SMART Waste Management

Changing the way Americans value trash

S-M-A-R-T
Save

Money

And
Reduce Trash
Residents can save when they reduce the amount of trash they produce

Unit-based Pricing Sends a Clear Message

Worcester, MA Population 173,000 San Francisco, CA Population 775,000

Unit based pricing is just a different way of paying for waste

PAYT vs Non PAYT per capita Trash

1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 PAYT NON PAYT

472

916

Inspiration

Worcester MA

Boston Globe February 2007

49% Decrease in Residential Trash

Trash
1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 PAYT Drop off PAYT Curbside non-PAYT non-PAYT Drop off Curbside PAYT Drop off PAYT Curbside non-PAYT Drop off non-PAYT Curbside

Average per capita Recycling up 77%

Recycling
400

350 300
250 200 150 100 50 0
PAYT Drop off non-PAYT Drop PAYT Curbside off non-PAYT Curbside PAYT Drop off non-PAYT Drop off PAYT Curbside non-PAYT Curbside

Decrease in overall waste generation 35%

1,200 1,000

800
600 400 200 0 non-PAYT

Source Reduction 35%

Recycling Trash

PAYT

US Residential per capita Disposal

source Resource Recycling April 2008 Per capita Residential Waste Disposal 448 357 551 390 513 529 325 544 359 1,135

City Portland OR Portland ME Binghamton NY Worcester MA *San Francisco CA Grand Rapids MI Bath ME Fayetteville AK Middletown RI United States

Population 537,081 64,249 45,217 175,454 744,041 193,083 9,184 67,158 16,431 293,000,000

Tip Fee 71 88 40 68 117 79 90 25 32 37

PAYT Savings Based on National per capita disposal Average $13,098,600 $2,199,372 $528,135 $4,444,250 $27,073,420 $4,621,828 $344,757 $496,130 $204,007 $3,076,133,750

Numbers represent 2005,2006,2007 estimates of tonnages sent to lands or waste to energy facilities *San Francisco has local tip fee of $117 per ton

Seoul Korea VGCF System - Before / After

Municipal Solid Waste Disposal

Before VGCF was 12,238 ton/day

Municipal Solid Waste

1000 800 600 400 200 0

Per Person Per Year

Before 880 After 520

Disposal After VGCF was7,013 ton/day

Zurich Switzerland reduced waste 41%

Europe per capita disposal

Polluter Pays Principle

1200

Per Capita

1000

800

600

400

Per Capita

200

0
Belgium Netherlands Germany Austria Sweden Finland Spain Italy Luxembourg Portugal Greece France UK Denmark Ireland US

Source: Institute for Public Policy Research 2007

PAYT a SMART BET

MaldenWaste Before SMART
Total Waste 22%

Projection After SMART

Total Waste

14% 37% Total Recycling (plastic glass metalpaper yard waste) Total Recycling (plastic glass metalpaper yard waste) Source Reduction

78%

49%

The City of Malden would save $817,000 annually in avoided disposal

Malden MA before and after

2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 October November December January February

2007
2008

Core Residential Waste

US MSW 2007 Facts and Figures = 170 million tons

of waste after compost and recycling 60% Residential = 102 million tons New England Study suggests about 20+% of household waste is recoded as commercial Potential US waste reduction 50 million tons
Trash New England PAYT

New Englan non-PAYT EPA

BioCycle 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

Overcoming the Obstacle

66 communities PAYT
60 communities nonPAYT

Now that you have

What is the main

implemented PAYT do your residents like it? 100% feel their residents are extremely happy

barrier to PAYT 75% are afraid of PAYT for political reasons afraid residents will be unhappy 20% feel their residents will think it is just an additional tax

SMART vs. Recycle Bank

Annual Household Savings Annual Pounds of Diversion Per Household

City

Malden

$41.93

1,089

Everett
Revere

$11.08
$13.38

287
347

North Shore Massachusetts Communities Implement Waste Diversion Programs: PAYT Results Clearly Stand Out EPA SPRING 2009 Bulletin

Tonnage 100 200 300 400 500 600 0 Jan '06 Feb '06 Mar' 06 Apr' 06 May' 06 Jun'06 Jul '06 Aug '06 Sep '06 Oct '06 Nov '06 Dec '06

Jan '07
Feb '07 Mar' 07 Apr' 07 May' 07 Jun'07 Jul '07 Aug '07 Sep '07 Oct '07 Nov '07 Dec '07 Jan '08 Feb '08 Mar' 08 Apr' 08 May' 08 SAYT Single Stream

Duxbury MA One Month After Implementation July 2007

Town of Duxbury Solid Waste and Recycling Tonnage History

Solid Waste

Recycling

Middletown Rhode Island SMART

350

300

250

Solid Waste

200 Tonnage

Recycling
150

100

50

0 Jul-07 Aug- Sep- Oct-07 Nov- Dec07 07 07 07 Jan08 Feb- Mar- Apr-08 May- Jun- Jul-08 Aug- Sep- Oct-08 08 08 08 08 08 08

MSW for the Town of Stafford, CT

How Can You Get SMART?

Go to EPA SMART BET and assess the cities

potential for Cost and GHG reductions Find a Coach to help you through the Politics Start an Advisory Committee to officially investigate SMART and carry out Implementation Create an easy, cost-effective Implementation Strategy to fit w/your current Collection Structure

Residents Want Right to Choose

Kicking the Cans July 29, 2008

Should people who throw out more trash pay higher disposal bills?

84% - YES 16% - NO

SMART Waste Management

Changing the Way Americans Value Trash
By:

Kristen Brown Green Waste Solutions kristen@thewastesolution.com 843-241-3276

SMART BET TOOL