Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvanias Act 101 RecyclingBack to the
Basics

• Pa. State Association of Township Supervisors
  Conference
• April 16, 2002

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Current status of recycling

• 945 curbside recycling programs
• 415 mandated by Act 101 of 1988
• 530 implemented voluntarily
• 635 municipalities with drop-off recycling
  programs
• 1580 total municipalities with recycling programs

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Newly mandated programs

• Includes municipalities with
• 10,000 or greater population
• 5,000 to lt10,000 and population densities greater
  than 300 persons/square mile
• 42 municipalities
• 37 townships
• 5 boroughs

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42 new mandated - status

• 16 have mandatory curbside programs
• 8 have voluntary curbside programs
• 10 have drop-off recycling programs
• 8 with no recycling programs
• All must meet Act 101 requirements by March 16,
  2003.

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Act 101 requirements

• Residential curb- side recycling
• Residential leaf waste collection
• Residential recycling education program

• Commercial Recycling
• Businesses
• Institutions
• Municipal facilities
• Commercial recycling education
• Community event recycling

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Leaf waste definition

• Act 101, Section 103
• Leaf waste. Leaves, garden residues,
  shrubbery and tree trimmings, and similar
  material, but not including grass clippings

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Recycling education

• At least 30 days prior and 2X per year
• How system will operate
• Collection dates
• Residents responsibilities
• Commercial estab. responsibilities

• Education Methods
• Print, radio, TV advertisements
• Official notice
• Newsletter
• Public place notice
• Bill stuffers
• Calendars
• Other direct mail

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Collection options

• Municipal collection
• Collect recyclables and leaf waste
• Contract collection of recyclables and/or leaf
  collection
• Contracted collection
• Contract collection of recyclables and/or leaf
  waste collection
• Possible municipal collection of recyclables
  and/or leaf waste collection

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Collection options

• Subscription collection
• Mandatory recycling ordinance
• All residents must have curbside recycling and
  leaf waste collection service
• Require reporting of types and amounts of
  recyclables collected annually by haulers

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Recycling ordinance

• Minimum monthly residential recycling collection
• At least three of the following
• Aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans,
• clear or colored glass, newspaper,
• high-grade office paper, corrugated paper,
• plastics
• Seasonal collection of residential leaf waste

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Recycling ordinance

• Commercial, institutional and municipal
  establishments
• Aluminum cans, high grade office paper,
• corrugated paper (cardboard)
• Leaf waste
• Other materials required by ordinance
• Store materials until collection

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Community event recycling

• Aluminum cans
• Corrugated paper (cardboard)
• High-grade office paper
• Other materials per local ordinance
• Store materials until collection

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Recycling reporting

• Report to county by February 15
• Residential recycling
• Leaf waste collection
• Commercial recycling
• Potential sources of recycling records
• Haulers
• Businesses, institutions, municipal facilities
• Materials processors

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Performance grants

• Source separated recyclables
• Aluminum, steel and bimetallic cans
• Clear or colored glass
• Corrugated paper, newspaper, high-grade office
  paper, other marketable grades
• Plastics
• Residential or commercial postconsumer materials
  only. Leaf waste not eligible.

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Performance grant formula

• 5.00/ton for residential tons
• 5.00/ton for commercial tons equal to
  residential tons excess gets bonus
• 1.00/ton for each percent of DEP calculated
  recycling rate
• 10.00/ton bonus for commercial tons in excess of
  residential tons

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Sample performance grant

• 5,000 residential tons 25,000
• 7,000 commercial tons 25,000
• 15 recycling rate 150,000
• Excess commercial tons 20,000
• TOTAL GRANT AWARD 220,000
• (Use of funds unrestricted)

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Recycling development implementation grants

• 90 percent funding of approved costs
• Project development
• Collection equipment
• Processing equipment
• Drop-off or processing facilities
• Recycling education programs
• Two-year contract
• Payable on reimbursement basis

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Recycling development implementation grants

• Pre-application conference required
• Contact DEP Regional Recycling Coord.
• SE [phone], Conshohocken
• NE [phone], Wilkes-Barre
• SC [phone], Harrisburg
• NC [phone], Williamsport
• SW- [phone], Pittsburgh
• NW- [phone], Meadville

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Free recycling technical assistance program

• Professional assistance with
• Curbside program design
• Leaf waste collection composting
• Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) programs
• Recycling education programs
• Up to 6,000 professional engineering
• One-page application
• Reports posted on DEP website

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Recycling is big business in PA

• Recycling/Reuse Establishments 3,247
• Recycling/Reuse Employment 81,322
• Annual Sales Receipts 18.4 billion
• Annual Payroll 2.9
  billion
• Taxes to General Fund (est.) 0.3 billion
• Indirect Benefits 1.8 billion
• TOTAL 23.4
  billion

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Contact information

• www.dep.state.pa.us
• directLINK (recycling technical assistance)
• www.dep.state.pa.us
• directLINK (recycling coordinators corner)
• chursh_at_state.pa.us [phone]