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County of Maui Department of Environmental Management October 14, 2013

Solid Waste Program

• $6.6 million of General Fund subsidy (26%)
• -$100/ton landfill cost, $75/ton LF revenue
• $40/mo refuse cost, $18/mo refuse revenue
• Residential landfill tip fee is zero
• Residential green waste tip fee is zero
• Recyclable materials markets are overseas

Disposal alternatives prevent self-sufficiency.

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Landfill Diversion Update

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Landfill Diversion Update

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Why divert?

• Landfilling leads to fugitive methane, wasted

resources, high costs, trash-filled saina

• Reduce, reuse, recycle, and repurpose
• Landfilling - "re-nothing"
• Recycling — strive for the highest and best use
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• Plastic4plastic, metal metal, paper paper, etc.

Cost of diversion versus landfill impacts.

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Maui County Solid Waste Flows

County grants / dropboxes EKO Compost

155,578 tons 22%

Residential 7

17.3% 1.7%

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Commercial

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14.9%

Recyclables, food waste, metals, etc. Metal and concrete

58,489 tons Maui Demolition 25%

• Const. &

Demolition and Construction Landfill (Private)

42.9% Countywide Diversion Rate

Maui County total solid

waste -375,000

tons/yr.

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Maui County Landfill Diversion

Private sector efforts drive Maui recycling.

Food waste 1.4% Compost 0.2% C&D 9.0% Metals 7.5% Tires, etc. 0.9% Commercial 4.9% Lanai/Molokai 0.7% County grant

1.0% County EKO 17.3%

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County Diversion Program

• Salaries and operating costs >$600k

— Three County personnel

• County landfill diversion programs

—Maui programs (excl. EKO) — 1.01 % diversion —Lanai/Molokai programs — 0.66% diversion

• County compost program cost -$2 million

—Maui program (EKO) — 17.3% diversion The County invests heavily into diversion.

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Integrated SW Management Plan

• Increase the Central Maui Landfill lifespan
• Work toward 60 percent landfill diversion
• Implement residential curbside recycling
• Enact laws to force businesses to recycle food

waste and other materials

• Implement a "proven technology" waste

conversion facility

Diversion efforts have significant costs.

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Integrated SW Management Plan

• Annual SW budget from $50M to $107M
• Annual SW budget has been -$25M
• Curbside recycling revenue of $55/ton
• Actually costs over $250/ton
• Advocates producer responsibility legislation
• Likely to increase the price of goods

Lack of funding hinders plan implementation.

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U.S. Mainland vs. Maui

• U.S. Mainland

—Economies of scale — Competition for services —Better access to resource markets

• Maui

— Additional shipping adds costs (carts, material) —Isolation/cost limit markets for manufacturing Similar services 4 higher fees/taxes on Maui.

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Survey Information

Diversion initiatives must be cost-effective.

How much would you pay annually for residential curbside recycling? Do you use the County dropboxes for cardboard, newspaper, plastic?

Average: $43/yr Median: $0/yr

it costs 5100 to landfill something how much would you

Average: $49/yr Median: $35/yr Some HOAs provide their

• wn recycling receptacles.

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Survey Information

• If the County had more money, what would be your top three priorities?

How do you feel about waste conversion - 85% diversion, recyclables and solid and liquid fuels?

Concerns: cost, "too good to be true", and incineration

More recycling programs in the top five.

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Landfill Diversion Strategy

• Current efforts
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— Community dropbox — Compost —Recycling grants

• Future efforts

—Res. curbside recycling — Waste conversion The County

is exploring a holistic

approach.

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Composting

• EKO Compost operates at the CML

—Diverts green waste and sewage sludge into compost —Diverts fats/oils/grease (FOG) into biodiesel

• Composting represents

the County's most successful diversion program

• Demand for compost is tied to development

County cost is -$2 million for 17.3% diversion .

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Recyclables are fairly clean due to separation.

Community Dropboxes

• Eight County dropbox facilities

—Residents separate recyclables

• Recyclable markets are in the Far East
• Costs the County over $500k/year to operate

—Equates to 10-15 times the cost of landfilling

• Results in 1.5% CML diversion (0.61% overall)

—Represents over 10% of the CML budget

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Curbside Recycling Pilot Program

• 1,750 households -4 increased recycling
• Out-of-pocket costs: carts, cart delivery,

advertising, ongoing education, staffing, audits, and material processing/shipment

• All recyclable materials shipped overseas
• Estimated 10 year amortized cost:
• $80/year/account, or over 35% increase

Refuse bill will increase from $216 --> -$300/yr

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County Recycling Grants/Contracts

• Recipients include Community Workday,

Habitat for Humanity (Restore), Maui Recycling Group, Maui Recycling Service, Maui Disposal (Molokai), Maui Waste Services, and Pawns (Molokai)

• Total grants and contracts above -$350,000

— Total landfill diversion is 1.01 % Grants are issued on a yearly basis.

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Curbside Recycling Pilot Program

Pros: Cons:

• Increased recycling

through convenience

• Material is recycled
• Creates jobs
• Increased costs
• Refuse pickup cut in half
• Three carts per household
• Fuel to ship material to

Mainland then Far East

• Hurts existing local, private

curbside business

• No glass

Program increases recycling and costs.

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Curbside Recycling Pilot Program

• Costs (assumes County collection is free):

—Mixed recyclable/ton: -$250/ton — Green waste/ton: -$60/ton

• Projection of island-wide implementation

—Mixed recyclables: -1.0% landfill diversion —Green waste: -. 2.1% landfill diversion —10 year amortized annual cost: -$1.6 million Curbside costs $1.6M/yr for -3.1% diversion.

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id fuels results.

Recyclables and solid and liqu

Integrated Waste Conversion

MSW Landfill

Gas

Typical Waste Conversion Flow

This is not what Maui County is proposing.

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Waste Conversion Project

• Increased recycling — island-wide, multi-facet

—Paper, plastic, metal, glass, cardboard, etc.

• Over 85% LF diversion 4 solid/liquid fuels

—Reduction in importation of fossil fuels —Increases island sustainability

• Large reduction in GHGs

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—Equivalent of taking 25,000 cars off the road IWCEP will be privately funded.

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Waste Conversion Project

• Lower MSW mgmt. cost $68/ton vs. $100/ton

—Requires less resources for permit compliance

• Processes recyclable residue — not Iandfilled
• Significant economic development

—150 construction jobs —20-40 permanent jobs —Tens of millions of dollars in capital investment IWCEP complements current recycling efforts.

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Landfill Diversion Summary

• Current landfill diversion is -42.9%
• Significant opportunity exists for diversion

—Evaluate/maintain existing diversion programs —Evaluate extended producer responsibility —Evaluate residential curbside recycling —Evaluate waste conversion project Complementary programs are necessary.

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