Solid Waste Management Strategy Draft for Discussion City of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

City of Thunder Bay Monday , February 3, 2014

Solid Waste Management Strategy – Draft for Discussion

Agenda

• 1. Recommended system – Phase 1
• 2. Recommended system – Phase 2
• 3. Financial considerations
• 4. Waste diversion implications
• 5. Administering the strategy
• 6. Next steps

Recommended System - Phase 1

Enhanced Waste, Reuse, & Recycling Programs & New Recycling Infrastructure

• Within the City’s mandate from a

regulatory perspective

• Includes those that are relatively easy to

implement

• Programs proposed are strongly

supported by residents as indicated through the public consultation process

Phase 1- Enhanced Waste, Reuse, & Recycling Program Highlights

• Enhanced leaf & yard waste

program

• Bulky waste collection
• Enhance recycling depots –

including access to small commercial generators

• Landfill ban on cardboard
• Reuse centre and Take-it-Back

programs

• Additional Household Hazardous

Waste collection events

Phase 1- New Recycling Infrastructure

• A need for processing capacity to

support the collection and processing of Additional Recyclable Materials

• Options include: retrofit existing

Material Recycling Facility (MRF) or construct a new regional MRF

• Transfer option evaluated but not

viable by comparison

Surveys:

• indicated

residents have a strong desire for an expanded household recycling program

• residents want to

recycle more plastics (this

• ption was

selected by residents as the first preference the City should consider implementing)

Phase 1- New Recycling Infrastructure

Single-stream vs. continued dual– stream recycling:

• Convenient - can result in additional

material capture

• Appropriate for automated cart

collection

• Greater efficiencies in collection
• Accommodates co-collection
• Greater participation in multi-residential

and commercial sectors

• Accommodates a regional recycling

system

Focus Groups:

• Single stream

recycling was identified as the preferred system for multi-family stakeholders who have material handling, segregation and storage issues

Phase 1- Enhanced Waste Reuse & Recycling Programs

Clear Garbage Bag Program

• Clear bags cost the same as conventional garbage bags and

are less expensive than the cost of a bag tag

• No limit to the number of bags that can be placed at the
• curb. This addresses issues raised during consultation with

respect to young families (diapers etc.) and larger families who can generate higher volumes of garbage than average

• Program is highly complementary to many other programs

recommended to be implemented as part of this Solid Waste Management Strategy (SWMS)

• Based on the Satisfaction Survey results, 67% supported some

kind of enforcement program to provide incentives to reduce garbage set out at the curb. The remaining 33% wanted no reduction in limits from the status quo. The clear garbage bag program achieves both objectives.

Phase 1- Enhanced Waste Reuse & Recycling Programs

Automated Garbage & Recycling Collection

• Public support for collection of recyclables in

containers

• The benefits of a cart-based

program outweigh a blue box collection program

• Weekly collection of recyclables
• Surveys indicate residents have a strong desire for

recycling collected in containers or carts

• 69% of residents favour either a cart or box for

collection as opposed to the current blue bag program

Recommended System - Phase 2

Expanded Waste Reduction & Diversion Programs & Additional Infrastructure

• Initiatives that raise the bar beyond

currently mandated programs

• Can be phased in over the lifetime of

the SWMS

• Require more rigorous planning and

funding

• Prepares the City for regulatory change

Phase 2 – Expanded Waste Reduction & Diversion Program Highlights

• Additional Landfill Bans
• Differential tipping fees
• Expanded multi-residential diversion programs
• Construction & demolition waste diversion for IC&I

sector

• Green Park – entrepreneurial opportunities at

landfill

shingles wood bricks & concrete tires

Phase 2 – Additional Infrastructure

• Consideration for processing capacity to

support a Source Separated Organic (SSO) Waste collection program

• Implementation of this

program requires investment in collection containers, promotion & education, and processing infrastructure

• Takes programming to

estimated 68% waste diversion

Financial Considerations

Waste and recycling programs are currently funded by landfill tipping fees, Provincial funding & tax base funding Implementation of the SWMS will require additional funding:

• Tipping fee revenue will decrease with

increased waste diversion

• Additional capital and operating costs

System Financing Options:

• Flat rate per household to support Phase 1 & 2

programs (possible utility based option)

• Tax based

Summary of Larger System Cost Impacts

MRF Infrastructure Options

Gross Cost Per Tonne 14,500 TPY New Municipal Regional MRF $161.00 Retrofit Existing MRF $128.00 Transtor System $183.00 Komar System $201.00

New Municipal Regional MRF – Single Stream Capital - $9,388,000; Operating - $2,300,000 annually Retro-fit Existing MRF – Single Stream Capital - $5,000,000; Operating - $1,858,000 annually Transtor System Capital - $2,548,000; Operating - $2,749,000 annually Komar System Capital - $3,238,000; Operating – $2,577,860 annually

Summary of Larger System Cost Impacts

Automated Cart Program Carts Garbage ~ $234,000 annually (amortized over 10 years) Recycling ~ $212,500 annually (amortized over 10 years) Collection Garbage ~ ($575,000) annually Recycling ~$1,573,600 annually Revenue Recycling ~ $1,160,000 annually SSO Collection Carts ~ $130,000 annually (amortized over 10 years) Collection ~ $1,640,000 annually Composting Operations ~$1,280,000 annually Processing Facility - $2.5 million capital (~ $300,000 amortized over 15 yrs) Would result in decreased garbage collection costs with move to bi- weekly garbage collection ~ $902,800 annually

Utility Based Model (garbage collection & waste diversion programs only) Equivalent Flat Rate

Base Program Costs (2014 draft budget): Recycling Programs = $1,523,600 Garbage Collection = $3,222,800 Recycling Capital = $60,000 Total Programs = $4,806,400 Total Single Family Households = 34,765 Cost per household per year = $138 Equivalent Flat Rate Charge per Single Family Dwellings: $12 per month

Utility Based Model (garbage collection & waste diversion programs only) Equivalent Flat Rate

Base Program Costs (2014 draft budget): Single Family Dwellings: $12 per month Addition of Phase 1 programs: Single Family Dwelling: increase $4-10/month Flat fee $16-22/month Addition of Phase 2 programs: Single Family Dwellings: increase $4-22/month Flat fee $16-34/month

Programming Impacts on Residential Diversion

Phase 1 Implementation Schedule

Phase 2 Implementation Schedule

Administering the Strategy

Administering the Strategy

• Complete waste audits – 2014 as first benchmark
• Report progress on a regular basis
• Stakeholder engagement
• SWMS review and update

Proper monitoring & measuring serves a number of functions, including the ability to:

• Adhere to currently accepted best practices;
• Identify issues with the system & effectively mitigate these

issues;

• Adjust implementation schedules if necessary;
• Secure highest degree of external funding; and,
• Identify opportunities for cost savings & increased

effectiveness of the system.

Next Steps

City

• Engineering assessment of existing MRF
• Issue Expression of Interest for processing &

collection

• Discussion with Waste Diversion Ontario &

Continuous Improvement Fund regarding program funding Stantec

• Incorporate comments/feedback from Council,

any additional public feedback into final SWMS document for presentation to Council in April 2014