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Scott Mouw NC Division of Environmental Assistance & Outreach

Solid Waste Management Annual Report: Recycling

Recycling Trends in North Carolina

 Positive growth in recycling programs and recycling

tonnage.

 Disposal bans helping increase material recovery.  Breakthroughs in the recycling of new materials.  Recycling contributing to job and business growth.  Recycled materials essential to NC manufacturers.

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50 100 150 200 250 300

Curbside Recycling Programs

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Curbside – Transition to Carts

 Many major cities now using carts:

Greensboro Charlotte Fayetteville Durham High Point Jacksonville Raleigh Winston-Salem

 New small and medium sized town

programs starting with carts.

 Estimated total # of households who received a cart in 2011:

 400,000  12,000,000 gallons of additional household recycling capacity

 Cart trend will continue to grow.

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Recovery of Paper and Container Materials by NC Local Governments

• 100,000.00

200,000.00 300,000.00 400,000.00 500,000.00 600,000.00 Fiber (Tons) Containers (Tons)

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Recovery of Plastic Bottles in NC by Local Government Programs

• 5,000.00

10,000.00 15,000.00 20,000.00 25,000.00 30,000.00 35,000.00 40,000.00 FY 2003- 04 FY 2004- 05 FY 2005- 06 FY 2006- 07 FY 2007- 08 FY 2008- 09 FY 2009- 10 FY 2010- 11 Other Plastics HDPE Bottles PET Bottles

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Local Government Electronics Collection (in tons)

• 1,000.00

2,000.00 3,000.00 4,000.00 5,000.00 6,000.00 7,000.00 8,000.00 FY 2008-09 FY 2009-10 FY 2010-11 Televisions Other Electronics

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Effects of Oil Filter Disposal Ban for Filter Recycling Companies

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 2008 2009 2010

Oil Filter Collection Customers

1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 2008 2009 2010

Tons Collected

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Effects of Pallet Disposal Ban: Pallet Recyclers

Private Wooden Pallet Recovery in North Carolina, 2008-2011 (in tons)

• Over half of pallet recyclers said the disposal ban helped their business grow.

81% 62% 91% 38% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Increased pallet tonnage Increase revenue Increased Customers Hired more workers

Effects on Pallet Recycling Businesses

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Construction & Demolition Waste and Organics Recycling

 Increasing interest and activity in C&D

recycling, despite construction economy - amount of tonnage recycled at C&D landfills has doubled since 2005.

 Main challenge: relatively low market

value for some C&D materials.

 Growth in commercial

composting facilities.

 Separated food waste collection still at small scale but expanding

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Shingle Recycling

 Early adopters: Greenville Paving and

Pitt County

 Regulatory issues resolved.  Oil prices helping increase interest and

improve economics of shingle recycling.

 Many asphalt paving companies now

scrambling to source materials.

 Approximately 264,000 tons in potential

diversion; estimated currently at 40,000 tons.

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Independent Recycling Haulers

 Small haulers and new recycling

start-ups playing an increasing role in material collection:

 ABC customers  Other commercial customers  Unincorporated residences

 Examples:

 Green Pieces, Stanly County area

– 130 to 2290 customers in four years.

 Hatteras Recycling, Dare County

– 335 to 1100 customers

5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 2009 2010 2011 (projected)

Change in # of customers since 2008

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NC Recycling Employment Trends

1110 1137

7,757 11,762 12,776 14,490 15,187

2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 1994 2000 2003 2008 2010

Employees

Year

Private Sector Jobs Public Sector Jobs

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Examples of Recycling Economic Development in NC in 2011

 Electronics Recycling International: announcement of new electronics

recycling facility in Badin with projected 150 jobs.

 Synergy: completion of $30 million electronics processing facility in

Madison.

 McGill Environmental:$2 million upgrade of composting facility in

Sanford.

 New material recovery facilities (MRFs) built by Sonoco (Charlotte),

North Davidson Sanitation (Welcome), Benfield Sanitation (Mooresville), and American Recycling (Candler)

 Reflective Recycling: new $8 million glass processing facility in Wilson,

NC

 Unifi: new $8 million textile manufacturing facility converting plastic

bottle plastic into polyester in Yadkinville.

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Examples of Recycled Glass Movement in NC

Foothills Sanitation MRF, 12 employees Planet Recycling,600 ABC accounts, 23 employees Pratt Industries MRF, 52 employees Reflective Recycling, $8 million glass cleaning plant, 26 employees Verallia Glass - makes bottles for Anheuser Busch, 310 employees

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Examples of Recycled PET Movement in NC

Unifi $8 million Repreve polyester manufacturing plant Curbside Management MRF, 30 employees Clear Path $75 million PET bottle processing plant Sonoco MRF, $1.5 million plant, 15 employees Sonoco MRF, $11 million plant 75 employees

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Questions?

Scott Mouw NC Division of Environmental Assistance & Outreach 919-707-8114 scott.mouw@ncdenr.gov

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