PowerPoint Presentation Recycling...- Price increase for service... - Funding from the county and municipalities was drying up... - Interest in recycling was growing for Cabell County

• 285 square miles

• Population: 96,319 (4th largest in WV)

• Number of housing Units: 46,162

• Population Density: 343 people per square mile

THE HUNTINGTON TRI-STATE METRO AREAACCORDING TO 2010 CENSUS DATA, THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF HUNTINGTON IS THE LARGEST INWEST VIRGINIA. IT SPANS 7 COUNTIES ACROSS 3 STATES, WITH A POPULATION OF 364,101

• Approximately 78,000 tons/year of waste is generated

• The vast majority of which is landfilled...

We’re Working to fix that???

Stephen Zoeller

Margie Phillips Ken Brown

Bob Bailey

Randy Rutledge

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THE WAY WE WERE…

www.ccswa.us

• Eight sites with a total of 32 8 yard bins

• The entire population of Cabell County was within a 15 minute (or shorter drive) to a public drop off location

• Bins were located on private and public property

Depends on who you ask...

- Price increase for service...

- Funding from the county and municipalities was drying up...

- Interest in recycling was growing for Cabell County residents...

• 2012 – 75.33 tons/month• 2013 - 79.37 tons/month• 2014 - 87.83 tons/month• 2015 - 111.27 tons/month• 2016 - 81.92 tons/month (County + Milton pull Funding)• 2017 – 51.2 tons/month (Huntington pulls funding)

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• Patrons interested in drop off recycling services completed an application and paid a fee.

• The cost was $75/year ($6.25 month)• Funds from the purchase of fobs directly

supported the costs with collection/processing of materials

• As numbers increased, funding increased and additional bins were added

• Two locations were established: HuntingtonBarboursville

ConstructionAbout the Huntington site:

• Composed of .33 acre fenced parking lot

• Separate entrance and exit gates

• Security software that operates the entrance gate

• Fob reader/pedestal

• 24 Hr. Video Surveillance/DVR recording

• Total Cost of install: Huntington $34,872 Barboursville: $15,788

Results 2017/2018• More than 600 patrons signed up for the

2017/2018 program year generating nearly $40,000 in revenue

• Regular Email blasts communicate info about recyclable materials and upcoming events.

• Cleaner material

• No illegal dumping issues

• Adaptable to demand

• Averaging 28.4 tons/month (Sept 2018)

No more of this...

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OR THIS...

This time citing “improper protocol”Stating the first step was to implementing a comprehensive program is for a petition to be filed with the county commission bearing the signatures of registered voters equal to 5% of the number of votes cast for governor within the county during the preceding gubernatorial election...

• The Cabell County Commission allotted $100,000 to support the recycling program for 2018/2019 program year.

• And promised that if demand for recycling remains strong, A recycling levy will be placed on the ballot in 2020

• The allotted funds have been used to remove the recycling fee for passes/fobs

• Since October 2018, the number of patrons has increased by more than 50%.

• We’ve added additional bins to both sites

FACEBOOK

• https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cabell-County-Solid-Waste-Authority/173770599471152?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

Cabell County Solid Waste Authority Website: www.ccswa.us

Thank you