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New Solid Waste Services Contract Implementation 1 Solid Waste Contract Services New Contract Begins July 1, 2014 Trash Collection Recycling Collection Yard Waste Collection & Yard Waste Cart E-waste Collection White

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New Solid Waste Services Contract Implementation

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New Contract Begins July 1, 2014

  • Trash Collection
  • Recycling Collection
  • Yard Waste Collection & Yard Waste Cart
  • E-waste Collection
  • White Goods/Metal Collection
  • Cart Management
  • Processing (recyclables, e-waste)

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Solid Waste Contract Services

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History

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  • SWMP recommended voluntary enhancements

– Yard waste collection in FY 2012 – Food waste collection in FY 2015

  • The public wants it (PLACE Initiative, “Informed/Consulted”)

– 2012 Solid Waste Study (random sample of 1,340 residents)

  • 94.3% strongly or somewhat agreed that “it is important for the County to be ‘green’”
  • 91.7% were supportive or neutral towards the addition of year-round yard waste collection
  • 79.4% were supportive or neutral towards the addition of food waste and yard waste collection in the same cart
  • 78% thought that the recycling and solid waste services in the County were a good “value”
  • 62% reported they were unaware of how much they paid for services and those that were aware believed that they were

paying, on average, $104 per quarter

– Focus Groups- 18 Civic Associations’ Representatives participated

  • Support year-round yard waste collection with the understanding that food waste collection would be added later
  • All participants supported the addition of a third cart

– 2013 Open Arlington Citizen Survey (1,414 self-selected survey respondents)

  • 92.9 % supported year-round yard waste collection
  • 62.2% of those wanted year-round yard and food waste collection
  • 59.1% wanted yard waste cart (based on 572 responses)
  • Zero Waste Goal (can’t get there without it)

Why Compostables Collection?

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  • 2012 Survey: Services Survey
  • 7-28-13: Met w/ C.F. Executive Council
  • 8-27-13 & 8-29-13: Focus groups w/ C.F. reps
  • Aug/Nov online survey-link sent to all C.A. presidents,

listserv, twitter/facebook posts

  • 10-1-13: Briefed C.F.
  • Briefed County Staff- Winter 2014
  • Briefed County Board members- Mar/Apr 2014

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Outreach

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Jurisdiction Year-Round Yard Waste Program Virginia City of Alexandria No Arlington County No City of Fairfax Yes Fairfax County Yes City of Falls Church Yes Town of Leesburg Yes Maryland City of Bowie No City of College Park Yes City of Frederick Yes Frederick County Yes Montgomery County Yes Prince George's County Yes

6 *FY13 Rates

Regional HSWRs

$0.00 $50.00 $100.00 $150.00 $200.00 $250.00 $300.00 $350.00 $400.00

City of Alexandria Arlington County City of Fairfax* Fairfax County City of Falls Church* Prince George's County* $328.00 $293.76 $355.48 $345.00 $345.00 $334.82 $307.04

FY13/14 Annual Rates

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7 $260.36 $295.80 $306.56 $325.68 $344.24 $325.72 $293.92 $293.76 14% 4% 6% 6%

  • 5%
  • 15%

0%

  • 20.00%
  • 15.00%
  • 10.00%
  • 5.00%

0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% $0.00 $50.00 $100.00 $150.00 $200.00 $250.00 $300.00 $350.00 $400.00 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14

HSWR

HSWR HSWR % change

HSWR Over Time

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The EPA Waste Reduction Model (WARM) shows that taking yard waste to a composting facility

generates less GHG emissions than taking it to the WTE/incinerator.

8 *Based on EPA WARM model results for 9,246

tons yard waste derived from 2013 SWB audit results. MTCO2E=metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent MTCE=metric tons carbon equivalent

CURBSIDE YARD WASTE* to Loudoun Composting Loudoun County, VA GHG Emissions (MTCO2E)

  • 268

GHG Emissions (MTCE)

  • 73

GHG Savings from 100% Diversion of Residential Curbside Yard Waste from WTE*:

For YARD WASTE, this is equivalent to…

  • Removing annual emissions from 53 Passenger Vehicles
  • Conserving

30.031 Gallons of Gasoline

  • Conserving

11,162 Cylinders of Propane Used for Home Barbeques

  • Conserving

1 Railway Cars of Coal

Greenhouse Gas Impacts

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Recycling Potentials

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Current Residential System CY 13 Recycling Rate = ~49.4%

*Percentages by weight based on SWB’s 2013 averaged waste audit results

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Addition of Yard Waste Collection Recycling Rate Potential = 62.7%

(RRP = 71.8% with Single-Stream Recycling) *Percentages by weight based on SWB’s 2013 averaged waste audit results

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Addition of Yard Waste & Food Waste Recycling Rate Potential = 78.7%

(RRP = 87.8% with Single-Stream Recycling)

*Percentages by weight based on SWB’s 2013 averaged waste audit results

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County Board Adopted new Household Solid Waste Rate of $307.04 at April 22, 2014 County Board Meeting

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HSWR

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Implementation

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  • New service provider for trash, recycling, e-

waste, white goods/metal, and yard waste collection w/ cart

  • May result in a change in the time of day that

services are delivered

  • Service Request options remain the same

(IVR/IWR, Call Center (703-228-6570), ArlingtonVA App)

  • All CNG collection fleet

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New Contract

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  • Website information updated
  • Letter to each HSWR customer explaining service change and new program
  • ArlingtonVA App. Report Issues. Get info. Opt out of organics cart or change size
  • Letter to 2,600 HSWR customers who will see service day changes
  • Letter to landscape companies explaining program requirements
  • Postcard to 2,600 HSWR customers who will see service day changes
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): published on website
  • Cart hanger w/magnet distributed to each HSWR customer with new yard waste cart
  • Email to listserv members
  • Social media announcements

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Solid Waste Contract Services Implementation Outreach

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Service Day Changes

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Monday T uesday Wednesday T hursday Friday T OT AL

C urrent Hous e C ount

5,806 6,453 6,654 6,764 7,470 33,147

Old R oute/New R oute

26 to 111 32 to 26 43 to 32 56 to 43

C ount C hange by Day

+651 +53

  • 51
  • 3
  • 650

2,658

New Hous e C ount

6,457 6,506 6,603 6,761 6,820 33,147

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  • Residents will receive a new, green, wheeled, compostables cart in accordance with the

following:

  • Single family homes – 64-gallon cart
  • Townhouses with exterior yards maintained by resident – 32-gallon cart
  • Yard Waste cart is important to establish habits needed for a full-scale commingled organics

collection program.

  • 64-gallon cart will hold the equivalent of about four of the paper yard waste bags; residents may

continue to set out any additional yard waste in personal containers, paper bags, or tied bundles.

  • Until the yard waste carts are distributed, a limited number of brown paper bags will be made

available at 2 locations in the County (SWB and CHP). Quantities will be limited for the 12 weeks, June 23rd-Sept 12th. Limited to 36,000 bags.

  • Carts are anticipated to be delivered in the Aug/Sep timeframe.
  • Once yard waste carts are distributed, brown paper bags will only be provided by the County

during the fall leaf collection season.

  • Yard waste will be banned in the trash.
  • PLASTIC bags will not be allowed for organics since plastic is not compostable.

Yard Waste Carts

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Questions?

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