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MAINE STATE PLANNING OFFICE WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING PROGRAM F b February 26th 2010
Who we are -Waste Management and Recycling Program6 staff located in the State Planning Office Program reconfigured in 1995 after the abolishment of the Maine Waste Management Agency What do we do Program manager planning and oversight of the state owned landfill in Old Town 2p people p - recycling y g education and p promotion - includes waste reduction, reuse, composting, and recycling 1 person - data collection management and analysis 1 person (me) technical and financial assistance - analysis & planning 1 support staff
For Example Pay as You Throw Year: 2008 Report: PAYT Information Town Population # Abbot 630 Arundel 3571 B h Bath 9266 Belfast 6381 /.. Towns In Region 1 1 1 1 Mun Bag Price $0.50 $1.10 $1 $1.25 2 $2.50
History in Maine
20 y years of Maine PAYT 1989 Falmouth, first Maine town to adopt PAYT(one or two towns charging for trash before that date) 2009- 150 Maine municipalities have a PAYT program From Portland pop.64.249 to North Haven pop.381 From Island Falls to South Berwick 2006 EPA report - 7,095 Communities nationwide
HOW IT WORKS
Fairness System
Trash (pay per bag)
Continual plateau in data beginning 5-10 years after i l implementing i a PAYT program
What PAYT Revenue is Used for & Where PAYT Revenue is Held
What is PAYT Revenue Used for & Where PAYT Revenue is Held
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Directly to Transfer Station = 21Programs General Fund = 16 Programs General Fund Matched to Transfer Station = 14 Programs Disposal Costs + Tipping Fee = 10 Programs Directly to Private Hauler = 2 Programs Disposal Costs = 2 Programs
Recommendations Based on Findings: Towns implementing a PAYT program should consider increases in their bag fees every 3 to 5 years to maintain success and keep ideas of personal responsibility and recycling in peoples minds, in order to avoid residents growing apathetic to the disincentive (the PAYT callus)
No more of this
Or this
Replaced by this
and this
And this
By this
(FCR) Casella Waste Systems Private company 2 processing facilities in Auburn MA and Charlestown MA Main recycling transfer facility in West Bath Recently opened a new collection and transfer facility for zero sort recycling materials in Hampden ME. Can offer containers, containers compactors compactors, tr trucking, cking curbside collection as well as processing and marketing of recyclables Also full service waste management company
Both entities are actively y marketing g their services Single g stream - a very y different approach pp to the way materials recovery has been managed in Maine for the last twenty years. local l l source separated d collection ll i and d di dispersed d regional processing, = access, access convenience convenience, reasonable costs costs, guarantee quality control, product movement to market = relatively stable pricing and revenue in the sometimes fluctuating commodities market.
National industry trend g scale centralized p processing g in Large conjunction with dense collection systems
In Maine -wide variability in contract offering and proposals, community by community In 2007 early 2008 contracts offered tied to markets Up U market k t revenue sharing h i Down market cost sharing Most current contract offerings are fixed price sometimes in conjunction with other types of services
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Systems changechange ecomaine Desire for change Cost cutting Ease for residents C ll ti efficiency Collection ffi i No longer responsible for marketing Security of long term arrangement for recycling
Qualifications
Only y 2 full years y of data- no conclusions on effects on recycling rates and MSW generation rates Most programs saw recycling rates increase, but others saw increases in MSW generation Cant separate effects of single stream from PAYT and curbside, expanded materials accepted, other variables including global economy Recession seeing a slight decline in overall recycling tonnages but the decline is in the commercial collection Municipal tonnage numbers up significantly (20%) in 2008 from 07. .
2006 255 tons recycled of common items 2007 switches to single stream thru ecomaine 2008 355 tons recycled 2009 338 tons recycled
Sam Morris 287-8054 1-800-662-4545 Sam.morris@maine.gov @ g www.Recyclemaine.com www.Mainerecycles.com www Mainerecycles com SHS 38 Augusta, ME 04333-0038