The Future of Recycling in Amarillo

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The Future ofRecycling in Amarillo

• Where do we go from here?
• February 3, 2009

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Recycling Roundtable Meeting

• Friday, January 23rd, Austin, Texas
• Meeting of 20 Public Entities across Texas
• 1st Question Does Recycling Make Money?
• 2nd Question Does Recycling Pay for Itself?
• A Recycling Program should be Sustainable
• Everyone has a different program
• Just because you can do something, doesnt mean
  that you should do something.
• Everyone is compared to Someone Else
• Public Education is critical

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Primary Recycling Options

• Drop Off Sites
• Curb Side Recycling
• Blue Bag
• Single/Multiple Bins
• Multiple Carts
• Single Cart

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Current Challenges

• Markets
• Materials
• Collection
• Contamination
• Participation
• Available Processing Options
• Geography / Transportation
• Education

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City of Abilene

• Their Recycling Operation is not making money
  today due to Market Conditions
• They operate 8 Drop Off Sites
• 120,000 Population, w/
• Res. Rate of 14.85/mo 1.75/mo Env. Fee
• Sell Mulch when loaded by city
• Changing to 1 time / week SW Collection
• Recycle around 3,500 Tons/Yr of Normal Materials

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City of Lubbock

• 65,000 Residences
• Similar Geography, SW Collection, Land
  Development,Own Landfill
• 1999 - Discontinued Blue Bag curbside Program,
  125/ton to process materials
• No change in Total Tons Collected
• Currently have 3 Perm. Drop Off Sites, 5
  Satellite Drop Off Sites

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Curb Side Collection

• Industry is Moving to Single Stream Collection
• One truck can service approximately 800
  Residences
• One Cart per Residence (60,000 Amarillo
  Residences)
• One Time per week Collection
• 5 Days per week Collection Operation

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Curb Side Collection Costs

• 18 Trucks (3 spares) _at_ 240K ea. - 4,320,000
• Recycling Carts 60,000 _at_ 55 ea. - 3,300,000
• 18 Drivers, 2 Supervisors, 1 Clerk, 1 Public
  Education Coordinator - 625,000/yr
• Truck Operation Cost/yr - 500,000
• Annual Cart Operational Cost - 330,000
• Capital Start Up Cost - 7,620,000
  (10.60/res/mo. for 1 yr)
• Annual Operating Cost - 1,455,000
• First Year Total Cost - 9,075,000
• 2.00/Resident/month Operating Cost
• 0.75/Resident/month Truck replacement Cost
• 0.80/Resident/month Cart replacement Cost
• 3.55/Resident/month Total Cost (Current SW Rate
  12.88/mo)

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Drop Off Site Development

• Land 200 x 200
• GR Zoning w/ Planned Development
• Site Development
• Pavement, Sidewalk, Curb Gutter
• Signs, Fencing, Lighting
• Landscaping
• Irrigation
• Containers (Roll Off 3 CY)

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Drop Off Site Costs

• 200 x 200 GR Property - 400,000
• Site Development - 100,000
• Fence, Signs, Lighting, Paving, Irrigation,
  Landscaping
• Containers - 20,000
• Operational Costs - 35,000/yr.
• Total Capital Costs/Site - 520,000
• Total Annual Oper. Cost/Site - 35,000
• 0.72 Capital Cost/Res./mo.
• 0.05 Operations Cost/Res./mo.
• 0.77 Total Cost/Res./mo.

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Map of Recycling Drop Off Centers
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SUMMARY

• Recycling Programs Should be Sustainable
• Public Education is Key
• Drop Off Sites are Effective Cost Effective
• Processing and Collection go Hand in Hand
• Staff recommends a planned growth based upon
  participation and availability
• City Operations and Private Efforts should
  continue to compliment each other