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Recycling & Solid WasteManagement

APPA Facilities Management InstituteJanuary 2006

Presented by

Erica Spiegel

University of VermontBurlington, VT


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Course Outline

Integrated Approach to Waste Disposal

Role of Facilities Management

Economics of Garbage

Collection & Operations

Organizational Issues

Related Programs & Opportunities Conclusions / Wrap Up


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Integrated Approach to Disposal


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Why Recycle? If done right, it can save your institution

money by lowering trash disposal costs

Environmental benefits Mandated by some states

Students & customers expect it

Basis for comprehensive greening

and sustainability programs


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Recycling:

its a process, not a destinationCollection

(Consolidating and grading a usablescrap commodity)

Purchasing (reintroducingnew product into the

marketplace)

Processing

Remanufacturing (turningscrap into a new product)


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Why the Recycling Functionbelongs in facilities management?

Better performance, more service-oriented Logical to pair recycling with trash program

Reduced trash disposal costs


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Challenges to a Successful Recycling

Program

Transient population

Multiple departments

to coordinate Apathy or disinterest

Negative national

media about recycling

Space & storage constraints Building design

Fluctuating markets

Lack of nearby infrastructure

Declining competition inprivate hauling sector

Funding

Selection of proper

equipment


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OtherC

hallenges?What other challenges

is your recycling

program facing?

What would you like tolearn about today?


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Opportunities for

Successful Recycling Program

Students can help

Partnerships within campus

community

Partnerships inside & outside

campus

Professional Networking-NRCs College & University Recycling

Council (CURC)


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Garbage Economics 101 Tipping Fees vary be region

Avoided Disposal Costs are a primary

reason to recycle and reduce waste Balancing Act: The cost of collecting

trash/recycling within a building vs. cost ofcollecting trash/recycling from the building.


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Collection & Operations

Where the rubber hits the road


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Collection Issues

Inside Buildings

Frequency Scheduling

Equipment

Ergonomics

Staffing


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Collection Issues

Outside Buildings

Storage

Equipment Frequency

Routing

Vehicles Who Collects It


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At-Desk Box or

Individual Bins

Collection Equipment Options


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Central

Receptacles

Many differentshapes, styles,

colors and price

ranges are

available


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Recycle & Trash Parity


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Containers withRestricted

Openings


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Built-In Containers

proper sizing and location are key


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University of Oregon

Humboldt University


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RollC

arts & Tilt Trucks


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Rear Load Containers

Front Load Containers


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Roll-OffContainers


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Compactors

(Self-Contained or

Stationary)


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Roll-Off Truck

University ofColorado


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Hauling Vehicles

Rear load

Front load

Side-load

Roll-off/Lift Hook

Pickup/Dump Truck

Cube Van/Box Truck


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DestinationWhere does all this stuff get hauled to?

The end market will determine what materialsyou can collect and the specifications for those

materials.


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Intermediate Processing Facility

Some schools have their own

facility to consolidate materialsfor longer distance shipping.


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Material Recovery Facility (MRF)Materials are dumped onto a tipping floor.


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Material Baled & Ready to beShipped to Market


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Homework Assignment:Map your current campus recycling program

from

Finish to start


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Organizational Issues Program Structure and Management

Administration Support

Personnel Funding & Budgeting

Contracting Issues

Measurements & Benchmarking

Outreach & Education


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Program Structure & Management

Student operated program

Staff Operated:

- Facilities Management or Physical Plant

- Auxiliary Services (e.g., Purchasing)

Complete privatization

Laborers, Truck Operators Recycling Coordinator

Solid Waste Manager

what department?

Physical Plant Director

Facilites Dept


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Personnel Involved

Solid Waste Manager

Recycling Coordinator

Laborers (Custodians, Truck Operators, etc.)

Student Employees

Recycling Committee

Involve others in planning and implementation

University of Massachusetts WasteManagement Dept


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Administration Support

Nice to have a policy, but.

Striving for an organizational culture that is aware ofwaste and its costs to the institution and the

environment, and therefore reduces, reuses, recycles

and composts as a matter of practice.


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Funding & Budgeting

General Fund, Residential Life, Auxiliary

Grants or loans

Student Fees Fee for Service work

Avoided disposal costs

New Facilities requests (based on sq. ft.) Revenue from sale of materials

Revise or restructure trash hauling contracts


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Contracting Issues

Only pay for trash your campus generates

Avoid flat fee contracts

Weight slips, verification Know where loads are going

Insurance issues

Flexibility in service

schedules/sizes Competitive bidding

Lease versus own containers


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Benchmarking & Measuring Weight (tons) vs. Volume (cubic yards)

Financial Measures

(e.g., $ per ton, $ per Sq Ft, $ per FTE) Diversion Measures

(e.g., recycling rate, capture rate)

Recycling Rate = Tons of materials recycled

Tons of materials recycled + trash


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Keeping Track of DataFY 2003-2004 Monthl Tonnage Report

data entered as of: 7/19/04 b

Erica FY Month = 12

Ju y Aug Sept

ct No Dec Jan Feb March Apri May J une YTD Total A g T/Mnth

Paper/Bottles/Cans 29.74 30.40 35.09 38.08 25.00 14.42 34.86 30.30 31.77 33.55 28.66 24.95 356.82 29.74

Paper 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Bottles/Cans 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Corrugated Cardboard 10.50 12.10 21.66 21.23 14.06 16.05 9.86 13.49 13.97 15.94 8.98 9.66 167.50 13.96

Books 0.00 0.00 0.55 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.55 0.05

Food Waste 4.00 4.00 17.50 17.50 17.50 13.13 5.80 17.50 17.50 17.50 8.75 2.00 142.68 11.89

Other Compostable 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Kitchen Grease 0.00 0.40 0.60 1.80 2.20 0.40 0.80 1.60 0.60 1.80 1.00 0.00 11.20 0.93

Wood (Pallets) 7.50 3.75 7.50 0.00 3.75 0.00 3.75 3.75 3.75 0.00 7.50 0.00 41.25 3.44

Scrap Metal 11.40 0.00 11.40 7.60 11.40 3.80 11.21 7.60 11.49 11.40 7.60 11.40 106.30 8.86

Tires 0.00 0.40 0.00 0.81 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.36 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.16

Appliances (CFC) 0.50 1.50 1.10 1.10 0.40 1.30 0.25 0.55 0.40 1.35 2.20 1.60 12.25 1.02

Concrete/Asphalt 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 24.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 24.00 2.00

Computers "E Waste" 3.03 0.00 3.02 2.28 2.13 0.00 3.10 0.00 3.21 0.00 3.34 0.00 20.11 1.68Surplus/Reuse 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Other 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.70 0.06

Total Recovered ( R ) 66.67 52.55 98.42 90.40 100.44 49.10 69.63 75.15 83.75 81.54 68.03 49.61 885.28 73.77

Routine Trash Ju y Aug Sept ct No

Dec Jan Feb March Apri May J une YTD Total A

g T/Mnth

Trash (Building Route)

Trash (Billings Student Ctr) 57.75 59 .89 105. 63 102 .42 93 .56 89. 61 68. 56 87 .47 84. 52 90. 56 136. 32 62. 02 1038.31 86.53

Trash (Living Learning) 2.66 6.47 6.53 11.30 5.93 6.12 9.35 6.60 5.98 10.90 6.45 0.00 78.29 6.52Trash (HarrisMillis) 1.01 4.16 13.31 17.66 14.35 11.50 7.00 13.74 11.40 16.88 17.63 3.25 131.89 10.99

Trash (HSRF Bldg) 1.26 4.11 8.28 10.93 5.45 5.04 6.54 4.61 10.09 5.82 8.61 0.00 70.74 5.90

Trash (Given Bldg) 4.64 4.77 3.90 4.31 4.12 3.50 3.73 3.20 4.90 0.00 5.00 3.78 45.85 3.82

Bu

ky Trash 8.43 14.24 11.30 13.45 8.46 11.97 5.56 11.76 12.62 12.76 12.77 10.17 133.49 11.12

Special (C&D Trash)

Trash (Bulk

, Rolloffs) 0.00 1.42 1.60 2.29 0.00 2.93 3.89 0.00 6.26 7.50 5.44 0.00 31.33 2.61Other (e.g. cleanouts) 20.91 14.47 19.20 22.84 17.20 13.36 8.39 25.34 20.13 8.77 23.31 27.27 221.19 18.43

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.38 0.00 17.38 1.45

Subtotal Routine Trash

Subtotal Bulk

Trash 75.75 93.64 148.95 160.07 131.87 127.74 100.74 127.38 129.51 136.92 186.78 79.22 1498.57 124.88

Total Trash ( T ) 20.91 15.89 20.80 25.13 17.20 16.29 12.28 25.34 26.39 16.27 46.13 27.27 269.90 22.49

96.66 109.53 169.75 185.20 149.07 144.03 113.02 152.72 155.90 153.19 232.91 106.49 1768.47 147.37

Total Recovered ( R )

Total Solid Waste ( T+R ) 66.67 52.55 98.42 90.40 100.44 49.10 69.63 75.15 83.75 81.54 68.03 49.61 885.28 73.77

Rec

cling Rate R/(T+R) 163.33 162.08 268.17 275.60 249.51 193.13 182.65 227.87 239.65 234.73 300.94 156.10 2653.75 221.15

40.82% 32.42% 36.70% 32.80% 40.25% 25.42% 38.12% 32.98% 34.95% 34.74% 22.61% 31.78% 33.63%


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Outreach & Education Consider different audiences

Strategies and Ideas

Good signage

Web page, Brochure

Bulletin Boards

Flyers, Posters, Door tags,

Etc. etc.Pass around samples


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Other Program Opportunities

Waste Reduction and Reuse

Composting

Buying Recycled Products

Special Materials

Student Move-Out/Move-In campaigns

Building Design Issues


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Waste Reduction & Reuse

Waste Reductioncan be simple!


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Supply Reuse Programs Office Supply Collection

And Reuse (OSCAR)

Reusable Office Supply

Exchange (ROSE)


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Composting

Yard & Grounds Waste

Grasscycling

Windrow Composting


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Compostingwait, theres more

Food Waste

(pre-/post-consumer)

Animal Bedding(from labs or farms)

Vermi-composting (worms)

In-Vessel Composting

WindrowC

omposting


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Compostingstill, theres more

Capturing more food

waste from residence

halls. Composting at special

events.

New bioplastics to

test out.


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Buying

Recycled Content Products

Office paper

Tissue products

Office supplies

Construction materials

Plastic lumber


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Special Hard to Handle Wastes

Appliances

white goods

Phone Books

Fluorescent Bulbs

E-waste


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Carpeting

Mattresses

Confidential Paper Scrap Metal

Wood Pallets


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Tires

Concrete/Asphalt

Surplus Furniture Construction Debris

Power Plant Ash


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Student Move-InGreat opportunity to

capture clean corrugated

cardboard


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Student Move-Out

Charitable donations:Food, Clothing,Household Items

Furniture

Loft Wood

Concrete Blocks

Carpets/Rugs


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Design for Material Handling

We must have better designs to

accommodate safe and efficient materials

handling

Build good relationships with your

architecture & engineering group on campus


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Dock fed compactor:

more ergonomically friendly

Side load compactor:

height is too high for averagecustodian to safely lift bags


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Design Standards and Guidelines

By far, the best example is from UNCChapel Hill

http://www.fac.unc.edu/OWRRGuidelines


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Conclusions

Recycling Basics

Collection & Operations Organization

Other Programs & Opportunities for

Waste Reduction


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Resource Listin your packet


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Join the RECYC-L List

College and University Recycling CoordinatorsListserve

(approximately 140 subscribers)

Send email with subject: Subscribe Recyc-L

In message: Write a short e-mail introducing yourself andyour schooland you will be added to the list.


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