Montgomery County Division of Solid Waste Services

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Montgomery County Division of Solid Waste
Services
Tracking Recycling Achievement

• COG Recycling Committee
• January 15, 2009

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Current Recycling Achievement
553,501 tons recycled in FY08
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FY08 Recycling Rate by Sector
Overall Recycling Rate 44.3 (553,501 tons
recycled)
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Montgomery County FY08 Recycling Rate
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Other Calculations

• County Recycling Rate
• County Recycling Rate Without Ash
• State Recycling Rate
• State Recycling and Reduction Rate
• EPA Recycling Rate

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So, How Do We Measure?

• Sources of Information
• Transfer Station and MRF Scale House Data
• Semi-Annual Collector/Hauler Tonnage reports
• Annual Business Recycling and Waste Reduction
  reports
• Back/Self-hauling reports
• MDE Processor reports
• Annual telephone survey of small businesses

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Calculating Recycling Rate
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Calculating Recycling Rate

• Single-family
• Solid waste and recyclable materials go to
  Transfer Station and Recycling Center
• Tonnage from scale house data

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Calculating Recycling Rate

• Multi-Family
• Some materials go to Countys Transfer Station
  and Recycling Center
• Majority of materials hauled to private
  facilities in/out of County
• Hauler/Collector Tonnage reports

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Calculating Recycling Rate

• Non-Residential
• Some materials go to Countys Transfer Station
  and Recycling Center
• Majority of materials hauled to private
  facilities in/out of County
• Hauler/Collector Tonnage and Annual Business
  Recycling and Waste Reduction reports,
  back-hauling, and telephone surveys

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Calculating Recycling Rate
Backyard Composting Grasscycling Estimate of
17.5 of MSW generated (less) Yard trim material
collected single-family curbside and delivered to
Transfer Station as well as materials delivered
from private sector or otherwise documented tons
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Calculating Recycling Rate

• MSW is processed at Resource Recovery Facility
• Recovered ferrous removed after processing and
  sent to ferrous market

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What is Recyclable?

• What we count
• MRA-defined Recyclable Materials
• What we dont count.
• CD waste
• Motor oil excluded for Maryland and EPA rates

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MDE Source Reduction

• Part 1 Yard Trim Source Reduction
• Yard Trim
• Up to 2 SR Credit
• Part 2 General SR Credit Checklist
• Promotion/General Education
• Technical Assistance
• Other Initiatives
• 5 - 9 Yes 1
• 10 15 Yes 2
• 16 or more Yes 3.
• Maximum combined SR credit for Part 1 and Part 2
  is 5

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Calculating Recycling Rate

• Records all inbound and outbound materials
• Material by type
• Identify sector generating material
• Name of collector/municipality/business

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Calculating Recycling Rate

• Required by law
• Semi-annual
• Report includes
• Material collected
• Amount collected
• Sector generated
• Disposition of materials
• Random audits to ensure accuracy

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Calculating Recycling Rate

• Multi-family properties and businesses
• Required by law
• Report includes
• Material generated
• Amount generated
• Disposition of materials
• Name of collection company
• If self- or back-hauled, name/location of
  facility
• Field verified for accuracy

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Calculating Recycling Rate

• Material taken to central warehouse or
  self-hauled to private facility
• Annual Business Recycling and Waste Reduction
  report
• Annual telephone survey
• Site visit by program specialist
• NEA recycling tonnages

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Calculating Recycling Rate

• Approximately 1,000 small businesses annually
• Material by type
• Amount generated
• Disposition of materials
• Cross-check with all other report mechanisms to
  eliminate double counting

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Calculating Recycling Rate

• Voluntary report
• Sent by State and County
• Report includes
• Material processed
• Amount processed
• Processor sends report directly to County

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How Much Data?

• 235 Hauler/Collector Tonnage reports
• 952 Annual Business Recycling reports
• 558 Multi-Family Annual Recycling Reports
• 40-50 Processor reports
• 172 businesses reporting an average of 9,000
  tons of recyclables

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What Happens with the Data?

• Enter hauler/collector tonnages into database
• Processor and business recycling tonnages entered
  into spreadsheet
• Data is reviewed and compared
• Duplicate tonnages are removed

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Annual Recycling Report
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Annual Recycling Report
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Hauler/Collector Report
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Processor Report
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Questions?

• Montgomery County
• Department of Environmental Protection
• Division of Solid Waste Services
• 101 Monroe Street, 6th Floor
• Rockville, Maryland 20850
• [phone] phone [phone] fax
• Website www.montgomerycountymd.gov
• Email recycle_at_montgomerycountymd.gov