A Success Story: Virginia Beach City Public Schools Recycling Program

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A Success Story Virginia Beach City Public
Schools Recycling Program

• Recycling Committee
• School Recycling Workshop
• July 17, 2008, Washington, DC

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• John Barnes, Administrator, Waste Management
  Division, Department of Public Works, City of
  Virginia Beach
• John Kalocay, Assistant Superintendent,
  Administrative Support Services
• Dr. Eric Hines, Director, Office of Custodial
  Services
• Tim Cole, Sustainable Schools Project Manager,
  and
• Jay Ratliff, Director, Food Services

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TFC Recycling1958 Diamond Hill RoadChesapeake,
VA 23324757.543.5766tfcrecycling.com
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TFC Recycling

• 4 MRFs and operations 3 in VA, 1 in NC
• In 2006, TFC installed a new, state-of-the-art
  single-stream MRF in Chesapeake, VA.
• MRF processes more than 40 tons per hour of
  commingled recyclables.
• Curbside recycling for 700,000 households
• Serve more than 500 businesses institutions

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TFC Recycling Virginia Programs

• Accomack/Northampton Counties (Eastern Shore)
• Central Virginia Waste Management Authority
  (CVWMA)
• City of Newport News
• City of Norfolk
• City of Virginia Beach
• Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS)
• Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA)
• Virginia Peninsulas Public Service Authority
  (VPPSA)

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TFC Recycling North Carolina Programs

• Alamance County Municipalities
• Burlington, Elon College, Gibsonville, Graham,
  Green Level
• and Haw River
• City of Durham
• County of Durham
• Perquimans, Chowan and Gates Counties (PCG)
• Town of Edenton
• Town of Duck and Town of Southern Shores

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• Most populous city in VA
• 500,000 population
• 40th largest city in U.S.
• Best known as major resort
• 38 miles of beaches
• 4 military bases
• 120,000 households
• State-of-the-art curbside recycling service

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• 3rd largest school system in Virginia
• 38th largest school division in U.S.
• 71,000 students
• 88 schools and specialty centers
• 57 elementary schools
• 15 middle schools
• 11 high schools and a number of
• secondary/post-secondary specialty centers

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TFC Recycling Virginia Beach City Public
Schools A Winning Combination August 2006
VBCPS School District announces a new,
comprehensive system-wide recycling program as
part of a larger environmental initiative
Commingled Recycling in all classrooms, offices
and cafeterias.
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• What are they doing?
• Classrooms and Offices
• Each of the divisions
• 5,000 classrooms and
• offices is equipped with a
• 28 quart-size recycling bin

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VBCPS RECYCLES!

• Paper - white and colored, catalogs, magazines,
  newspapers and junk mail
• Cardboard / paperboard
• All Plastic Bottles (1 and 2)
• juice and milk containers chugs and soda and
  water bottles
• Glass containers - glass jars
• Cans aluminum and steel

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Green News Virginia Beach City Public
Schools Volume 1 , Issue 1 Sustainable Schools
Newsletter Fall 2006

• Fall 2006, Virginia Beach City Public Schools
  (VBCPS) goes Green with its first publication of
  Green News.
• Green News is a newsletter produced by the school
  division that focuses on educating and inspiring
  school employees to become better stewards of the
  environment. http//www.vbschools.com/online_pubs/
  greennews/2008/winter_2008.pdf

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• Who recycles ?
• students
• teachers
• office personnel
• custodians and
• food service staff

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• VBCPS
• In school year 2005-2006,
• replaced cardboard
• containers with plastic
• milk chugs.
• The HDPE plastic (2)
• chug is recyclable!

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• District of Excellence in Child Nutrition
• by the School Nutrition Association
• Served 8.5 million meals during 2006-2007 school
  year
• Choice of milk served with all complete meals
• Low fat Chocolate, Strawberry, White
• and Skim White

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• VBCPS uses Clear Stream
• Containers in the cafeterias to
• collect chugs more than
• 800,000 per month!

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• How are materials consolidated from
• the classrooms and cafeterias in the
• school?

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TFC Recycling Container
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• Who collects the materials and where do the
  materials go from the school?

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• Who incurs the cost of the service?
• Virginia Beach City Public Schools
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• City of Virginia Beach
• Waste Management Division

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City of Virginia Beach Public Schools
Recyclables Processed Tons

• SY 03-04 479 Tons (cardboard/paper)
• SY 04-05 509 Tons (cardboard/paper)
• SY 05-06 812 Tons pilot-program
• SY 06-07 1,247 Tons
• SY 07-08 1,372 Tons
• Source
• Monthly reports submitted by TFC Recycling. Tons
  are total materials
• Weights collected from single-stream recycling
  containers.

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• How do you measure success?
• More than 1,350 tons of
• recyclables collected in less than
• 10 months, making a difference
• with many environmental savings!

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TFC Recycling Virginia Beach City Public
Schools A Winning Combination

• May 2007
• Virginia Beach City Public Schools
• receive the 2007 Virginia Recycling
• Association (VRA) Award for Excellence
• in the Government/Non-profit category.