SLIDE 1 T AKOMA PAR K F OOD WAST E COL L E CT ION PR OGR AM
Da te : 3-11-2019 Nima Upa dhya y Spe c ia l Pro je c ts Co o rdina to r De pa rtme nt o f Pub lic Wo rks
SLIDE 2 Age nda
a ko ma Pa rk
xisting Curb side Pro g ra ms
– Pilo t Pha se – E
xpa nsio n
– Curre nt pha se
va lua tio n
- Mo ving a he a d
- Que stio n
SLIDE 3 City of T akoma Par k
nc o rpo ra te d in 1890
- 2.4 Sq ua re Mile s
- Sha re s a b o rde r with the
Distric t o f Co lumb ia
- Po pula tio n: 16,715 (Ce nsus 2010)
- 7,000 ho using units, 52% o wne r
- c c upie d, 48% re nta l
City pro vide s c urb side c o lle c tio n to 3,300 home s , prima rily sing le fa mily a nd a pa rtme nts o f 6 units a nd le ss
Distr ic t of Columbia Pr inc e Ge or ge ’s County
City of T akoma Par k
Montgome r y County
SLIDE 4 T akoma Par k Pr e -E xisting Pr
ams for Waste Manage me nt
Ro b ust c urb side re c yc ling a nd ma nda to ry ya rd wa ste pro g ra ms ma na g e 56% o f to tal Wa ste stre am F isc a l Ye a r 2012
–
Yard Waste : 2,240 T
–
Solid waste : 2,963 T
–
R e c yc ling: 1,526 T
* Yard Waste inc lude s vac uum le af c olle c tion e ac h F all as we ll as we e kly c olle c tion of grass, le ave s, branc he s and brush
23% 44% 33%
R e side ntial T r ash T
F Y 2012
Re c yc ling So lid Wa ste Ya rd Waste
SLIDE 5 F
- od Waste Colle c tion Pr
- gr
am
e b rua ry 2013 a s a pilo t pro g ra m
a rg e te d two ne ig hb o rho o ds with hig h re c yc ling ra te s
- Co lle c tio n b y priva te ha ule rs
– T
he Co mpo st Cre w a nd
– Gro wing So ul
- Vo lunta ry Pa rtic ipa tio n
SLIDE 6 Pilot Phase
e a 1
- Co ntra c to r c o lle c tio n o n sa me
da y a s tra sh
- 260 to tal ho me s
- 65 pa rtic ipa nts (25%)
- Gro wing So ul
- Ar
e a 2
- City c o lle c tio n o n sa me da y a s
ya rd wa ste
- 850 to tal ho me s
- 300 pa rtic ipa nts (35%)
- T
he Co mpo st Cre w
Wednesday Collection Area Monday Collection Area
SLIDE 7 F
- od Waste Colle c tion -Status
- Appro xima te ly 1800 ho me s pa rtic ipa ting in the
pro g ra m
ink
SLIDE 8 Colle c tion De tails
E ac h par tic ipant r e c e ive d:
- 5 g a llo n pla stic b uc ke t with sc re w to p lid
- 6 mo nth supply o f c o mpo sta b le pla stic b a g s
- I
nstruc tio na l info rma tio n
- We b site a c c e ss fo r q ue stio ns, c o mme nts
What Can Be Colle c te d as F
akoma Par k
Ite ms to be inc lude d Ite ms not to be inc lude d
- fruit & ve g e ta b le
- sc ra ps me a t, fish, she llfish
- da iry pro duc ts
- b re a d, pa sta , ric e , g ra ins, c e re a l, b a ke d
g o o ds, e tc .
- nuts, b e a ns, se e ds
- c o ffe e g ro unds, filte rs, te a b a g s
- pa pe r pro duc ts / pizza b o xe s
- c ho pstic ks a nd po psic le stic ks
- dia pe rs
- fa c ial tissue s
- fa ts, o ils o r g re a se
- pe t wa ste
- styro fo a m
SLIDE 9 F
- od Waste Colle c tion -Status
- T
ra sh, Re c yc ling a nd F
a ll c o lle c te d o n the sa me da y
- Co lle c te d 4 da ys a We e k
(T ue sda y(450), We dne sda y(400), T hursda y (560), F rida y (351))
SLIDE 10 Pr
am E valuation
23% 46% 1% 30%
F Y 2014 F
110 T
F
= 212.49 T
F isc a l Ye a r (F Y) sta rts July o f e ve ry ye a r a nd e nds o n June 30th
3% 19% 32% 46%
F Y 2017
4% 19% 32% 45%
F Y 2018 F
Co mpo st = 302.42 T
SLIDE 11 Pr
am E valuation
F OOD WAST E COL L E CT ION (Curre nt 2018 tre nd)
- Ave ra g e we ig ht o f fo o d wa ste pe r ho use = 6.6 lbs/ we e k
- Pe rc e nta g e o f ho use ho lds pa rtic ipa ting = 54%
COMPAR ISON T O OT HE R COL L E CT IONS
- Ave ra g e we ig ht o f we e kly tra sh pe r ho use =37.2 lbs
- Ave ra g e we ig ht o f we e kly re c yc ling pe r ho use =15 lbs
- Ave ra g e we ig ht o f we e kly ya rd wa ste pe r ho use = 26 lbs
No te : I f we assume the se t o ut rate is 70%, the ave rage ho use ho ld se ts o ut 9.4 po unds pe r we e k o f F
SLIDE 12 Pr
am E valuation
- Surve y: https:/ / www.surve ymo nke y.c o m/ r/ T
9MSZDR
- Re sults: 158 re spo nde d to the surve y
SLIDE 13 Q4: How ofte n do you usually se t your c ompost bin at the c ur b for pic kup? Pic k the c hoic e c lose st to your ave r age .
- Answe re d: 286 Skippe d: 0
SLIDE 14
Q5: If you se t out le ss fr e que ntly the n onc e a we e k, ple ase le t us know why?
SLIDE 15
Q6: How muc h mate r ial do you put in your bin in a typic al we e k? Is the bin:
SLIDE 16 Q7: Do you have le ss waste in your tr ash c an as r e sult of c omposting?
SLIDE 17
Q8: Is the 5-gallon buc ke t the r ight size for your house hold?
SLIDE 18 Q12: Have you had pr
- ble ms with the following:
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Q13: Do you like the ide a of se tting out food waste c olle c tion on same day as tr ash and r e c yc ling?
SLIDE 20 Q14: Be for e the F
- od Waste Colle c tion pr
- gr
am did you do bac kyar d c omposting?
SLIDE 21
Q16: Do you have a kitc he n c ounte r top c ontaine r that you use to tr ansfe r food sc r aps into the buc ke t?
SLIDE 22
Q17: Do you use c ompostable bags?
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Q18: If you answe r e d no to the pr e vious que stion, ple ase indic ate what do you use ?
SLIDE 24 Cost for pr
abor
ipping fe e = $45/ to ns(302 *45= 13,590)
ra ve l c o st (Ga s) =$700/ ye a r
- Co mpo st Give a wa y = $500/ ye a r
- Buc ke t a nd Bins = $10,000 (3.5 pe r line rs a nd 10.5
pe r b uc ke t a nd lid)
a b o r Co st = $52,000(1 pe rma ne nt sta ff with b e ne fit)
Pr
am Cost
SLIDE 25 Co mpo st Bin
L e sson L e ar ne d
F
ruc k L e a c he te fro m the fo o d wa ste is c o rro ding the truc k b o dy a nd fue l ta nk
SLIDE 26 Moving F
war d
xplo re pro g ra m o ptio ns fo r b usine sse s a nd institutio ns, c urre nt pro g ra m is re side ntia l o nly
- Advo c a te fo r mo re lo c a l pro c e ssing o ptio ns
SLIDE 27
Que stion
