SMART Waste Management

Changing
the way
Americans value
trash
 S-M-A-R-T
Save
Money
And
Reduce
Trash
Residents can save when they reduce the
amount of trash they produce
Unit-based Pricing Sends a Clear Message

Worcester, MA San Francisco, CA

Population 173,000 Population 775,000

Unit based pricing is just a different way of paying for waste

 PAYT vs Non PAYT per capita Trash

1,400

1,200

1,000

800
PAYT
NON PAYT
600

400

200
472 916
0
Inspiration

Worcester MA
Boston Globe February 2007
49% Decrease in Residential Trash

Trash
1000
900
800
700
600
PAYT Drop off
500 PAYT Curbside
400 non-PAYT Drop off
300 non-PAYT Curbside
200
100
0
PAYT Drop PAYT non-PAYT non-PAYT
off Curbside Drop off Curbside
 Average per capita Recycling up 77%

Recycling
400

350

300

250
PAYT Drop off
200 non-PAYT Drop off
150 PAYT Curbside
non-PAYT Curbside
100

50

0
PAYT Drop off non-PAYT Drop PAYT Curbside non-PAYT
off Curbside
Decrease in overall waste generation 35%

1,200

1,000

Source Reduction 35%
800

600 Recycling
Trash
400

200

0
non-PAYT PAYT
 US Residential per capita Disposal
source Resource Recycling April 2008

Per capita
Residential PAYT Savings Based on
Waste National per capita
City Population Disposal Tip Fee disposal Average
Portland OR 537,081 448 71 $13,098,600

Portland ME 64,249 357 88 $2,199,372

Binghamton NY 45,217 551 40 $528,135

Worcester MA 175,454 390 68 $4,444,250

*San Francisco CA 744,041 513 117 $27,073,420

Grand Rapids MI 193,083 529 79 $4,621,828

Bath ME 9,184 325 90 $344,757

Fayetteville AK 67,158 544 25 $496,130

Middletown RI 16,431 359 32 $204,007

United States 293,000,000 1,135 37 $3,076,133,750

Numbers represent 2005,2006,2007 estimates of tonnages sent to lands or waste to energy facilities
*San Francisco has local tip fee of $117 per ton
 Seoul Korea VGCF System - Before / After

Municipal Solid Waste Disposal

Before VGCF was 12,238 Before 880
1000
ton/day After 520
800

Municipal Solid Waste 600

Disposal After VGCF 400

was7,013 ton/day
200

0
Per Person
Per Year
Zurich Switzerland reduced waste 41%
 Europe per capita disposal
Polluter Pays Principle

1200
Per Capita
1000

800

600

400 Per Capita

200

0
Germany

Denmark
Luxembourg
Finland
Spain
Sweden

Italy

Portugal

Ireland
Greece

US
Netherlands

UK
Austria

France
Belgium

Source: Institute for Public Policy Research 2007

 PAYT a SMART BET
MaldenWaste Before Projection After
SMART SMART
Total Waste
Total Waste

22% 14%
37% Total
Recycling
(plastic glass
Total metalpaper
78% 49%
Recycling yard waste)
(plastic glass
Source
metalpaper
Reduction
yard waste)

The City of Malden would save $817,000 annually in avoided disposal

 Malden MA before and after

2000

1800

1600

1400

1200

1000 2007
2008
800

600

400

200

0
October November December January February
 Core Residential Waste

US MSW 2007 Facts and Figures = 170 million tons

of waste after compost and recycling
60% Residential = 102 million tons
New England Study suggests about 20+% of
household waste is recoded as commercial
Potential US waste reduction 50 million tons
Trash
New England PAYT
New Englan non-PAYT
EPA
BioCycle
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
 Overcoming the Obstacle

60 communities non-
66 communities PAYT
PAYT

Now that you have What is the main

implemented PAYT do barrier to PAYT
your residents like it? 75% are afraid of PAYT
100% feel their for political reasons
residents are extremely afraid residents will be
happy unhappy
20% feel their residents
will think it is just an
additional tax
 SMART vs. Recycle Bank

Annual Annual Pounds

Household of Diversion
City Savings Per Household

Malden $41.93 1,089

Everett $11.08 287

Revere $13.38 347

North Shore Massachusetts Communities Implement Waste Diversion
Programs: PAYT Results Clearly Stand Out EPA SPRING 2009 Bulletin
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Town of Duxbury Solid Waste and Recycling Tonnage History

Single
Stream

Dec '07
Jan '08
Feb '08
Mar' 08
Implementation July 2007

Apr' 08
SAYT
Duxbury MA One Month After

May' 08
Solid
Waste
Recycling
 Middletown Rhode Island SMART

350

300

Solid
250 Waste

200
Recycling
Tonnage

150

100

50

0
Jul-07 Aug- Sep- Oct-07 Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr-08 May- Jun- Jul-08 Aug- Sep- Oct-08
07 07 07 07 08 08 08 08 08 08 08
 MSW for the
Town of Stafford, CT
 How Can You Get SMART?

Go to EPA SMART BET and assess the cities

potential for Cost and GHG reductions
Find a Coach to help you through the Politics
Start an Advisory Committee to officially
investigate SMART and carry out Implementation
Create an easy, cost-effective Implementation
Strategy to fit w/your current Collection Structure
 Residents Want Right to Choose

Kicking the Cans July 29, 2008

Should people who throw out more trash

pay higher disposal bills?

84% - YES 16% - NO

 SMART Waste
Management

Changing the Way

Americans Value Trash
By:
Kristen Brown
Green Waste Solutions
kristen@thewastesolution.com
843-241-3276
SMART BET TOOL