASTE
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Set up a centralized or multiple drop
off areas for electronic waste
Set up an area in your transfer
station, it does not take up much
space
Put signs up in the transfer station
showing the designated drop off area
Research to find a company in your
area that will remove E-Waste free of
charge
Find out what E-Waste they will and
will not take
Contact local electronic stores (Best
Buy or Fry’s) to see if they have EWaste collection days
Look for other grants to pay for the
removal of E-Waste (Best Buy)
WEBSITE: WWW.CLEANEARTHRECYCLING.COM
CLEAN EARTH E-CYLCERS
PICK UP FORM
RECYCLING CRV MATERIALS
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Start small and work
your way up
Try to roll it out to any
Tribally owned and
operated business
Offer recycling bins at
Tribal gatherings
HOW TO START RECYCLING
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Pick an area in your
transfer station for CRV
materials
Secure the area with
fencing to eliminate theft
Scales to weigh the
materials
A bailer to compact the
materials
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The California Department
of Conservation (CDC) is
the agency you apply to for
a CRV license
Their website (CDC) has a
lot of material for download
on recycling
The CDC also has CRV
grants available
Must allow CDC officials to
come onto the Reservation
to check your scales
FIFTY GALLON BINS FOR CANS
THREE YARD BIN WITH WHEELS FOR
CARDBOARD AND PAPER
RECYCLING BINS IN THE TRANSFER STATION
A LARGE CARDBOARD BOX
RECYCLABLES IN IT
YOU DON’T ALWAYS NEED NICE BLUE BINS
WHY START A GREEN WASTE PROGRAM
Waste haulers will not allow you to throw green
waste (tree trimmings) into their dumpsters and
most landfills will not take it
 Most people burn their green waste, which
could lead to a wildfire and causes air pollution
 People just let it pile up in their yard or throw it
down into canyons
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GREEN WASTE – WOOD CHIPPINGS
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Wood chippings can be used for
erosion control around homes and
on dirt roads
Best way to start is to purchase a
small chipper
The BIA has a wood chipper that it
loans out to tribes
Just create a designated area for
drop off of green waste
Chip up the green waste as needed
Leave it easily accessible for
residents to pick up and use
Could also use the wood chippings
to create mulch and landscaping
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE (HHW)
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This can be an expensive item
to collect
Educate people on what
exactly HHW is?
Training your staff should
attend: CPR, HAZWOPR, etc.
Educate your staff and Tribal
residents about the dangers of
HHW
Many rules and regulations for
HHW
No waste hauler will accept
HHW material
Do not attempt to haul HHW
on your own
SCRAP METAL
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Have a designated area for
scrap metal
All scrap metal has a value
Scrap metal companies will
provide drop off and pick up
of 40-yard roll offs
Anything that is metal or
mostly metal can be
recycled and loaded into the
bins such as refrigerators,
washers and dryers
Some will even take cars
CREATING A MULCHING PROGRAM
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Start one in your office and lunch
room with left over food scraps and
coffee grinds
One of a casinos largest waste items
is food, try to get them involved
A mulching program is a great
teaching tool, try to get your tribes
after school program involved
A market exists for clean mulch
Many different methods to create
mulch, find out what is best for you
Mulch can be used for planting
projects, gardens and landscaping
Reduces the amount of waste you
have haul to the landfill