“Let’s Talk Recycling”

Saskatoon Recycling
Program Options

Public Open House

September 8, 9 and 16, 2010
Purpose of the Open Houses
• Provide overview of planning process
• Present the current options
• Obtain additional feedback on the options
• Feedback from the Public will be compiled
and presented to City Council
Planning Process
2007 •Waste & Recycling Plan prepared and adopted

Spring/ •City examines four options for recycling

Summer 2010 •Consultation with stakeholders, public
•Obtain feedback from the public via on-line and telephone
surveys
Sept 2010 •Public open houses on the four options

Oct 2010 •Identification of preferred option(s)

•Consultation on preferred option(s)
Nov 2010 •Recommendation of preferred option
•City Council makes a decision on recycling options
2011 – 2012 •Program implementation
Understanding our Waste:
Composition
• How did we estimate Saskatoon’s residential solid waste
composition?

Waste Audit Leaf & Yard Waste,

(Garbage) composted material

Materials Recycled Materials Recycled

in Depots, private through SARCAN
recycling

Based on 2006 values

Understanding our Waste:
Composition
• Residential solid
waste generated
in 2008:
84,000 tonnes
Understanding our Waste:
Where it’s Going
Recycling: Roles and
Responsibilities
• Province of Saskatchewan
– Issues permits to companies and municipalities
operating landfills
– Inspects landfills to ensure compliance with regulations
– Multi-Material Recycling Program (MMRP)
• Currently under development and the structure of the program
has not yet been finalized.
• Would allow municipalities to share some of the costs of
recycling with industry.
Recycling: Roles and
Responsibilities
• City of Saskatoon
– Environmental protection and waste bylaw
enforcement
– Provide residents with a reasonable,
convenient way to recycle
– Listen and respond to feedback on recycling
programs
Recycling: Roles and
Responsibilities
• SARCAN Recycling
– Recycling division of provincial Saskatchewan
Association of Rehabilitation Centres (SARC)
– Operates Saskatchewan's deposit beverage
container, paint, electronic and milk container
recycling system
Recycling: Roles and
Responsibilities
• The public
– Use waste diversion programs where
available and reasonable
– Provide feedback on waste and recycling
programs
Why Recycle?
• The landfill currently accepts a total of 130,000 tonnes of
waste per year (commercial and residential).

• By recycling more, Saskatoon can:

– conserve space and extend the life of the landfill
– ensure valuable resources are used again.

• One tonne of landfill space is worth $90.

Why Recycle?
• Conserve natural resources
– Every tonne of mixed paper recycled can save the energy
equivalent of 185 gallons of gasoline.

– Every tonne of PET (beverage container) plastic recycled saves

the energy equivalent of 234 gallons of gasoline.

– Recycling just one tonne of aluminum cans conserves the

equivalent of 36 barrels of oil, or 1,665 gallons of gasoline.

– Recycling one ton of steel saves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400
pounds of coal, and 120 pounds of limestone.
Why Recycle?
• Create economic and social opportunities
– Recycling creates more jobs than landfilling.
– Recycling waste into valuable products, creates jobs
and adds value to material otherwise thrown out.
– Recycling employs a variety of skilled workers in jobs
ranging from material sorting and processing to high-
quality product manufacturing.
Review of Options
• Investigating four options
1. No changes to the current system (status quo)
2. Subsidized curbside collection
3. Expanded depot system
4. City-wide curbside collection

Cost estimates are before revenues or external funding

(e.g. Multi-Material Recycling Program)
Option 1: No Changes to
Existing System (status quo)
$1 million/year

* $1 per
household/month

(before revenues
and funding)

7,000 tonnes
of recyclables
9% of waste stream
* Including Cosmo depots
(+ SARCAN)
Option 2: Subsidy for Private
Curbside Collection
$1.75 million/year

$1.75 per
household/month
*
+ subscription fee

(assumes 15%
sign-up rate with
subscribed service)

(before revenues
and funding)

10,000 tonnes
* Including Cosmo depots
of recyclables
12% of waste stream
(+ SARCAN)
Option 3: Expand Depot System
$3 million/year

$3 per
*
household/month
(before revenues
and funding)

14,000 tonnes
of recyclables
17% of waste stream
(+ SARCAN)
* Including Cosmo depots
Option 4: City-Wide Curbside
Recycling
$7 - 11 million/year
*
$7 - 11 per
household/month

(before revenues
and funding)

26,000 tonnes
of recyclables
31% of waste stream
* Including Cosmo depots (+ SARCAN)
Paying for Recycling
• Revenues from sale of materials
• Multi-Material Recycling Program
(Provincial Program)
• Funding Options
– Utility financing
– Tax-base Funding options to be
reviewed further in
Phase 2 later this year
Consultation
• Discussions with local, regional and
provincial recycling stakeholders
• Newsletter, webpage, e-mail
• Online and telephone surveys
• Open Houses in Phase 1 (September)
• Open Houses in Phase 2 (October)
Survey Highlights
Recycling Program Option Preference
Telephone Survey Web Survey

82%

43%
27% 21%
4% 8% 4% 8%

Option 1: Option 2: Option 3: Option 4:

Current Subsidized Expanded City-wide
System Curbside Depot System Curbside
Recycling
Next Steps
Sept 2010 •Identify preferred option(s)

Oct 2010 • Present preferred option(s) to City Council

• Conduct detailed analysis on option(s)
• Open house series 2
• Survey on preferred option(s)
Nov 2010 Recommend preferred option

Dec 2010 + Development of implementation plan

2011 – 2012 Implementation of new recycling services

Thank you!
If you have questions or comments, please
speak with one of our staff at today’s open
house.

A presentation will be held at

3 pm and at 7 pm, followed by a question
and answer session.

Please also fill in a comment sheet. You may

drop it off today or submit it before
September 17.