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MES A COUNTY Regional Waste Diversion S tudy S TAKEHOLDER MEETING May 29, 2018, Grand Junction, Colorado

S TUDY TEAM Barrett Jensen  Director - Mesa County S olid Waste Jennifer Richardson  Operations Manager - Mesa County S olid Waste Winn Cowman  Proj ect Lead - S ouder, Miller & Associates Graham Cottle  Proj ect Assistant – S ouder, Miller & Associates

PROJECT FUNDING

S TUDY AREA Mesa, Delta, Gunnison, and Montrose counties

S TUDY OBJECTIVE To optimize waste reduction and diversion efforts in western Colorado.

S TUDY PROCES S  S takeholder Meetings (4)  S urvey  Waste Composition Audits (5)  Gap Analysis  Final Report Including Actionable Tasks

S TAKEHOLDER MEETINGS Grand Junction  Today Gunnison  Week of August 20 th (tentative) Delta eptember 24 th (tentative)  Week of S Grand Junction  TBD

S TAKEHOLDER S URVEY Electronic S urvey to Identify:  S takeholders  Current Infrastructure  Waste Flows  Waste Types  Policies  Attitudes

Waste Composition Audits  http:/ / www.westernslopenow.com/ news/ studying-what-s-in-the- landfill_20180512043334/ 1174667994

WAS TE AUDIT S CHEDULE Grand Junction (six-day)  June 18-23 One-Day Audits in Gunnison, Montrose & Delta  Week of July 9 th (tentative)  Week of July 13 th (tentative)  Week of July 30 th (tentative) Grand Junction (six-day)  S eptember

WAS TE AUDIT PLANNING  Contact Haulers  Discuss Routes  Plan Commercial vs. Residential  Other S orts  Construction & Demolition (C&D)  Recyclables

WAS TE AUDIT PROCES S  Waste S orted into 30 Categories  7 Maj or Categories  Weighed  S tatistical Analysis  Grouped by Diversion Options  Recommendations

WAS TE CATEGORIES  Household  Glass Container  Film, bags  Junk Mail/ Batteries & wrap Aseptic  Glass Other Container  Paint  Other  Aluminum Food  Magazines/ & Bev. plastic  Motor Catalogs Vehicle  S teel/ Tin  Cardboard Waste  Other Paper & brown  Other Metals bags  C&D  Food Waste  Plastic bottle  Newspaper PET 1  Hazardous  Clean Wood & S pecial  Plastic bottle  Office  Other HDPE 2 paper  Residue Organics  Non-bottle  Chipboard/  Textiles rigid Plastic 1-7 paperboard  Electronics

DIVERS ION CATEGORIES  Organics  Construction & Demolition (C&D)  Traditional Recyclables  Hazardous & S pecial  Trash

Food Waste 30.1% Construction Debris 13.9% Metals, 3.4% Glass, 1.8% Residue, 3.5% Cardboard/Kraft 8.1% Other Plastic 6.9% Plastics, 14.3% Hazardous & Film, Bags & Wrap 5.1% Special Waste, 21.8% Yard Waste 4.2% Paper, 17.8% Textiles 3.9% Organics, 37.4% Residue 3.5% Other Organics 2.8% Motor Veh Waste 2.8% Trash, 19.2% Recyclables, 20.3% C&D, 13.9% Other Hazardous/ Organics, Special Waste, 34.6% 12.0% EXAMPLE OF WAS TE AUDIT RES ULTS

DATA ANAL YS IS Compile data from:  S urvey  Waste Composition Audits  S takeholder Meeting Discussions  Additional Outreach/ Conversations with S takeholders

GAP ANAL YS IS Identify gaps in:  Infrastructure  Policy  Attitudes/ Initiative  Funding  Personnel/ Leadership  Technology  Markets  Political Will  Others

ACTIONABLE TAS KS Determine waste diversion:  Tasks currently underway  Plan Tasks  Timeframe  Future of workgroup