URBAN ORE A 37-year Saga In 15 Minutes! For the Berkeley Zero - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Mining the URBAN ORE A 37-year Saga In 15 Minutes! For the Berkeley Zero Waste Commission March 26, 2018 The Bad Old Days Berkeley had an open dump filling the Bay. 1976 = City mandate requiring salvaging at dump through the Solid Waste

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Mining the

URBAN ORE

A 37-year Saga

For the Berkeley Zero Waste Commission March 26, 2018 In 15 Minutes!

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The Bad Old Days

Berkeley had an open dump filling the Bay.

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1976 = City mandate requiring salvaging at dump through the Solid Waste Commission’s Solid Waste Plan

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We incorporated in 1981.

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We expanded by renting a sales yard in town.

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1983 = the dump closed and the City opened a transfer station. Urban Ore moved its operation to 2nd and Gilman.

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Today the Landfill Is Cesar Chavez Park

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The City incubated our business as a community service. We paid no rent until we earned $11,000 a month. Then we paid 10% of the amount over $11,000.

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Home Sweet Home

Dump

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Salvage & Recycling

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Receiving - Building Materials and General Store

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We Pick Up

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General Store = 30,000 sq. ft. Warehouse

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Building Materials = 2.5 Acres Outside

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What we can’t sell, we recycle.

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We have grown.

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The Numbers

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COMMUNITY & CITY BENEFITS

  • Salvage 700+ tons annually from Transfer Station
  • Identify and report hazmat at Transfer Station
  • Provide affordable goods to the local community
  • Payments out to the community for their used goods
  • Paying local taxes
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Community Benefit 2017

  • Purchases for resale

$ 63,040

  • Sales taxes collected

$223,112

  • Property taxes

$103,981

  • Payroll taxes, fed & state

$ 96,629

  • Taxes, licenses, fees

$ 6,861 TOTAL $493,623

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ADVOCACY & ACTIVISM

We have helped to:

  • Defeat 6 incinerators (locally)
  • Pass 3 citizens initiatives

– Banning incineration in Berkeley – Set a 50% recycling goal for Berkeley – Establishing StopWaste!

  • Consult on Zero Waste business strategies

and transfer station design

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HIGHEST & BEST USE = PRESERVING VALUE

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The Future (?)

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Thank You!

Max Wechsler Assistant Acting Operations Manager MAX.W@URBANORE.COM 510-841-7823 EXT. 303